PM2.5 stands for particulate matter 2.5 microns or smaller. These particles are 30 times thinner than a human hair and come from car exhaust, power plants, wildfires, and burning fuel. They are small enough to bypass your body's natural defenses and enter your bloodstream.

How does air pollution affect the body?

Air pollution affects virtually every organ in the body. PM2.5 particles enter your lungs, pass into your bloodstream, and travel to your heart, brain, kidneys, liver, and other organs. This causes chronic inflammation, increasing risks of heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, dementia, and many other conditions.

How many people are affected by air pollution?

99% of the global population breathes air that exceeds WHO safety guidelines. Air pollution kills approximately 8 million people every year—more than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.

Thailand's Buri Ram Air Pollution Report

Overview

Air Pollution in Buri Ram

Buri Ram faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 1.3 million across 23 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 21.8µg/m³. That's 4.4 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 362 cigarettes in a year.

Trends

Air Quality Trend

Annual PM2.5 levels from 2014 to 2023. The WHO guideline for safe air is 5 µg/m³.

Health Impact

Life Expectancy Impact

If Buri Ram met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 1.65 years longer.

That's 2.1M years of life stolen from 1.3 million people. Years of watching children grow up. Years of building a career. Years of quiet mornings and celebrations.

Lives cut short. Breathing kills.

Most Polluted

Districts with Highest Pollution

The top 10 most polluted districts in Buri Ram. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

1.Chalermphrakiet
1.8 years lost
2.Nong Ki
1.7 years lost
3.Nang Rong
1.7 years lost
4.K. Daen Kong
1.7 years lost
5.Huai Rat
1.7 years lost
6.Muang Buri Ram
1.7 years lost
7.Nong Hong
1.7 years lost
8.Krasang
1.7 years lost
9.Satuk
1.7 years lost
10.Ban Mai Chai Pho
1.6 years lost

Exposure

Population Exposure by Pollution Level

Distribution of population across different PM2.5 pollution levels. The WHO guideline is 5 µg/m³—only populations below this threshold are breathing safe air.

< 5 µg/m³

5-10 µg/m³

10-15 µg/m³

15-25 µg/m³

100%

1.3M

25-35 µg/m³

> 35 µg/m³

Districts

All 23 Districts in Buri Ram

Complete air quality data for every district in Buri Ram, sorted by population.

District	Population	PM2.5 µg/m³	Years Lost
Muang Buri Ram	178K	22.2	1.7 years
Lam Plai Mat	112K	21.2	1.6 years
Prakhon Chai	110K	21.5	1.6 years
Nang Rong	99K	22.6	1.7 years
Satuk	94K	22.0	1.7 years
Krasang	85K	22.0	1.7 years
Ban Kruat	62K	20.4	1.5 years
Nong Ki	56K	22.8	1.7 years
Khu Muang	55K	21.0	1.6 years
Lahan Sai	46K	21.3	1.6 years
Phutthaisong	43K	21.8	1.6 years
Nong Hong	39K	22.1	1.7 years
Pa Kham	36K	21.2	1.6 years
Phlapphlachai	34K	21.4	1.6 years
Chalermphrakiet	34K	23.1	1.8 years
Na Pho	29K	20.4	1.5 years
Huai Rat	29K	22.4	1.7 years
Cham Ni	28K	21.5	1.6 years
K. Daen Kong	26K	22.4	1.7 years
K. Ban Dan	21K	21.6	1.6 years
Non Din Daeng	20K	21.6	1.6 years
Non Suwan	20K	21.5	1.6 years
Ban Mai Chai Pho	20K	21.8	1.6 years

Showing 23 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

Breathing in Buri Ram is Injurious to Health.