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.

Belarus's Mogilev Air Pollution Report

Overview

Air Pollution in Mogilev

Mogilev faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 1.0 million across 21 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 9.4µg/m³. That's 1.9 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 156 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 Mogilev met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.4 years longer.

That's 415K years of life stolen from 1.0 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 Mogilev. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

1.Cherykaw
0.5 years lost
2.Krychaw
0.5 years lost
3.Krasnapolle
0.4 years lost
4.Kastsyukovichy
0.4 years lost
5.Shklow
0.4 years lost
6.Khotsimsk
0.4 years lost
7.Bialynichy
0.4 years lost
8.Slawharad
0.4 years lost
9.Kirawsk
0.4 years lost
10.Mogilev
0.4 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

100%

1.0M

10-15 µg/m³

15-25 µg/m³

25-35 µg/m³

> 35 µg/m³

Districts

All 21 Districts in Mogilev

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

District	Population	PM2.5 µg/m³	Years Lost
Mogilev	405K	9.5	0.4 years
Babruysk	234K	9.3	0.4 years
Asipovichy	47K	9.3	0.4 years
Horki	41K	9.4	0.4 years
Bykhaw	31K	9.5	0.4 years
Krychaw	30K	9.7	0.5 years
Shklow	29K	9.5	0.4 years
Klimavichy	24K	9.4	0.4 years
Kastsyukovichy	23K	9.5	0.4 years
Ms'tsislaw	20K	9.4	0.4 years
Bialynichy	19K	9.5	0.4 years
Kirawsk	19K	9.5	0.4 years
Chavusy	18K	9.4	0.4 years
Klichaw	14K	9.3	0.4 years
Kruhlaye	14K	9.4	0.4 years
Hlusk	14K	9.1	0.4 years
Cherykaw	14K	9.8	0.5 years
Slawharad	13K	9.5	0.4 years
Khotsimsk	11K	9.5	0.4 years
Krasnapolle	10K	9.6	0.4 years
Drybin	8K	9.4	0.4 years

Showing 21 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

Breathing in Mogilev is Injurious to Health.