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.

Croatia's Koprivničko-Križevačka Air Pollution Report

Overview

Air Pollution in Koprivničko-Križevačka

Koprivničko-Križevačka faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 109 thousand across 25 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 12µg/m³. That's 2.4 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 199 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 Koprivničko-Križevačka met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.69 years longer.

That's 75K years of life stolen from 109 thousand 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 Koprivničko-Križevačka. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

1.Sveti Ivan Žabno
0.8 years lost
2.Hlebine
0.7 years lost
3.Koprivnički Bregi
0.7 years lost
4.Podravske Sesvete
0.7 years lost
5.Križevci
0.7 years lost
6.Koprivnica
0.7 years lost
7.Novigrad Podravski
0.7 years lost
8.Drnje
0.7 years lost
9.Peteranec
0.7 years lost
10.Koprivnički Ivanec
0.7 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

100%

109K

15-25 µg/m³

25-35 µg/m³

> 35 µg/m³

Districts

All 25 Districts in Koprivničko-Križevačka

Complete air quality data for every district in Koprivničko-Križevačka, sorted by population.

District	Population	PM2.5 µg/m³	Years Lost
Koprivnica	31K	12.1	0.7 years
Križevci	20K	12.1	0.7 years
Đurđevac	8K	11.7	0.7 years
Sveti Ivan Žabno	5K	12.8	0.8 years
Sveti Petar Orehovec	4K	11.5	0.6 years
Virje	4K	11.8	0.7 years
Novigrad Podravski	3K	12.1	0.7 years
Kloštar Podravski	3K	11.8	0.7 years
Sokolovac	3K	11.5	0.6 years
Rasinja	3K	11.6	0.6 years
Peteranec	3K	12.1	0.7 years
Gola	2K	11.6	0.6 years
Legrad	2K	11.7	0.7 years
Gornja Rijeka	2K	11.1	0.6 years
Koprivnički Ivanec	2K	12.0	0.7 years
Molve	2K	11.8	0.7 years
Drnje	2K	12.1	0.7 years
Podravske Sesvete	2K	12.2	0.7 years
Koprivnički Bregi	1K	12.3	0.7 years
Kalinovac	1K	11.8	0.7 years
Đelekovec	1K	11.9	0.7 years
Ferdinandovac	1K	11.7	0.7 years
Kalnik	1K	10.9	0.6 years
Hlebine	1K	12.4	0.7 years
Novo Virje	988	11.6	0.6 years

Showing 25 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

Breathing in Koprivničko-Križevačka is Injurious to Health.