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 Sisacko-Moslavacka Air Pollution Report

Overview

Air Pollution in Sisacko-Moslavacka

Sisacko-Moslavacka faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 151 thousand across 19 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 14.2µg/m³. That's 2.8 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 236 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 Sisacko-Moslavacka met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.9 years longer.

That's 136K years of life stolen from 151 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 Sisacko-Moslavacka. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

1.Jasenovac
1.2 years lost
2.Hrvatska Dubica
1.2 years lost
3.Novska
1.1 years lost
4.Lipovljani
1 years lost
5.Kutina
1 years lost
6.Hrvatska Kostajnica
1 years lost
7.Majur
0.9 years lost
8.Sunja
0.9 years lost
9.Martinska Ves
0.9 years lost
10.Popovača
0.9 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

88.2%

134K

15-25 µg/m³

11.8%

18K

25-35 µg/m³

> 35 µg/m³

Districts

All 19 Districts in Sisacko-Moslavacka

Complete air quality data for every district in Sisacko-Moslavacka, sorted by population.

District	Population	PM2.5 µg/m³	Years Lost
Sisak	44K	14.2	0.9 years
Kutina	21K	15.0	1.0 years
Petrinja	21K	13.5	0.8 years
Novska	12K	16.3	1.1 years
Popovača	11K	14.3	0.9 years
Glina	8K	12.4	0.7 years
Lekenik	6K	13.2	0.8 years
Sunja	5K	14.4	0.9 years
Martinska Ves	3K	14.4	0.9 years
Dvor	3K	14.2	0.9 years
Lipovljani	3K	15.4	1.0 years
Topusko	3K	11.4	0.6 years
Velika Ludina	2K	14.1	0.9 years
Gvozd	2K	10.8	0.6 years
Jasenovac	2K	17.1	1.2 years
Hrvatska Kostajnica	2K	14.9	1.0 years
Donji Kukuruzari	1K	14.1	0.9 years
Majur	933	14.5	0.9 years
Hrvatska Dubica	894	16.8	1.2 years

Showing 19 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

Breathing in Sisacko-Moslavacka is Injurious to Health.