Breathing in Altay is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 2.3 million people across 68 districts in Altay. The average PM2.5 level is 8.5 µg/m³—1.7× higher than the WHO guideline.

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Overview

Air Pollution in Altay

Altay faces significant air pollution challenges. 96% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 2.3 million across 68 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 8.5µg/m³. That's 1.7 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 141 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 Altay met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.35 years longer.

That's 799K years of life stolen from 2.3 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 Altay. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

  • 1.Barnaul gorsovet
    0.5 years lost
  • 2.Zalesovskiy rayon
    0.5 years lost
  • 3.Zarinskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 4.Pankrushikhinskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 5.Tal'menskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 6.Novoaltaysk
    0.4 years lost
  • 7.Pervomayskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 8.Krutikhinskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 9.Kalmanskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 10.Kamenskiy rayon
    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
0%
8
5-10 µg/m³
73.6%
1.7M
10-15 µg/m³
26.4%
602K
15-25 µg/m³
0%
0
25-35 µg/m³
0%
0
> 35 µg/m³
0%
0
Districts

All 68 Districts in Altay

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

DistrictPopulationPM2.5 µg/m³Years Lost
Barnaul gorsovet602K
10.0
0.5 years
Biyskiy rayon244K
7.6
0.3 years
Rubtsovskiy rayon162K
7.7
0.3 years
Pervomayskiy rayon76K
9.3
0.4 years
Zarinskiy rayon65K
9.5
0.4 years
Slavgorodskiy rayon55K
7.5
0.2 years
Novoaltaysk53K
9.3
0.4 years
Kamenskiy rayon53K
9.0
0.4 years
Kalmanskiy rayon47K
9.0
0.4 years
Aleyskiy rayon43K
7.5
0.2 years
Tal'menskiy rayon43K
9.5
0.4 years
Pavlovskiy rayon32K
8.5
0.3 years
Shipunovskiy rayon31K
7.4
0.2 years
Loktevskiy rayon30K
6.8
0.2 years
Blagoveshchenskiy rayon29K
7.9
0.3 years
Smolenskiy rayon27K
7.3
0.2 years
Altayskiy rayon24K
7.0
0.2 years
Rebrikhinskiy rayon24K
8.1
0.3 years
Troitskiy rayon23K
8.0
0.3 years
Pospelikhinskiy rayon23K
7.2
0.2 years
Topchikhinskiy rayon22K
7.8
0.3 years
Mamontovskiy rayon22K
7.8
0.3 years
Kulundinskiy rayon21K
7.2
0.2 years
Zonal'nyy rayon21K
7.5
0.2 years
Mikhaylovskiy rayon20K
8.0
0.3 years
Zmeinogorskiy rayon20K
6.9
0.2 years
Khabarskiy rayon19K
7.6
0.3 years
Zav'yalovskiy rayon19K
7.6
0.3 years
Volchikhinskiy rayon19K
7.7
0.3 years
Rodinskiy rayon18K
6.8
0.2 years
Tyumentsevskiy rayon18K
8.1
0.3 years
Krasnoshchekovskiy rayon17K
7.3
0.2 years
Klyuchevskiy rayon17K
7.6
0.3 years
Kosikhinskiy rayon17K
8.4
0.3 years
Krasnogorskiy rayon16K
6.7
0.2 years
Sovetskiy rayon15K
7.0
0.2 years
Tselinnyy rayon15K
7.5
0.2 years
Zalesovskiy rayon15K
9.6
0.5 years
Ust'-Kalmanskiy rayon14K
7.5
0.2 years
Egor'evskiy rayon13K
7.7
0.3 years
Kytmanovskiy rayon13K
8.7
0.4 years
Ust'-Pristanskiy rayon13K
8.0
0.3 years
Nemetskiy Natsional'nyy rayon13K
7.3
0.2 years
Pankrushikhinskiy rayon12K
9.5
0.4 years
Burlinskiy rayon12K
7.5
0.2 years
Romanovskiy rayon12K
7.3
0.2 years
Uglovskiy rayon12K
7.8
0.3 years
Petropavlovskiy rayon12K
7.3
0.2 years
Charyshskiy rayon12K
7.1
0.2 years
Krutikhinskiy rayon12K
9.3
0.4 years
Baevskiy rayon11K
8.3
0.3 years
Shelabolikhinskiy rayon11K
8.4
0.3 years
Novochikhinskiy rayon11K
7.5
0.2 years
Tret'yakovskiy rayon10K
7.0
0.2 years
Kur'inskiy rayon10K
7.3
0.2 years
Soloneshenskiy rayon10K
7.1
0.2 years
Tabunskiy rayon10K
7.3
0.2 years
Bystroistokskiy rayon10K
7.8
0.3 years
Togul'skiy rayon9K
8.4
0.3 years
Soltonskiy rayon9K
7.0
0.2 years
El'tsovskiy rayon6K
7.8
0.3 years
Suetskiy rayon5K
7.9
0.3 years
Slavgorod3K
7.5
0.2 years
Rubtsovsk2K
7.8
0.3 years
Biysk26
7.4
0.2 years
Water body8
3.3
0.0 years
Aleysk0
0.0
0.0 years
Belokurikha0
0.0
0.0 years

Showing 68 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.