Breathing in Amur is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 780 thousand people across 27 districts in Amur. The average PM2.5 level is 16.2 µg/m³—3.2× higher than the WHO guideline.

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Overview

Air Pollution in Amur

Amur faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 780 thousand across 27 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 16.2µg/m³. That's 3.2 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 269 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 Amur met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 1.1 years longer.

That's 858K years of life stolen from 780 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 Amur. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

  • 1.Blagoveshchensk
    1.4 years lost
  • 2.Blagoveshchenskiy rayon
    1.4 years lost
  • 3.Raychikhinsk gorsovet
    1.3 years lost
  • 4.Arkharinskiy rayon
    1.3 years lost
  • 5.Bureyskiy rayon
    1.3 years lost
  • 6.Konstantinovskiy rayon
    1.3 years lost
  • 7.Mikhaylovskiy rayon
    1.3 years lost
  • 8.Zavitinskiy rayon
    1.2 years lost
  • 9.Tambovskiy rayon
    1.2 years lost
  • 10.Shimanovsk
    1.2 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%
0
5-10 µg/m³
9.8%
76K
10-15 µg/m³
17.9%
140K
15-25 µg/m³
72.3%
564K
25-35 µg/m³
0%
0
> 35 µg/m³
0%
0
Districts

All 27 Districts in Amur

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

DistrictPopulationPM2.5 µg/m³Years Lost
Blagoveshchenskiy rayon145K
18.8
1.4 years
Blagoveshchensk80K
18.9
1.4 years
Svobodnenskiy rayon68K
15.6
1.0 years
Belogorskiy rayon65K
14.7
0.9 years
Tyndinskiy rayon48K
9.1
0.4 years
Zeyskiy rayon40K
15.2
1.0 years
Seryshevskiy rayon37K
14.7
1.0 years
Raychikhinsk gorsovet33K
18.7
1.3 years
Skovorodinskiy rayon29K
9.8
0.5 years
Ivanovskiy rayon26K
15.9
1.1 years
Shimanovskiy rayon25K
16.9
1.2 years
Bureyskiy rayon24K
18.4
1.3 years
Magdagachinskiy rayon21K
13.5
0.8 years
Tambovskiy rayon20K
17.3
1.2 years
Oktyabr'skiy17K
16.4
1.1 years
Arkharinskiy rayon15K
18.6
1.3 years
Zavitinskiy rayon15K
17.6
1.2 years
Mikhaylovskiy rayon14K
17.9
1.3 years
Konstantinovskiy rayon13K
18.0
1.3 years
Mazanovskiy rayon12K
14.7
1.0 years
Selemdzhinskiy rayon11K
15.5
1.0 years
Svobodnyy10K
15.5
1.0 years
Romnenskiy rayon9K
15.5
1.0 years
Belogorsk4K
14.7
0.9 years
Shimanovsk54
17.2
1.2 years
Zeya29
15.1
1.0 years
Tynda9
8.9
0.4 years

Showing 27 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.