Breathing in Chuvash is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 1.2 million people across 28 districts in Chuvash. The average PM2.5 level is 8.1 µg/m³—1.6× higher than the WHO guideline.

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Overview

Air Pollution in Chuvash

Chuvash faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 1.2 million across 28 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 8.1µg/m³. That's 1.6 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 134 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 Chuvash met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.29 years longer.

That's 349K years of life stolen from 1.2 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 Chuvash. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

  • 1.Cheboksary
    0.4 years lost
  • 2.Cheboksarskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 3.Alatyr'
    0.3 years lost
  • 4.Shumerlya
    0.3 years lost
  • 5.Novocheboksarsk
    0.3 years lost
  • 6.Alatyrskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 7.Shumerlinskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 8.Poretsskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 9.Mariinsko-Posadskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 10.Shemurshinskiy rayon
    0.3 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
100%
1.2M
10-15 µg/m³
0%
0
15-25 µg/m³
0%
0
25-35 µg/m³
0%
0
> 35 µg/m³
0%
0
Districts

All 28 Districts in Chuvash

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

DistrictPopulationPM2.5 µg/m³Years Lost
Cheboksarskiy rayon586K
8.5
0.3 years
Kanashskiy rayon80K
7.5
0.2 years
Alatyrskiy rayon52K
8.2
0.3 years
Cheboksary42K
8.6
0.4 years
Shumerlinskiy rayon41K
8.1
0.3 years
Tsivil'skiy rayon35K
7.8
0.3 years
Vurnarskiy rayon34K
7.7
0.3 years
Batyrevskiy rayon34K
7.6
0.3 years
Morgaushskiy rayon30K
7.5
0.2 years
Ibresinskiy rayon30K
7.8
0.3 years
Mariinsko-Posadskiy rayon25K
8.0
0.3 years
Yadrinskiy rayon24K
7.7
0.3 years
Urmarskiy rayon24K
7.3
0.2 years
Kozlovskiy rayon23K
7.6
0.3 years
Alikovskiy rayon23K
7.6
0.3 years
Komsomol'skiy rayon21K
7.6
0.3 years
Krasnochetayskiy rayon18K
7.8
0.3 years
Krasnoarmeyskiy rayon16K
7.6
0.3 years
Yantikovskiy rayon15K
7.4
0.2 years
Poretsskiy rayon13K
8.1
0.3 years
Shemurshinskiy rayon13K
7.8
0.3 years
Yal'chikskiy rayon11K
7.4
0.2 years
Kanash5K
7.5
0.2 years
Yalchikskiy3K
7.5
0.2 years
Shumerlya1K
8.2
0.3 years
Volzhsk604
7.6
0.3 years
Novocheboksarsk196
8.2
0.3 years
Alatyr'9
8.3
0.3 years

Showing 28 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.