Breathing in Dagestan is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 2.8 million people across 47 districts in Dagestan. The average PM2.5 level is 9.6 µg/m³—1.9× higher than the WHO guideline.

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Overview

Air Pollution in Dagestan

Dagestan faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 2.8 million across 47 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 9.6µg/m³. That's 1.9 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 159 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 Dagestan met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.44 years longer.

That's 1.2M years of life stolen from 2.8 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 Dagestan. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

  • 1.Tlyaratinskiy rayon
    0.8 years lost
  • 2.Tsuntinskiy rayon
    0.7 years lost
  • 3.Rutul'skiy rayon
    0.7 years lost
  • 4.Tsumadinskiy rayon
    0.7 years lost
  • 5.Charodinskiy rayon
    0.7 years lost
  • 6.Botlikhskiy rayon
    0.6 years lost
  • 7.Shamil'skiy rayon
    0.6 years lost
  • 8.Akhtynskiy rayon
    0.6 years lost
  • 9.Agul'skiy rayon
    0.6 years lost
  • 10.Akhvakhskiy rayon
    0.6 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
83.4%
2.3M
10-15 µg/m³
16.6%
457K
15-25 µg/m³
0%
0
25-35 µg/m³
0%
0
> 35 µg/m³
0%
0
Districts

All 47 Districts in Dagestan

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

DistrictPopulationPM2.5 µg/m³Years Lost
Makhachkala gorsovet550K
9.3
0.4 years
Khasavyurtovskiy rayon298K
9.9
0.5 years
Buynakskiy rayon187K
8.9
0.4 years
Kaspiysk149K
9.2
0.4 years
Derbentskiy rayon134K
9.3
0.4 years
Kizilyurtovskiy/Dokuzparinskiy r129K
9.9
0.5 years
Levashinskiy rayon72K
9.5
0.4 years
Akushinskiy rayon67K
9.4
0.4 years
Karabudokhkentskiy rayon65K
8.8
0.4 years
Magaramkentskiy rayon61K
9.5
0.4 years
Kizlyarskiy rayon59K
9.5
0.4 years
Botlikhskiy rayon59K
11.3
0.6 years
Kizlyar57K
9.3
0.4 years
Akhtynskiy rayon56K
11.0
0.6 years
Suleyman-Stal'skiy rayon46K
9.2
0.4 years
Babayurtovskiy rayon45K
8.5
0.3 years
Tabasaranskiy rayon42K
8.1
0.3 years
Kaytagskiy rayon39K
8.5
0.3 years
Tarumovskiy rayon39K
10.0
0.5 years
Novolakskiy rayon35K
8.9
0.4 years
Dakhadayevskiy rayon33K
8.3
0.3 years
Nogayskiy rayon32K
9.2
0.4 years
Kayakentskiy rayon31K
8.9
0.4 years
Gumbetovskiy rayon31K
10.7
0.6 years
Kizilyurt31K
10.2
0.5 years
Untsukul'skiy rayon30K
10.4
0.5 years
Khunzakhskiy rayon30K
10.4
0.5 years
Kazbekovskiy rayon29K
8.7
0.4 years
Shamil'skiy rayon28K
11.2
0.6 years
Buynaksk26K
9.0
0.4 years
Sergokalinskiy rayon25K
8.0
0.3 years
Gunibskiy rayon25K
10.5
0.5 years
Khivskiy rayon24K
8.1
0.3 years
Tsumadinskiy rayon23K
12.0
0.7 years
Tlyaratinskiy rayon23K
13.2
0.8 years
Rutul'skiy rayon18K
12.0
0.7 years
Derbent18K
8.9
0.4 years
Tsuntinskiy rayon18K
12.1
0.7 years
Akhvakhskiy rayon18K
10.9
0.6 years
Kulinskiy rayon17K
10.7
0.6 years
Gergebil'skiy rayon15K
10.7
0.6 years
Lakskiy rayon13K
10.1
0.5 years
Agul'skiy rayon12K
10.9
0.6 years
Charodinskiy rayon11K
11.7
0.7 years
Kurakhskiy rayon10K
9.7
0.5 years
Izberbash2K
8.9
0.4 years
Dagestanskie Og331
8.8
0.4 years

Showing 47 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.