Breathing in Khabarovsk is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 1.3 million people across 23 districts in Khabarovsk. The average PM2.5 level is 14.2 µg/m³—2.8× higher than the WHO guideline.

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Overview

Air Pollution in Khabarovsk

Khabarovsk faces significant air pollution challenges. 96% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 1.3 million across 23 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 Khabarovsk met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.9 years longer.

That's 1.2M years of life stolen from 1.3 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 Khabarovsk. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

  • 1.Bikinskiy rayon
    1.3 years lost
  • 2.Khabarovsk
    1.2 years lost
  • 3.Khabarovskiy rayon
    1.2 years lost
  • 4.Vyazemskiy rayon
    1.2 years lost
  • 5.im. Lazo rayon
    1.1 years lost
  • 6.Ayano-Mayskiy rayon
    1 years lost
  • 7.Tuguro-Chumikanskiy rayon
    0.9 years lost
  • 8.Nanayskiy rayon
    0.7 years lost
  • 9.Verkhnebureinskiy rayon
    0.7 years lost
  • 10.Amursk
    0.7 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
13.1%
171K
10-15 µg/m³
30%
391K
15-25 µg/m³
56.9%
741K
25-35 µg/m³
0%
0
> 35 µg/m³
0%
0
Districts

All 23 Districts in Khabarovsk

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

DistrictPopulationPM2.5 µg/m³Years Lost
Khabarovskiy rayon575K
17.1
1.2 years
Komsomol'skiy rayon182K
11.3
0.6 years
Konsomolsk-na-amure102K
11.3
0.6 years
Khabarovsk73K
17.3
1.2 years
Amurskiy rayon49K
11.8
0.7 years
im. Lazo rayon45K
16.1
1.1 years
Sovetsko-Gavanskiy rayon39K
7.2
0.2 years
Vaninskiy rayon35K
7.3
0.2 years
Solnechnyy rayon32K
9.7
0.5 years
Nikolaevskiy rayon31K
6.6
0.2 years
Verkhnebureinskiy rayon27K
12.1
0.7 years
Bikinskiy rayon24K
17.9
1.3 years
Vyazemskiy rayon23K
17.1
1.2 years
Ul'chskiy rayon18K
7.2
0.2 years
Nanayskiy rayon17K
12.5
0.7 years
Amursk13K
11.9
0.7 years
Okhotskiy rayon8K
6.2
0.1 years
im. Poliny Osipenko rayon5K
9.6
0.5 years
Sovetskaya Gavan3K
7.2
0.2 years
Ayano-Mayskiy rayon2K
15.3
1.0 years
Tuguro-Chumikanskiy rayon2K
14.0
0.9 years
Nikolaevskiy6
6.2
0.1 years
Bikin0
0.0
0.0 years

Showing 23 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.