Breathing in Orenburg is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 1.9 million people across 45 districts in Orenburg. The average PM2.5 level is 7.3 µg/m³—1.5× higher than the WHO guideline.

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Overview

Air Pollution in Orenburg

Orenburg faces significant air pollution challenges. 96% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 1.9 million across 45 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 7.3µg/m³. That's 1.5 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 121 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 Orenburg met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.23 years longer.

That's 444K years of life stolen from 1.9 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 Orenburg. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

  • 1.Novotroitsk
    0.3 years lost
  • 2.Gayskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 3.Buguruslanskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 4.Orenburg
    0.3 years lost
  • 5.Severnyy rayon
    0.2 years lost
  • 6.Buguruslan
    0.2 years lost
  • 7.Buzuluk
    0.2 years lost
  • 8.Orenburgskiy rayon
    0.2 years lost
  • 9.Buzulukskiy rayon
    0.2 years lost
  • 10.Asekeevskiy rayon
    0.2 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
100%
1.9M
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 45 Districts in Orenburg

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

DistrictPopulationPM2.5 µg/m³Years Lost
Orenburg435K
7.6
0.3 years
Orenburgskiy rayon174K
7.4
0.2 years
Gayskiy rayon158K
7.9
0.3 years
Novoorskiy rayon126K
7.2
0.2 years
Novotroitsk113K
7.9
0.3 years
Buzulukskiy rayon105K
7.4
0.2 years
Kuvandykskiy rayon69K
7.0
0.2 years
Buguruslanskiy rayon62K
7.7
0.3 years
Sol'-Iletskiy rayon53K
6.3
0.1 years
Sorochinskiy rayon41K
6.8
0.2 years
Saraktashskiy rayon40K
6.9
0.2 years
Novosergievskiy rayon36K
6.5
0.2 years
Totskiy rayon33K
6.9
0.2 years
Adamovskiy rayon28K
6.1
0.1 years
Sakmarskiy rayon26K
7.1
0.2 years
Perevolotskiy rayon26K
6.5
0.1 years
Pervomayskiy rayon25K
7.3
0.2 years
Ilekskiy rayon24K
6.9
0.2 years
Tashlinskiy rayon24K
6.7
0.2 years
Abdulinskiy rayon24K
7.2
0.2 years
Akbulakskiy rayon20K
6.5
0.1 years
Kvarkenskiy rayon20K
6.4
0.1 years
Krasnogvardeyskiy rayon20K
7.0
0.2 years
Yasnenskiy rayon19K
6.2
0.1 years
Oktyabr'skiy19K
6.9
0.2 years
Kurmanaevskiy rayon18K
6.8
0.2 years
Asekeevskiy rayon18K
7.3
0.2 years
Belyaevskiy rayon17K
6.9
0.2 years
Tyul'ganskiy rayon17K
6.6
0.2 years
Aleksandrovskiy rayon17K
6.8
0.2 years
Sharlykskiy rayon16K
6.9
0.2 years
Gay16K
7.2
0.2 years
Ponomarevskiy rayon14K
7.2
0.2 years
Severnyy rayon14K
7.5
0.2 years
Matveevskiy rayon14K
7.3
0.2 years
Grachevskiy rayon13K
7.0
0.2 years
Svetlinskiy rayon12K
6.3
0.1 years
Dombarovskiy rayon11K
6.1
0.1 years
Buguruslan5K
7.5
0.2 years
Mednogorsk4K
6.8
0.2 years
Abdulino419
7.1
0.2 years
Buzuluk26
7.4
0.2 years
Kuvandyk1
6.8
0.2 years
Kinel-Cherk0
0.0
0.0 years
Yasnyy0
0.0
0.0 years

Showing 45 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.