Breathing in Penza is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 1.3 million people across 32 districts in Penza. The average PM2.5 level is 8.4 µg/m³—1.7× higher than the WHO guideline.

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Overview

Air Pollution in Penza

Penza faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 1.3 million across 32 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 8.4µg/m³. That's 1.7 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 139 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 Penza met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.34 years longer.

That's 438K 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 Penza. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

  • 1.Bessonovskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 2.Penzenskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 3.Nikol'skiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 4.Penza
    0.3 years lost
  • 5.Sosnovoborskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 6.Kuznetsk
    0.3 years lost
  • 7.Kuznetskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 8.Luninskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 9.Gorodishchenskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 10.Zemetchinskiy 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%
1.3M
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 32 Districts in Penza

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

DistrictPopulationPM2.5 µg/m³Years Lost
Bessonovskiy rayon256K
8.8
0.4 years
Penzenskiy rayon244K
8.7
0.4 years
Penza127K
8.5
0.3 years
Kuznetskiy rayon59K
8.3
0.3 years
Kuznetsk58K
8.4
0.3 years
Kamenskiy rayon48K
7.7
0.3 years
Gorodishchenskiy rayon45K
8.3
0.3 years
Nizhnelomovskiy rayon40K
7.9
0.3 years
Serdobskiy rayon34K
7.5
0.2 years
Nikol'skiy rayon31K
8.6
0.4 years
Belinskiy rayon28K
7.8
0.3 years
Mokshanskiy rayon26K
7.8
0.3 years
Kolyshleyskiy rayon25K
7.6
0.3 years
Bashmakovskiy rayon23K
7.9
0.3 years
Zemetchinskiy rayon22K
8.3
0.3 years
Shemysheyskiy rayon22K
8.2
0.3 years
Luninskiy rayon21K
8.3
0.3 years
Sosnovoborskiy rayon19K
8.5
0.3 years
Bekovskiy rayon17K
7.7
0.3 years
Serdobsk16K
7.6
0.3 years
Pachelmskiy rayon15K
8.0
0.3 years
Neverkinskiy rayon14K
8.0
0.3 years
Lopatinskiy rayon13K
7.6
0.3 years
Tamalinskiy rayon13K
7.5
0.2 years
Kamenka13K
7.8
0.3 years
Narovchatskiy rayon11K
8.1
0.3 years
Issinskiy rayon10K
7.8
0.3 years
Vadinskiy rayon10K
8.1
0.3 years
Kameshkirskiy rayon10K
8.1
0.3 years
Maloserdobinskiy rayon8K
7.5
0.2 years
Bednodem'yanovskiy rayon7K
7.9
0.3 years
Kondol'skiy rayon6K
7.7
0.3 years

Showing 32 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.