Breathing in Sakha is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 908 thousand people across 37 districts in Sakha. The average PM2.5 level is 6.2 µg/m³—1.2× higher than the WHO guideline.

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Overview

Air Pollution in Sakha

Sakha faces significant air pollution challenges. 51% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 908 thousand across 37 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 6.2µg/m³. That's 1.2 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 103 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 Sakha met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.15 years longer.

That's 136K years of life stolen from 908 thousand 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 Sakha. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

  • 1.Ust'-Mayskiy rayon
    0.8 years lost
  • 2.Neryungri gorsovet
    0.3 years lost
  • 3.Amginskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 4.Tattinskiy rayon
    0.2 years lost
  • 5.Tomponskiy rayon
    0.2 years lost
  • 6.Yakutsk gorsovet
    0.2 years lost
  • 7.Olekminskiy rayon
    0.1 years lost
  • 8.Churapchinskiy rayon
    0.1 years lost
  • 9.Khangalasskiy (Ordzhonikidzkiy)
    0.1 years lost
  • 10.Vilyuyskiy rayon
    0.1 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
13.3%
121K
5-10 µg/m³
85.8%
779K
10-15 µg/m³
0.9%
8K
15-25 µg/m³
0%
0
25-35 µg/m³
0%
0
> 35 µg/m³
0%
0
Districts

All 37 Districts in Sakha

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

DistrictPopulationPM2.5 µg/m³Years Lost
Yakutsk gorsovet292K
6.7
0.2 years
Neryungri gorsovet82K
7.8
0.3 years
Mirninskiy rayon76K
4.2
0.0 years
Aldanskiy rayon42K
5.9
0.1 years
Lenskiy rayon39K
5.0
0.0 years
Megino-Kangalasskiy rayon33K
5.9
0.1 years
Khangalasskiy (Ordzhonikidzkiy)33K
6.3
0.1 years
Olekminskiy rayon27K
6.4
0.1 years
Nyurbinskiy rayon25K
5.7
0.1 years
Vilyuyskiy rayon25K
6.1
0.1 years
Suntarskiy rayon25K
6.0
0.1 years
Namskiy rayon23K
6.0
0.1 years
Ust'-Aldanskiy rayon22K
5.8
0.1 years
Verkhnevilyuyskiy rayon21K
6.0
0.1 years
Churapchinskiy rayon20K
6.3
0.1 years
Tattinskiy rayon17K
6.9
0.2 years
Amginskiy rayon16K
7.7
0.3 years
Tomponskiy rayon14K
6.9
0.2 years
Kobyayskiy rayon13K
5.9
0.1 years
Gornyy rayon12K
5.7
0.1 years
Oymyakonskiy rayon10K
4.3
0.0 years
Verkhoyanskiy rayon9K
2.6
0.0 years
Ust'-Mayskiy rayon8K
13.3
0.8 years
Srednekolymskiy rayon6K
4.6
0.0 years
Eveno-Bytantayskiy rayon6K
2.6
0.0 years
Verkhnekolymskiy rayon5K
4.7
0.0 years
Momskiy rayon4K
3.4
0.0 years
Zhiganskiy rayon4K
4.6
0.0 years
Abyyskiy rayon397
2.5
0.0 years
Olenekskiy rayon242
3.9
0.0 years
Mirnyy33
5.0
0.0 years
Allaikhovskiy rayon0
0.0
0.0 years
Anabarskiy rayon0
0.0
0.0 years
Bulunskiy rayon0
0.0
0.0 years
New Siberia Islands0
0.0
0.0 years
Nizhnekolymskiy rayon0
0.0
0.0 years
Ust'-Yanskiy rayon0
0.0
0.0 years

Showing 37 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.