Breathing in Tatarstan is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 3.8 million people across 52 districts in Tatarstan. The average PM2.5 level is 8 µg/m³—1.6× higher than the WHO guideline.

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Overview

Air Pollution in Tatarstan

Tatarstan faces significant air pollution challenges. 98% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 3.8 million across 52 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 8µg/m³. That's 1.6 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 133 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 Tatarstan met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.29 years longer.

That's 1.1M years of life stolen from 3.8 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 Tatarstan. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

  • 1.Vysokogorskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 2.Laishevskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 3.Naberezhnye Chelny
    0.3 years lost
  • 4.Bugul'ma
    0.3 years lost
  • 5.Mendeleyevskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 6.Yelabuzhskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 7.Bugul'minskiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 8.Zelenodol'skiy rayon
    0.3 years lost
  • 9.Nizhnekamskiy
    0.3 years lost
  • 10.Leninogorsk
    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%
3.8M
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 52 Districts in Tatarstan

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

DistrictPopulationPM2.5 µg/m³Years Lost
Vysokogorskiy rayon811K
8.5
0.3 years
Laishevskiy rayon393K
8.3
0.3 years
Yelabuzhskiy rayon294K
8.2
0.3 years
Nizhnekamskiy rayon246K
7.9
0.3 years
Tukayevskiy rayon203K
7.9
0.3 years
Al'met'evskiy rayon176K
7.8
0.3 years
Zelenodol'skiy rayon169K
8.0
0.3 years
Mendeleyevskiy rayon167K
8.2
0.3 years
Bugul'minskiy rayon112K
8.1
0.3 years
Leninogorskiy rayon84K
8.0
0.3 years
Chistopol'skiy rayon67K
7.6
0.3 years
Aznakaevskiy rayon57K
7.8
0.3 years
Kukmorskiy rayon57K
7.3
0.2 years
Zainskiy rayon56K
7.8
0.3 years
Oktyabr'skiy53K
7.8
0.3 years
Arskiy rayon49K
7.3
0.2 years
Buinskiy rayon48K
7.6
0.3 years
Mamadyshskiy rayon47K
7.8
0.3 years
Sabinskiy rayon43K
7.4
0.2 years
Sarmanovskiy rayon42K
7.5
0.2 years
Pestrechinskiy rayon42K
7.7
0.3 years
Aktanyshskiy rayon40K
7.9
0.3 years
Agryzskiy rayon37K
7.7
0.3 years
Apastovskiy rayon34K
7.6
0.3 years
Baltasinskiy rayon34K
7.2
0.2 years
Yutazinskiy rayon32K
7.9
0.3 years
Aksubayevskiy rayon31K
7.6
0.3 years
Verkhneuslonskiy rayon30K
7.6
0.3 years
Menzelinskiy rayon30K
7.8
0.3 years
Bavlinskiy rayon30K
7.8
0.3 years
Alekseevskiy rayon29K
7.5
0.2 years
Water body28K
7.9
0.3 years
Cheremshanskiy rayon28K
7.6
0.3 years
Drozhzhanovskiy rayon27K
7.6
0.3 years
Tetyushskiy rayon23K
7.8
0.3 years
Rybno-Slobodskiy rayon21K
7.8
0.3 years
Al'met'evsk21K
7.8
0.3 years
Al'keevskiy rayon20K
7.4
0.2 years
Spasskiy rayon19K
7.6
0.3 years
Muslyumovskiy rayon19K
7.9
0.3 years
Naberezhnye Chelny18K
8.2
0.3 years
Kamsko-Ust'inskiy rayon17K
7.8
0.3 years
Novosheshminskiy rayon17K
7.6
0.3 years
Atninskiy rayon14K
7.4
0.2 years
Chistopol'7K
7.8
0.3 years
Tyulyachinskiy rayon7K
7.4
0.2 years
Aznakaevo3K
7.7
0.3 years
Nizhnekamskiy2K
8.0
0.3 years
Yelabuga492
7.9
0.3 years
Bugul'ma319
8.2
0.3 years
Leninogorsk15
8.0
0.3 years
Zainsk0
0.0
0.0 years

Showing 52 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.