PM2.5 stands for particulate matter 2.5 microns or smaller. These particles are 30 times thinner than a human hair and come from car exhaust, power plants, wildfires, and burning fuel. They are small enough to bypass your body's natural defenses and enter your bloodstream.

How does air pollution affect the body?

Air pollution affects virtually every organ in the body. PM2.5 particles enter your lungs, pass into your bloodstream, and travel to your heart, brain, kidneys, liver, and other organs. This causes chronic inflammation, increasing risks of heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, dementia, and many other conditions.

How many people are affected by air pollution?

99% of the global population breathes air that exceeds WHO safety guidelines. Air pollution kills approximately 8 million people every year—more than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.

Russia's Tyumen' Air Pollution Report

Overview

Air Pollution in Tyumen'

Tyumen' faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 1.4 million across 26 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 9.9µg/m³. That's 2.0 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 164 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 Tyumen' met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.47 years longer.

That's 676K years of life stolen from 1.4 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 Tyumen'. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

1.Tyumen'
0.6 years lost
2.Tyumenskiy rayon
0.5 years lost
3.Sladkovskiy rayon
0.5 years lost
4.Abatskiy rayon
0.5 years lost
5.Yalutorovskiy rayon
0.4 years lost
6.Vikulovskiy rayon
0.4 years lost
7.Nizhnetavdinskiy rayon
0.4 years lost
8.Sorokinskiy rayon
0.4 years lost
9.Ishimskiy rayon
0.4 years lost
10.Isetskiy rayon
0.4 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

5-10 µg/m³

47.1%

677K

10-15 µg/m³

52.9%

761K

15-25 µg/m³

25-35 µg/m³

> 35 µg/m³

Districts

All 26 Districts in Tyumen'

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

District	Population	PM2.5 µg/m³	Years Lost
Tyumenskiy rayon	563K	10.6	0.5 years
Tyumen'	198K	11.1	0.6 years
Ishimskiy rayon	107K	9.3	0.4 years
Tobol'skiy rayon	101K	8.8	0.4 years
Yalutorovskiy rayon	56K	9.6	0.4 years
Zavodoukovskiy rayon	49K	8.9	0.4 years
Tobol'sk	33K	8.9	0.4 years
Golyshmanovskiy rayon	30K	9.0	0.4 years
Nizhnetavdinskiy rayon	27K	9.5	0.4 years
Vagayskiy rayon	25K	8.8	0.4 years
Isetskiy rayon	25K	9.2	0.4 years
Yarkovskiy rayon	25K	9.2	0.4 years
Omutinskiy rayon	22K	8.8	0.4 years
Uporovskiy rayon	22K	9.0	0.4 years
Uvatskiy rayon	21K	7.7	0.3 years
Abatskiy rayon	21K	9.7	0.5 years
Kazanskiy rayon	21K	8.8	0.4 years
Vikulovskiy rayon	18K	9.5	0.4 years
Yurginskiy rayon	14K	8.9	0.4 years
Berdyuzhskiy rayon	13K	8.9	0.4 years
Aromashevskiy rayon	12K	9.1	0.4 years
Sladkovskiy rayon	11K	9.8	0.5 years
Sorokinskiy rayon	11K	9.3	0.4 years
Armizonskiy rayon	10K	8.8	0.4 years
Ishim	535	9.2	0.4 years
Zavodoukovsk	44	8.8	0.4 years

Showing 26 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

Breathing in Tyumen' is Injurious to Health.