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.

Serbia's Sremski Air Pollution Report

Overview

Air Pollution in Sremski

Sremski faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 314 thousand across 7 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 16.9µg/m³. That's 3.4 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 280 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 Sremski met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 1.15 years longer.

That's 361K years of life stolen from 314 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 7 most polluted districts in Sremski. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

1.Pećinci
1.3 years lost
2.Ruma
1.3 years lost
3.Irig
1.1 years lost
4.Sremska Mitrovica
1.1 years lost
5.Stara Pazova
1.1 years lost
6.Inđija
1.1 years lost
7.Šid
0.9 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

10-15 µg/m³

9.1%

28K

15-25 µg/m³

90.9%

286K

25-35 µg/m³

> 35 µg/m³

Districts

All 7 Districts in Sremski

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

District	Population	PM2.5 µg/m³	Years Lost
Ruma	89K	18.5	1.3 years
Sremska Mitrovica	71K	16.5	1.1 years
Stara Pazova	55K	16.1	1.1 years
Inđija	39K	15.9	1.1 years
Šid	28K	14.6	0.9 years
Pećinci	20K	18.7	1.3 years
Irig	11K	16.6	1.1 years

Showing 7 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

Breathing in Sremski is Injurious to Health.