Breathing in Svalbard and Jan Mayen is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 0 people across 2 regions in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Brought to you by Amrit Sharma

Air Pollution in Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Svalbard and Jan Mayen faces significant air pollution challenges. 0% of states exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 0 across 2 states at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 0µg/m³. That's 0.0 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 0 cigarettes in a year.

Life Expectancy Impact

Every person in Svalbard and Jan Mayen is losing 0 years of their life to air pollution. This isn't just a statistic—it's grandparents who won't see their grandchildren graduate. Parents missing birthdays. Lives cut short. Breathing kills.

These stolen years come from diseases you know—COPD that makes every breath a struggle, lung cancer that turns healthy tissue deadly, heart attacks that strike without warning, strokes that change everything in an instant. Air pollution doesn't just kill. It damages your body from the inside, every single day.

Across Svalbard and Jan Mayen, 0 years of life hang in the balance. That's the collective future being taken from 0 people—simply by breathing.

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
0%
0
10-15 µg/m³
0%
0
15-25 µg/m³
0%
0
25-35 µg/m³
0%
0
> 35 µg/m³
0%
0

All 2 States in Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Browse detailed air quality data for every region in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.