Breathing in Poltava is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 1.5 million people across 29 districts in Poltava. The average PM2.5 level is 8.7 µg/m³—1.7× higher than the WHO guideline.

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Overview

Air Pollution in Poltava

Poltava faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 1.5 million across 29 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 8.7µg/m³. That's 1.7 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 144 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 Poltava met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.37 years longer.

That's 557K years of life stolen from 1.5 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 Poltava. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

  • 1.Komsomol's'ka
    0.4 years lost
  • 2.Kremenchuts'ka
    0.4 years lost
  • 3.Poltavs'ka
    0.4 years lost
  • 4.Hadiats'kyi
    0.4 years lost
  • 5.Kotelevs'kyi
    0.4 years lost
  • 6.Poltavs'kyi
    0.4 years lost
  • 7.Mashivs'kyi
    0.4 years lost
  • 8.Kremenchuts'kyi
    0.4 years lost
  • 9.Karlivs'kyi
    0.4 years lost
  • 10.Kobeliats'kyi
    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
0%
0
5-10 µg/m³
100%
1.5M
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 29 Districts in Poltava

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

DistrictPopulationPM2.5 µg/m³Years Lost
Poltavs'ka242K
8.9
0.4 years
Kremenchuts'kyi181K
8.7
0.4 years
Poltavs'kyi122K
8.8
0.4 years
Kremenchuts'ka109K
8.9
0.4 years
Myrhorods'kyi75K
8.4
0.3 years
Lubens'kyi60K
8.4
0.3 years
Hadiats'kyi56K
8.9
0.4 years
Hlobyns'kyi48K
8.4
0.3 years
Lokhvyts'kyi46K
8.6
0.4 years
Komsomol's'ka45K
8.9
0.4 years
Kobeliats'kyi39K
8.7
0.4 years
Novosanzhars'kyi39K
8.7
0.4 years
Zin'kivs'kyi38K
8.6
0.4 years
Pyriatyns'kyi36K
8.4
0.3 years
Karlivs'kyi34K
8.7
0.4 years
Khorol's'kyi34K
8.3
0.3 years
Lubens'ka32K
8.4
0.3 years
Reshetylivs'kyi30K
8.3
0.3 years
Semenivs'kyi28K
8.2
0.3 years
Velykobahachans'kyi26K
8.4
0.3 years
Hrebinkivs'kyi24K
8.1
0.3 years
Chutivs'kyi24K
8.5
0.3 years
Orzhyts'kyi22K
8.3
0.3 years
Dykans'kyi22K
8.4
0.3 years
Kozel'shchyns'kyi20K
8.3
0.3 years
Shyshats'kyi20K
8.5
0.3 years
Mashivs'kyi19K
8.8
0.4 years
Kotelevs'kyi19K
8.8
0.4 years
Chornukhyns'kyi13K
8.4
0.3 years

Showing 29 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.