Breathing in Sumy is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 963 thousand people across 23 districts in Sumy. The average PM2.5 level is 9.2 µg/m³—1.8× higher than the WHO guideline.

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Overview

Air Pollution in Sumy

Sumy faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 963 thousand across 23 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 9.2µg/m³. That's 1.8 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 153 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 Sumy met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.41 years longer.

That's 395K years of life stolen from 963 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 10 most polluted districts in Sumy. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

  • 1.Seredyno-Buds'kyi
    0.5 years lost
  • 2.Iampil's'kyi
    0.5 years lost
  • 3.Shostkins'kyi
    0.5 years lost
  • 4.Shostkins'ka
    0.5 years lost
  • 5.Sums'ka
    0.4 years lost
  • 6.Krolevets'kyi
    0.4 years lost
  • 7.Hlukhivs'kyi
    0.4 years lost
  • 8.Sums'kyi
    0.4 years lost
  • 9.Trostianets'kyi
    0.4 years lost
  • 10.Lebedyns'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%
963K
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 23 Districts in Sumy

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

DistrictPopulationPM2.5 µg/m³Years Lost
Sums'ka218K
9.4
0.4 years
Konotops'kyi75K
8.9
0.4 years
Sums'kyi58K
9.3
0.4 years
Hlukhivs'kyi50K
9.3
0.4 years
Bilopils'kyi48K
8.8
0.4 years
Shostkins'ka46K
9.7
0.5 years
Okhtyrs'kyi45K
9.1
0.4 years
Lebedyns'kyi39K
9.2
0.4 years
Shostkins'kyi39K
9.7
0.5 years
Romens'kyi38K
8.8
0.4 years
Krolevets'kyi34K
9.3
0.4 years
Trostianets'kyi31K
9.3
0.4 years
Romens'ka30K
8.7
0.4 years
Konotops'ka30K
8.9
0.4 years
Putyvl's'kyi27K
9.2
0.4 years
Krasnopil's'kyi25K
9.1
0.4 years
Buryns'kyi23K
8.9
0.4 years
Nedryhailivs'kyi22K
8.8
0.4 years
Iampil's'kyi21K
9.8
0.5 years
Okhtyrs'ka19K
9.1
0.4 years
Velykopysarivs'kyi17K
9.0
0.4 years
Lypovodolyns'kyi16K
8.7
0.4 years
Seredyno-Buds'kyi14K
9.8
0.5 years

Showing 23 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.