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.

Argentina's Corrientes Air Pollution Report

Overview

Air Pollution in Corrientes

Corrientes faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 1.2 million across 25 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 13.3µg/m³. That's 2.7 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 221 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 Corrientes met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.81 years longer.

That's 979K years of life stolen from 1.2 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 Corrientes. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

1.Capital
1 years lost
2.Ituzaingó
1 years lost
3.Berón de Astrada
0.9 years lost
4.Itatí
0.9 years lost
5.San Cosme
0.9 years lost
6.Bella Vista
0.8 years lost
7.General Paz
0.8 years lost
8.Goya
0.8 years lost
9.Empedrado
0.8 years lost
10.Lavalle
0.8 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

8.5%

102K

10-15 µg/m³

55.4%

670K

15-25 µg/m³

36.2%

437K

25-35 µg/m³

> 35 µg/m³

Districts

All 25 Districts in Corrientes

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

District	Population	PM2.5 µg/m³	Years Lost
Capital	437K	15.5	1.0 years
Goya	107K	12.9	0.8 years
Santo Tomé	73K	11.8	0.7 years
Paso de los Libres	58K	10.8	0.6 years
Curuzú Cuatiá	52K	9.9	0.5 years
Mercedes	50K	9.9	0.5 years
Bella Vista	46K	13.1	0.8 years
Monte Caseros	45K	10.4	0.5 years
Lavalle	39K	12.9	0.8 years
Esquina	37K	12.6	0.7 years
Ituzaingó	36K	14.9	1.0 years
Saladas	28K	12.1	0.7 years
Concepción	26K	11.8	0.7 years
San Roque	23K	11.5	0.6 years
San Luis del Palmar	22K	12.7	0.8 years
San Cosme	20K	13.7	0.9 years
Empedrado	19K	12.9	0.8 years
General Paz	17K	13.0	0.8 years
San Martín	15K	11.3	0.6 years
San Miguel	12K	12.4	0.7 years
Itatí	12K	13.8	0.9 years
Mburucuyá	12K	11.5	0.6 years
Sauce	11K	10.3	0.5 years
General Alvear	9K	11.2	0.6 years
Berón de Astrada	3K	14.1	0.9 years

Showing 25 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

Breathing in Corrientes is Injurious to Health.