Breathing in Caazapá is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 199 thousand people across 10 districts in Caazapá. The average PM2.5 level is 15.3 µg/m³—3.1× higher than the WHO guideline.

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Air Pollution in Caazapá

Caazapá faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 199 thousand across 10 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 15.3µg/m³. That's 3.1 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 254 cigarettes in a year.

Air Quality Trend

Annual PM2.5 levels from 2014 to 2023. The WHO guideline for safe air is 5 µg/m³.

Life Expectancy Impact

If Caazapá met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 1.02 years longer.

That's 203K years of life stolen from 199 thousand people. Years of watching children grow up. Years of building a career. Years of quiet mornings and celebrations.

Lives cut short. Breathing kills.

Districts with Highest Pollution

The top 10 most polluted districts in Caazapá. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

  • 1.Doctor Moisés S. Bertoni
    1.1 years lost
  • 2.Maciel
    1.1 years lost
  • 3.Caazapá
    1.1 years lost
  • 4.Fulgencio Yegros
    1.1 years lost
  • 5.Emboscada (Caazapa)
    1 years lost
  • 6.General Higinio Morínigo
    1 years lost
  • 7.Yuty
    1 years lost
  • 8.Abaí
    1 years lost
  • 9.San Juan Nepomuceno
    1 years lost
  • 10.Tabaí
    1 years lost

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
9.2%
18K
15-25 µg/m³
90.8%
181K
25-35 µg/m³
0%
0
> 35 µg/m³
0%
0

All 10 Districts in Caazapá

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

DistrictPopulationPM2.5 µg/m³Years Lost
Abaí42K
15.1
1.0 years
Yuty42K
15.1
1.0 years
San Juan Nepomuceno41K
15.0
1.0 years
Caazapá27K
15.8
1.1 years
Tabaí18K
14.8
1.0 years
Emboscada (Caazapa)7K
15.4
1.0 years
Fulgencio Yegros6K
15.8
1.1 years
General Higinio Morínigo6K
15.3
1.0 years
Doctor Moisés S. Bertoni6K
16.5
1.1 years
Maciel5K
16.5
1.1 years

Showing 10 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.