Image: REUTERS / Anushree FadnavisNot a single country managed to meet the World Health Organisation’s air quality standard in 2021, a survey of pollution data in 6 475 cities showed on Tuesday, and smog even rebounded in some regions after a COVID-19-related dip.
But only 3.4% of the surveyed cities met the standard in 2021, according to data compiled by IQAir, a Swiss pollution technology company that monitors air quality. As many as 93 cities saw PM2.5 levels at 10 times the recommended level. “China started with some very big numbers and they are continuing to decrease over time. But there are also places in the world where it is getting significantly worse.”
China, which has been waging war on pollution since 2014, fell to 22nd in the PM2.5 rankings in 2021, down from 14th place a year earlier, with average readings improving slightly over the year to 32.6 micrograms, IQAir said.
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