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Air Pollution in Nigeria

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Current Air Quality
49
Good
on Sunday, Apr 28th 2024, 18:00 pm
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
81
Abuja
2
75
Benin City
3
41
Calabar
4
1
Osogbo
5
-
Ibadan
6
-
Akure
7
-
Makoko
8
-
Kaduna

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
-
Ikeja
2
-
Lagos
3
-
Port Harcourt
4
-
Ebute Ikorodu
5
-
Maiduguri
6
-
Auchi
7
-
Kaduna
8
-
Makoko
Good
Moderate
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy
Hazardous

Air Pollution in Nigeria

There is a good reason to worry about the Air Quality in Nigerai, as it ranks 152th (out of 180 countries) at the Environmental Performance Index for Air Quality.

Furthermore, according to the most recent World Health Organization air pollution database 2016 the air quality in several cities in Nigeria reaches PM2.5 concentrations from unhealthy to hazardous levels:

CityPM2.5 Conc.PM2.5 AQIHealth ImpactYearMeausrement
Aba373
416
Hazardous20091 station, NA
Abakaliki88
168
Unhealthy20091 station, NA
Afikpo72
159
Unhealthy20091 station, NA
Enugu115
182
Unhealthy20091 station, NA
Ile-Ife103
175
Unhealthy20101 station, University campus
Kaduna423
449
Hazardous20132 stations, industrial area
Nnewi57
151
Unhealthy20091 station, NA
Nsukka117
183
Unhealthy20091 station, NA
Onitsha594
500
Hazardous20091 station, NA
Orlu52
142
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups20091 station, NA
Owerri158
208
Very Unhealthy20091 station, NA
Umuahia274
324
Hazardous20091 station, N
(Source: WHO (World Health Organization) Ambient (outdoor) air pollution database 2016)

Public Air Quality Information availability

Unfortunately, there is not any kind of information available from the Federal Ministry of the Environment (www.environment.gov.ng) about Air Quality, whether it relates to a possible monitoring network, or to the actual values recorded by this monitoring network. To our current knowledge, there should most likely not be any kind of automated monitoring network avaiable.

There is unfortunatley, not any information either from the Abuja Environmental Protection Board.

Looking at other Environmental agencies in Nigeria (source),

A schoolboy walks through smoke and fumes emitted from a waste dump in the Nigerian city of Port Harcourt
(photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images, courtesy of WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health 2018)

Air Quality Forecast

Air quality historical data

Ibadan 11outside
Egbeda, Lagos, Nigeria
Akoka, lagos Nigeria
Shobayo Close, Araromi, Lagos
Bayero University, Kano - CAR
Ibadan 22 outside
Lagos Island Health Center, Egbe, Lagos, Nigeria
Ibadan 9outside
Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun - CAR
UNILAG main gate area, lagos Nigeria
UNILAG AQMRG
Ibadan 7outside
EDOGIS
Mushin, Lagos, Nigeria
Ibadan 19outside
Agege, Lagos, Nigeria
Ibadan 13outside
Ikorodu AQMRG
Ibadan 12outside
Makoko, Lagos Mainland
Ministry of Science and tech, Abuja, Nigeria
LSDPC housing estate, Ebute Meta, Lagos, Nigeria
Benin Airport Nimet Office
Gadson, Akure
aq_g0_9
NIMR, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
CRUTECH,Calabar - CAR
Ibadan 23outside
Ibadan 1outsidee
Ibadan 20 outside
University of Ibadan - CAR, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Ikeja General Hospital Road, Ikeja, Lagos
Lagos Port Complex, Apapa, Lagos Nigeria
Ikotun, Lagos, Nigeria
Banana Island, Lagos, Nigeria
Ibadan 10outside
Ibadan 6outside
Atmospheric & Space Weather Research Laboratory, Center for Atmospheric Research, Osun State University Campus, Osogbo, Nigeria.
LASEPA Ikeja Lagos, Nigeria
APAPA AQMRG
Ojodu Berger
Space Environment Research Laboratory, Center for Atmospheric Research, Abuja, Nigeria.
Ibadan 8outside
Mariere Hall, unilag
Ita Elewa Primary HealthCare Centre, Ikorodu
Space-Earth Environment Research Laboratory, Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Benin Campus, Benin City, Nigeria.
LAMATA, Ikorodu Road, Ketu, Lagos
NIMET, Oshodi, Lagos, Nigeria
Calabar
NIMET HQ ABUJA
Rivers State University Port Harcourt - CAR
Ibadan Study OUTSIDE (SL052)
Iba Town Rd, Ojo 102101, Lagos, Nigeria
Ibadan 4outside
UNILAG Central Research Laboratory, Lagos
FECA, Akure
Ibadan 15oustide
University of Maiduguri - CAR
Eric Maiduguri road
University of Ilorin - CAR, Ilorin, Nigeria
Ibadan Outside Sensor (SL048)
Ibadan 16outside
Lagos
Oshodi lagos
EDO STATE SECRETARIAT (PALM HOUSE)
General Hospital Rigasa
Ibadan 18 outside

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Known Countries in the World

Africa

🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
4
 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇩 Congo, The Democratic Republic Of
38
 🇪🇬 Egypt
91
 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
93
 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
72
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
57
 🇰🇪 Kenya
35
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
13
 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇱🇷 Liberia
51
 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇾🇹 Mayotte 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
49
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
38
 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
29
 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad
290
 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar
78
 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
17
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
76
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
43
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
66
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
16
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles
4
 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic
51
 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
59
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

🇦🇶 Antarctica 🇧🇻 Bouvet Island 🇹🇫 French Southern Territories 🇭🇲 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 🇬🇸 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
149
 🇧🇹 Bhutan 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
11
 🇰🇭 Cambodia
141
 🇨🇳 China
165
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
109
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
76
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
37
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
37
 🇮🇳 India
191
 🇮🇷 Iran
120
 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
69
 🇯🇵 Japan
82
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain
104
 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
148
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
64
 🇱🇦 Laos
149
 🇲🇴 Macao
46
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
70
 🇲🇳 Mongolia
52
 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
131
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
47
 🇵🇭 Philippines
39
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
49
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
49
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
97
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq
80
 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
47
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
102
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
53
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
25
 🇸🇬 Singapore
23
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
86
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
30
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
64
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
108
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 🇹🇼 Taiwan
51
 🇹🇷 Turkey
100
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
52
 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
93
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
42
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
61
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
60
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
28
 🇫🇷 France
66
 🇩🇪 Germany
71
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
18
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
25
 🇬🇷 Greece
51
 🇬🇬 Guernsey
25
 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State)
34
 🇭🇺 Hungary
58
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
74
 🇯🇪 Jersey
10
 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
20
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
38
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
25
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
31
 🇱🇻 Latvia
15
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
46
 🇲🇹 Malta
41
 🇲🇨 Monaco
28
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
28
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
38
 🇵🇱 Poland
69
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
16
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
7
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
44
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
11
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
14
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
21
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
24
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
40
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
32
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
18
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
32
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo
32
 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
41
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
4
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
28
 🇷🇴 Romania
33
 🇷🇺 Russia
59
 🇸🇲 San Marino
50
 🇷🇸 Serbia
54
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
50
 🇪🇸 Spain
49
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
32
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
21
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
69
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba 🇧🇧 Barbados
3
 🇧🇿 Belize
57
 🇧🇲 Bermuda
11
 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
10
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands
10
 🇨🇦 Canada
80
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands
20
 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
35
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada
5
 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
17
 🇯🇲 Jamaica
17
 🇲🇶 Martinique
30
 🇲🇽 Mexico
150
 🇲🇸 Montserrat
2
 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
11
 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
19
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
109
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
108
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
116
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama
17
 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin
19
 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas
22
 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
28
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands
7
 🇺🇸 United States
113

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
73
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia
7
 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
7
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
54
 🇳🇺 Niue 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands 🇳🇷 Republic of Nauru 🇻🇺 Republic of Vanuatu 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇹🇰 Tokelau 🇹🇴 Tonga
13
 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇺🇲 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

South America

🇦🇷 Argentine Republic
49
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of
36
 🇧🇷 Brazil
85
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
48
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
117
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
72
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
31
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
25
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
57
 🇸🇷 Republic of Suriname 🇻🇪 Venezuela

About the Air Quality and Pollution Measurement:

About the Air Quality Levels

AQI Air Pollution Level Health Implications Cautionary Statement (for PM2.5)
0 - 50 Good Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk None
51 -100 Moderate Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
101-150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
151-200 Unhealthy Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion
201-300 Very Unhealthy Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit outdoor exertion.
300+ Hazardous Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects Everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion

To know more about Air Quality and Pollution, check the wikipedia Air Quality topic or the airnow guide to Air Quality and Your Health.

For very useful health advices of Beijing Doctor Richard Saint Cyr MD, check www.myhealthbeijing.com blog.


Usage Notice: All the Air Quality data are unvalidated at the time of publication, and due to quality assurance these data may be amended, without notice, at any time. The World Air Quality Index project has exercised all reasonable skill and care in compiling the contents of this information and under no circumstances will the World Air Quality Index project team or its agents be liable in contract, tort or otherwise for any loss, injury or damage arising directly or indirectly from the supply of this data.



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