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Air Pollution in Nigeria

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Current Air Quality
95
Moderate
on Friday, May 17th 2024, 09:00 am
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
153
Benin City
2
103
Abuja
3
72
Ebute Ikorodu
4
53
Calabar
5
-
Maiduguri
6
-
Osogbo
7
-
Makoko
8
-
Akure

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
-
Kaduna
2
-
Ibadan
3
-
Ikeja
4
-
Auchi
5
-
Lagos
6
-
Port Harcourt
7
-
Akure
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

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

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Known Countries in the World

Africa

🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇩 Congo, The Democratic Republic Of
101
 🇪🇬 Egypt
70
 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
109
 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
49
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
112
 🇰🇪 Kenya
58
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
15
 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇱🇷 Liberia
24
 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇾🇹 Mayotte
18
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
96
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
68
 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
31
 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
55
 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad
144
 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar
42
 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
27
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
154
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
72
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
108
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
20
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic
13
 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
148
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
14
 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
161
 🇧🇹 Bhutan 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
10
 🇰🇭 Cambodia
54
 🇨🇳 China
309
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
128
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
34
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
18
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
47
 🇮🇳 India
223
 🇮🇷 Iran
100
 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
93
 🇯🇵 Japan
79
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain
82
 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
132
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
16
 🇱🇦 Laos
104
 🇲🇴 Macao
59
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
58
 🇲🇳 Mongolia
50
 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
85
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
55
 🇵🇭 Philippines
24
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
1
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
30
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
160
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq
93
 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
68
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
94
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
30
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
53
 🇸🇬 Singapore
52
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
98
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
76
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
55
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
70
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 🇹🇼 Taiwan
70
 🇹🇷 Turkey
64
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
58
 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
85
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
49
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
42
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
44
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
32
 🇫🇷 France
56
 🇩🇪 Germany
73
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
9
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
14
 🇬🇷 Greece
66
 🇬🇬 Guernsey
4
 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State)
61
 🇭🇺 Hungary
42
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
60
 🇯🇪 Jersey
7
 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
81
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
32
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
38
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
48
 🇱🇻 Latvia
24
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
41
 🇲🇹 Malta
62
 🇲🇨 Monaco
19
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
37
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
96
 🇵🇱 Poland
54
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
18
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
10
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
6
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
14
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
31
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
43
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
32
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
51
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
33
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
36
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
53
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo
31
 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
61
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
3
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
27
 🇷🇴 Romania
40
 🇷🇺 Russia
91
 🇸🇲 San Marino
33
 🇷🇸 Serbia
51
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
40
 🇪🇸 Spain
71
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
29
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
50
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
118
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba 🇧🇧 Barbados
23
 🇧🇿 Belize
140
 🇧🇲 Bermuda
36
 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
25
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands
7
 🇨🇦 Canada
68
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands
3
 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
34
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada
21
 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
25
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
41
 🇲🇽 Mexico
142
 🇲🇸 Montserrat
5
 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
12
 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
14
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
48
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
86
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
207
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama
12
 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin
16
 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas
137
 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
49
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands
5
 🇺🇸 United States
138

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
72
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia
1
 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
19
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
37
 🇳🇺 Niue 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands 🇳🇷 Republic of Nauru 🇻🇺 Republic of Vanuatu 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇹🇰 Tokelau 🇹🇴 Tonga
19
 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇺🇲 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

South America

🇦🇷 Argentine Republic
52
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of
32
 🇧🇷 Brazil
103
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
8
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
349
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
66
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
47
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
46
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
89
 🇸🇷 Republic of Suriname 🇻🇪 Venezuela
16

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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