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Air Pollution in Nigeria

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Current Air Quality
111
Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups
on Friday, May 17th 2024, 16:00 pm
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
154
Calabar
2
112
Benin City
3
93
Ebute Ikorodu
4
87
Abuja
5
-
Auchi
6
-
Makoko
7
-
Lagos
8
-
Akure

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
-
Maiduguri
2
-
Ibadan
3
-
Ikeja
4
-
Osogbo
5
-
Kaduna
6
-
Port Harcourt
7
-
Akure
8
-
Lagos
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

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

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Known Countries in the World

Africa

🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇩 Congo, The Democratic Republic Of
106
 🇪🇬 Egypt
173
 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
102
 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
67
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
158
 🇰🇪 Kenya
71
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
22
 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇱🇷 Liberia
53
 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇾🇹 Mayotte
19
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
127
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
57
 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
26
 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
81
 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad
204
 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar
95
 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
38
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
154
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
64
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
130
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
16
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles
8
 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic
15
 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
132
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
36
 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
146
 🇧🇹 Bhutan 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
10
 🇰🇭 Cambodia
52
 🇨🇳 China
216
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
87
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
31
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
20
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
64
 🇮🇳 India
391
 🇮🇷 Iran
109
 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
74
 🇯🇵 Japan
69
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain
93
 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
99
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
10
 🇱🇦 Laos
85
 🇲🇴 Macao
63
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
60
 🇲🇳 Mongolia
54
 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
87
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
59
 🇵🇭 Philippines
28
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
2
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
39
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
144
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq
65
 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
52
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
97
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
68
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
119
 🇸🇬 Singapore
25
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
63
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
41
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
58
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
66
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 🇹🇼 Taiwan
81
 🇹🇷 Turkey
64
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
62
 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
86
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
57
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
46
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
45
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
40
 🇫🇷 France
67
 🇩🇪 Germany
124
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
15
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
41
 🇬🇷 Greece
73
 🇬🇬 Guernsey
17
 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State)
61
 🇭🇺 Hungary
40
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
76
 🇯🇪 Jersey
19
 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
110
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
34
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
38
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
67
 🇱🇻 Latvia
20
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
41
 🇲🇹 Malta
43
 🇲🇨 Monaco
20
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
44
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
110
 🇵🇱 Poland
52
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
23
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
12
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
24
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
41
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
23
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
28
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
31
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
47
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
26
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
15
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
53
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo
31
 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
41
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
3
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
29
 🇷🇴 Romania
43
 🇷🇺 Russia
73
 🇸🇲 San Marino
33
 🇷🇸 Serbia
56
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
44
 🇪🇸 Spain
64
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
26
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
23
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
116
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba 🇧🇧 Barbados
25
 🇧🇿 Belize
117
 🇧🇲 Bermuda
17
 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
23
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands
7
 🇨🇦 Canada
82
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands
5
 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
34
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada
27
 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
20
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
40
 🇲🇽 Mexico
147
 🇲🇸 Montserrat
10
 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
14
 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
28
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
51
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
81
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
141
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama
52
 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin
12
 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas
54
 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
35
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands
4
 🇺🇸 United States
118

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
55
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia
7
 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
24
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
34
 🇳🇺 Niue 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands 🇳🇷 Republic of Nauru 🇻🇺 Republic of Vanuatu 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇹🇰 Tokelau 🇹🇴 Tonga
83
 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇺🇲 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

South America

🇦🇷 Argentine Republic
35
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of
24
 🇧🇷 Brazil
114
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
9
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
278
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
61
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
36
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
5
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
64
 🇸🇷 Republic of Suriname 🇻🇪 Venezuela
21

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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