Full Title: Air Quality Life Index: Nepal Fact Sheet
Author(s): Air Quality Life Index
Publisher(s): Air Quality Life Index
Publication Date: August 2, 2024
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Description (excerpt):
Nepal is the world’s third most polluted country based on satellite-derived PM2.5 data. Fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) shortens the average Nepalese resident’s life expectancy by 3.4 years, relative to what it would be if the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline of 5 µg/m3 was met. Some areas of Nepal fare much worse than average, with air pollution shortening lives by 5.1 years in the ten districts with highest concentration of particulate pollution. These districts lie in southern Nepal and share their borders with the highly polluted Northern Plains of India.