Air pollution death rate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2019 — 209.8 per 100k. Ranked 163 in the world out of 183. Since 2019, the indicator has risen by 0%.
2019–2019 · per 100,000 people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Year | per 100k | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 209.8 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Gabon
78.3
Angola
142.8
Equatorial Guinea
165.7
Republic of the Congo
170.4
Cameroon
206.7
Democratic Republic of the Congo
209.8
Sao Tome and Principe
225.4
Chad
227.4
Central African Republic
305.1
The number of deaths attributed to air pollution age-standardized, per 100,000 people. Both outdoor pollution and pollution inside dwellings are counted — from cooking and heating with solid fuel, which in the poorest countries contributes the bulk of it. The mechanism is not a direct one: dirty air does not appear as the cause of death on the certificate but raises the risk of heart attack, stroke, lung cancer and respiratory disease, and the indicator estimates the contribution of that risk.
Important: A calculation from burden of disease models rather than a count of cases. Standardization by age removes the effect of populations being of different ages — which is why the values cannot be converted into a number of deaths by multiplying by population.
Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
The mean annual concentration of fine particles the population is exposed to.
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