Air pollution death rate — all countries

Air pollution death rate — Iceland

Air pollution death rate in Iceland in 2019 — 8.2 per 100k. Ranked 5 in the world out of 183. Since 2019, the indicator has risen by 0%.

2019 8.2 per 100k
World rank 5of 183
Period maximum 8.2 per 100k2019
Period minimum 8.2 per 100k2019

Trend over time

2019–2019 · per 100,000 people

Change over the period: +0 (+0%)

Comparison, 2019

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Iceland

Iceland 8.2 per 100k
World 104.3 per 100k
Europe & Central Asia 44.7 per 100k
Northern Europe computed 13.4 per 100k
High-income countries computed 24.3 per 100k
Air pollution death rate — Iceland, by year Iceland All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2019 8.2

About the indicator

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.