Air pollution death rate — all countries

Air pollution death rate — Myanmar

Air pollution death rate in Myanmar in 2019 — 184.1 per 100k. Ranked 146 in the world out of 183. Since 2019, the indicator has risen by 0%.

2019 184.1 per 100k
World rank 146of 183
Period maximum 184.1 per 100k2019
Period minimum 184.1 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: Myanmar

Myanmar 184.1 per 100k
World 104.3 per 100k
East Asia & Pacific 96.3 per 100k
South-Eastern Asia computed 117.6 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 144 per 100k
Air pollution death rate — Myanmar, by year Myanmar All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2019 184.1

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.