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Two free tools on the same 28-country extract: Poland leads PM2.5 AEI, Italy leads premature deaths. Check a reading against WHO 2021 and the EU limit, or compare two countries.

Data updated 2026-09-01

16.0 µg/m³
Poland AEI #1
51,000
Italy deaths #1
28
Countries in tools
5
WHO PM2.5 guideline

Download the EU-27 AEI extract cited on this page: eea-aei-statistics.csv (CC BY 4.0). Also on Statistics.

Poland AEI #1 ≠ Italy deaths #1

According to the EEA Air Quality Status Report 2025 (AEI 2023) and Burden of Disease 2022, Poland is #1 of 28 by PM2.5 AEI (16.0 µg/m³) at premature-death rank 2 ≠ Italy #1 of 27 by PM2.5-attributable premature deaths (51,000) at AEI rank 8. These tools compare a typed annual mean against WHO 2021 (5 µg/m³) and the current EU limit (25), or two countries side by side. They summarize published concentrations, not a health diagnosis.

  • Poland is #1 of 28 by PM2.5 AEI at premature-death rank 2.
  • Italy is #1 of 27 by PM2.5-attributable deaths at AEI rank 8.

PM2.5 guideline checker

Enter an annual-mean PM2.5 concentration (µg/m³) to see how it compares to the WHO 2021 guideline (5) and the current EU limit (25), and where it would rank among the 28 countries we track.

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Compare two countries

Pick any two European countries to compare their PM2.5, NO2, ozone, and PM10 annual means side by side.

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Go deeper

These tools sit on top of the full dataset, explore the source pages next.

Annual means smooth over daily and seasonal peaks. The WHO guideline is a health target; the EU limit is a legal ceiling.

Data source: EEA PM2.5 Average Exposure Indicator (2021-2023) and Burden of Disease (2022); WHO 2021 Global Air Quality Guidelines. Station values in tools are modeled from country AEI. See our methodology.

Figures on PlainAirQuality are rendered from this site's database rather than typed into the page. Country values restate the EEA's published series and are held in our dataset pending an automated re-import; station-level values are modelled from those national means, not measured at the station. Figures on this page come from the EEA's published series (population-weighted country exposure and Burden of Disease mortality); anything shown per station is a modelled estimate derived from those national means, never an independent reading. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.