State of Global Air Report 2024
Published on 13 Apr 2025
- State of Global Air Report 2024 is a collaboration between USA based NGOs - the Health Effects Institute and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
- It offers a global analysis of air quality and health impacts.
- It highlights that air pollution caused 8.1 million deaths globally in 2021, with noncommunicable diseases accounting for 90% of this burden.
- Over 700,000 deaths in children under 5 were linked to air pollution.
- Additionally, 99% of the global population lives in areas with unsafe PM2.5 levels, and 34% live in regions exceeding the least stringent WHO air quality targets.
