Human Capital Energy transition & power systems

Air pollution burden

Dirty air from traffic, industry, fires and household fuels still causes millions of early deaths a year and cuts safe working time, with gains in rich countries offset by growth in South Asia and Africa.

Rank: 7; of 250 trends
Attention intensity: 7.5×; 1× is the typical trend
Attention index: 754; 100 is the typical trend
Change: 0%; WoW
Volatility: ±9%; Turbulent

The week ending 7 Nov 2026, World. Volatility is the typical weekly move over the last 26 weeks. How these are measured.

Regional Attention

By region

Latin America & Caribbean

East Asia

Europe

31×

#16

29×

28×

19×

16×

#18

13×

10×

#25

7.3×

#42

7.3×

#13

4.9×

#32

This trend’s attention intensity in each region, and its rank among the 250 trends there: the 10 highest of 11.

By bloc

24×

19×

14×

11×

#22

11×

10×

#16

9.9×

8.8×

#14

This trend’s attention intensity in each bloc, the average of its member countries, and its rank there: the 10 highest of 13.

By country

44×

40×

#14

37×

35×

34×

#16

33×

32×

#10

31×

29×

#26

This trend’s attention intensity in each country, and its rank among the 250 trends there: the 10 highest of 49.

Attention Index over time

The attention index, worldwide and in each region: 100 is the typical trend in each place, the median of every trend's attention there over the past 52 weeks.

Attention to Air pollution burden, by place

Attention index, a four-week rolling average, on a log scale. 100 is the typical trend in each place, so a line at 1,000 is ten times the typical trend’s attention there. A country chosen at the top of the page is drawn beside its region and the world. Select a place below to bring its line forward.