The pictures illustrate the number of deaths that have occurade in eight countries (India, China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Indonesia, Russia, USA, Congo, and Brazil) due to air pollution in the year 2015 and the reason for the pollution.
Overall, it can be seen that India accounted for the highest number of deaths due to air pollution while Brazil accounted for the lowest. It is clear that Dust and Construction showed the biggest percentage of sources of air pollution, whereas domestic cooking showed the smallest percentage.
Dust and Construction experienced the peak percentage of Sources of air pollution at 45% in 2015, followed by Waste burning at 17%, Transport at 14%, Diesel Generator 9%, Industries at 8% and Domestic Cooking at 7% at the same time.
India recorded the highest number of deaths due to air pollution at 42 milion followed by China at 21 million, Pakistan at 0,82 million, Nigeria at 0,71 million, Indonesia at 0,63 million, Russia at 0,58 million, USA at 0,52 million, Congo at 0,48 million and Brazil at 46 million by 2015.
