The charts below give information on the number of deaths that happened in various countries as a result of air pollution in the year 2015 and the various sources of pollution. Overall, it is immediately evident that dust and construction contributed the most to the pollution of air and India recorded the highest number of deaths due to the air pollution. The unit of measurement is in percentage and millions.
To begin, in 2015 dust and construction was the highest contributory factor to air pollution. It recorded 45% of the overall sources of pollution.This was followed by waste burning that had 17%. Domestic cooking was the least cause of air pollution with only 7% .
On the other hand, 4.2 million people died from the resultant effect of air pollution in India, making it the country with the hightest death record. Similarly, china recorded 2.1 million deaths in the same year. However, Russia, USA, congo, Brasil had almost similiar death record.
