Kigali, Rwanda

Daily Pollution Levels on

PM2.5 Concentration

Meets National Standard (60 µg/m³)

Meets WHO Guideline (15 µg/m³)

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Annual Average Pollution Levels in Kigali

Source: Air Quality Life Index

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Kigali Weekly Cigarettes

Note: These are estimations based on Berkeley Earth’s “Air Pollution and Cigarette Equivalence,” https://berkeleyearth.wpengine.com/air-pollution-and-cigarette-equivalence/

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Top 10 Threats to Life Expectancy in Rwanda

Threat to Life Expectancy

Life Years Lost
0-0.1

0.1-0.5

0.5-1.0

1.0-2.0

2.0-3.0

3.0-4.0

Source: Global Burden of Disease (https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results/), level-2 causes and risks data and WHO Life Tables (https://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.LIFECOUNTRY?lang=en), were combined with the Life table method to arrive at these results. ‘PM2.5 relative to WHO Guideline’ bar displays the reduction in life expectancy relative to the WHO guideline as calculated by latest AQLI (2023 PM2.5 concentrations) data.

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