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Sri Lanka’s air quality best in South Asia

02 Sep 2020

  Surpassing its competitors in South Asia, Sri Lanka’s air quality level has risen to number one on the Environmental Performance Index (EPI), published by researchers at Yale and Columbia universities recently. Sri Lanka scored 91 in Air Quality according to the 2020 EPI. More importantly, the country has over a 10-year period continued to demonstrate a positive growth when compared to the region. The EPI survey ranked Sri Lanka at 109th out of 180 countries with an EPI score of 39 out of 100, which stood ahead of its South Asian counterparts. Other South Asian nations lagged behind in Air Quality, with Bhutan coming in at number two with a score of 154, Bangladesh scoring 166, Afghanistan 171, Nepal 178, India 179 and Pakistan 180, resulting in millions of people suffering from dangerous levels of air pollution. The Air Quality issue category measures the direct impacts of air pollution on human health in each country. It consists of three indicators: PM2.5 exposure, household solid fuels, and ozone exposure.


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