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| Total annual health damages from PM25 exposure, 2019; source: WB |
In the report on the costs caused by air pollution in human health, the World Bank estimated that in Albania during 2019, 2,257 people had lost their lives as a result of pollution of the external environment and inside the house.
According to data, environmental pollution was responsible for 10 percent of total deaths in 2019. According to internal data from INSTAT in 2029 in our country 21,937 people lost their lives.
According to World Bank estimates, Albania had 83 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants from environmental pollution factors, a high value compared to developing countries but had this indicator lower than the countries of the region.
Of the total deaths caused by pollution, 1532 were created from the external environment and 724 from the indoor environment.
The World Bank reported that air pollution is the leading cause of disease and death everywhere in the world. "Environmental pollution" refers to air pollution in the outdoor environment and "Domestic air pollution" refers to air pollution originating from the home environment.
The Bank estimated that air pollution is the world's leading environmental risk to health and the cause of morbidity and mortality from ischemic heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, type 2 diabetes and neonatal disorders.
Most deaths associated with air pollution are caused by human exposure to the absorption of fine particles, also known as PM2.5.
Billions of people in developing countries live in countries where the environmental and internal concentrations of PM2.5 are many times higher than the normal values set by the World Health Organization.
The World Bank estimates that an estimated 6.4 million people died prematurely worldwide in 2019 due to exposure to PM2.5 air pollution.
About 95 percent of those deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries. About 70% of deaths occurred in East and Pacific Asia and South Asia. China and India had 52 percent of global deaths from PM2.5.
In addition to being a health problem, air pollution worsens the quality of life and impedes economic competition. Poor people are more likely to live in a polluted environment and suffer from the negative effects of air pollution.