Pollution in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Air pollution data from World Health Organization
PM₁₀	42
PM_2.5	11
PM₁₀ Pollution Level:	Moderate

Air Pollution	53.20	Moderate
Drinking Water Pollution and Inaccessibility	55.09	Moderate
Dissatisfaction with Garbage Disposal	67.69	High
Dirty and Untidy	69.81	High
Noise and Light Pollution	62.66	High
Water Pollution	77.50	High
Dissatisfaction with Spending Time in the City	48.77	Moderate
Dissatisfaction with Green and Parks in the City	46.77	Moderate

Purity and Cleanliness in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Air quality	46.80	Moderate
Drinking Water Quality and Accessibility	44.91	Moderate
Garbage Disposal Satisfaction	32.31	Low
Clean and Tidy	30.19	Low
Quiet and No Problem with Night Lights	37.34	Low
Water Quality	22.50	Low
Comfortable to Spend Time in the City	51.23	Moderate
Quality of Green and Parks	53.23	Moderate

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Last update: 26 May 2026

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 years.

If the value is 0, it means it is perceived as very low, and if the value is 100, it means it is perceived as very high.

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Index
Pollution Index:	67.73
Pollution Exp Scale:	119.23