Air Quality Life Index Report.
                     AIR QUALITY LIFE 
INDEX REPORT
INTRODUCTION
• The annual report of the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) was 
updated with an innovative tool created by the The Energy 
Policy Institute Chicago . 
• It reveals that air pollution posed the greatest risk to human 
health before the pandemic.
Source: The Economic times
LIFE EXPECTANCY
• According to the report Air pollution reduces global life 
expectancy by nearly 2 years.
• Where as Air pollution cuts life expectancy of Indians by 5.2 
years.
Source: Business Today
TIMELINE
• The Air Quality Life Index data in the report was 
averaged across women, men and children globally, and 
covers period between 1998 and 2018.
Source: The Economic times
SIGNIFICANCE OF AQLI
• AQLI is based on the causal relationship between human 
exposure to air pollution and reduced life expectancy.
• It makes apparent that policies that reduce fossil fuel use can 
allow people to live longer and healthier lives today.
Source: The Indian Express
KEY POINTS
• India is the world’s second-most polluted country after  
Bangladesh.
• In India  air pollution shortened the average life expectancy by 
5.2 years.
Source: Zee News
REPORT ON INDIA
• The shortening lives by 9.4 years  was observed in the national 
capital Delhi.
• The highest loss of life expectancy in India was in UP’s capital 
city Lucknow.
Source: Livemint
WORST POLLUTED STATE IN INDIA
• Lucknow has the highest pollution level in the country  which is 
11 times greater than the WHO guideline .
• The residents of Lucknow stand to lose 10.3 years of life 
expectancy if the same pollution levels persist.
Source: India TV
SOUTH ASIA
• The pollution has been on the rise in South Asia and shortens 
lives more than anywhere else in the world.
• Four countries of Asia account for nearly a quarter of the 
world’s population with most pollution levels. They are:
– India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan 
Source: Times Now
FINDINGS
• In terms of national average, Bangladesh ranked as the most 
polluted country in the world.
• Electricity generation from fossil fuels tripled from 1998 to 
2017 in these four countries combined.
Source: The Daily Star
LESSON LEARNT
• Air pollution concentrations have dropped significantly in China 
due to stringent policy changes.
• Even some other polluted cities like London, Los Angeles and 
Osaka have led to cleaner air with the offshoring of polluting 
industries combined with well-implemented policies
Source: Wikipedia