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 ## Death rates from outdoor air pollution have fallen in around half of countries The total number of deaths from outdoor air pollution have increased in most countries in recent decades. In some cases this has occurred because death rates from air pollution have increased. But in many cases, the largest driver of this change has been [population growth](https://owid.cloud/world-population-growth) and [ageing populations](https://owid.cloud/age-structure). Globally the death rate from outdoor air pollution [has fallen](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/outdoor-pollution-death-rate?tab=chart&country=OWID_WRL) since 1990. Where in the world have death _rates_ increased and where have rates decreased? In the scatterplot we see the comparison between the death rate from outdoor air pollution in 1990 (shown on the y-axis) and the rate in the latest year (on the x-axis). The grey line here represents parity: a country which lies along this line had the same death rate in both years. Countries which lie above the grey line had a higher death rate in 1990 (meaning they've since declined); and countries below had a higher rate in the latest year (meaning they've increased in recent decades). Here we see that death rates have increased in around half of all countries, and declined in the other half. Regardless of region, rates have typically fallen across high-income countries: almost everywhere in Europe, but also in Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Israel and South Korea and other countries. But rates have also fallen across upper-middle income countries too, including China and Brazil. In low and lower-middle income countries, rates have increased over this period. <Chart url="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/ambient-pollution-death-rates-2017-1990"/> 
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