The World Health Organization released its 2014 report for the cities with the highest pollution levels and there were a few surprises.
One being that Beijing did not even crack the top 20, which definitely comes as a shock considering that the city just issued a "red alert" over smog levels for the first time ever, Xinhua news agency reported.
USA Today noted that Beijing's average air pollution level is 53 on a scale that's goes up to 208, but that’s nothing compared to the city that ranked No. 1 on the list.
Delhi in India is actually the most-polluted city in the world with a 153 rating, according to the report. In fact, most of the cities on the list are located in the world’s second most-populated country.
Some of the most-polluted cities in the U.S. are Los Angeles and New York, but with a rating of 20 and 14 they did not even come close to making the global list.
- Delhi, India 153
- Patna, India 149
- Gwalior, India 144
- Raipur, India 134
- Karachi, Pakistan 117
- Peshawar, Pakistan 111
- Rawalpindi, Pakistan 107
- Khormabad, Iran 102
- Ahmedabad, India 100
- Lucknow, India 96
- Firozabad, India 96
- Doha, Qatar 93
- Kanpur, India 93
- Amritsar, India 92
- Ludhiana, India 91
- Idgir, Turkey 90
- Narayonganj, Bangladesh 89
- Allahbad, India 88
- Agra, India 88
- Khanna, India 88
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