Here Are AQIs Of 16 Capitals Around The World, No Points For Guessing Who Fared The Worst

While it is being claimed that this year's post-Diwali scenario isn't as bad as past years, the pollution in Delhi is still overwhelming and stifling. The AQI in the national capital spiked to as high as 999, on the day of the festival.?

Such high level of pollution is not only affecting our respiratory system and other organs in our body, but is also cutting our life expectancy by 4.3 years. The effect of pollution on life expectancy in India is worse than that of HIV/AIDS, cigarette smoking, and even terrorism, according to a recent study.

Here's the AQI data of major capitals around the world, and there no points for guessing who fared the worst:

1. Ottawa,?Canada,?AQI - 9

2.?Berlin,?Germany,?AQI - 34

3.?Canberra,?Australia,?AQI - 41

4.?Washington D.C., United States,?AQI - 44

5.?Colombo,?Sri Lanka,?AQI - 46

6.?Beijing,?China,?AQI - 50

7.?Brussels,?Belgium,?AQI - 59

8.?Moscow,?Russia,?AQI - 63

9.?Rome,?Italy,?AQI - 68

10.?Paris,?France,?AQI - 69

11.?London,?United Kingdom,?AQI - 77

12.?Tokyo,?Japan,?AQI - 80

13.?Dhaka,?Bangladesh,?AQI - 124

14.?Jakarta,?Indonesia,?AQI - 151

15.?Islamabad,?Pakistan,?AQI - 167

16.?Delhi, India, AQI - 412