Nay Pyi Taw
1.2 mi (2 km) around Zabu Thiri
Air quality now
AQI 19
64.2%
tree cover
Healthy tree cover
Asia · air quality report · 33 cities
Right now the 33 cities Airleaf measures in Myanmar average AQI 30 (good). The worst air is in Yangon, at AQI 57, and the cleanest in Hlaingthaya, at AQI 57.
At ground stations alone, which measure rather than estimate, the average is AQI 57 across 3 cities. None of the 33 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 76% have Good air.
Average right now
AQI 30
Good
Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
Myanmar · average AQI 30
1.2 mi (2 km) around Zabu Thiri
Air quality now
AQI 19
64.2%
tree cover
Healthy tree cover
1.2 mi (2 km) around Yangon
Air quality now
AQI 57
60.9%
tree cover
Healthy tree cover
1.2 mi (2 km) around Chanayethazan
Air quality now
AQI 37
26.5%
tree cover
10.8K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
1.2 mi (2 km) around Mawlamyine
Air quality now
AQI 33
40.5%
tree cover
Healthy tree cover
1.2 mi (2 km) around Kale
Air quality now
AQI 14
46.9%
tree cover
Healthy tree cover
1.2 mi (2 km) around Yangon
Air quality now
AQI 57
37.6%
tree cover
Healthy tree cover
1.2 mi (2 km) around Bago
Air quality now
AQI 41
56.3%
tree cover
Healthy tree cover
1.2 mi (2 km) around Amarapura
Air quality now
AQI 19
45.5%
tree cover
Healthy tree cover
Across the country
None of the 33 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 76% have Good air. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
33 measured cities
Every measured city, including model estimates where no ground station is near.
In aggregate
Every figure below is read the same way over the same 1.2 mi (2 km) area per city, so they add up and compare like for like. Averaged across the 33 of 33 cities measured so far in Myanmar.
Excludes barren and desert sites
Against everywhere else
Right now the cities of Myanmar average cleaner air than 89% of the 171 countries Airleaf has enough cities to average, and more tree cover than 95%.
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Deforestation · 2001–2025
Since 2001, Myanmar has lost about 5.35 million hectares of forest (about 54,000 km²): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to shifting farming, so much of it can grow back. About 2 million hectares (37%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
Hectares of forest lost each year
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 16,500 ha | 28,000 ha | 44,500 ha |
| 2002 | 26,200 ha | 39,300 ha | 65,400 ha |
| 2003 | 31,100 ha | 45,700 ha | 76,800 ha |
| 2004 | 43,700 ha | 57,000 ha | 101,000 ha |
| 2005 | 45,900 ha | 44,900 ha | 90,800 ha |
| 2006 | 68,600 ha | 56,700 ha | 125,000 ha |
| 2007 | 83,100 ha | 60,700 ha | 144,000 ha |
| 2008 | 64,200 ha | 52,800 ha | 117,000 ha |
| 2009 | 119,000 ha | 94,500 ha | 213,000 ha |
| 2010 | 89,600 ha | 75,500 ha | 165,000 ha |
| 2011 | 78,100 ha | 56,200 ha | 134,000 ha |
| 2012 | 115,000 ha | 109,000 ha | 224,000 ha |
| 2013 | 86,700 ha | 160,000 ha | 247,000 ha |
| 2014 | 133,000 ha | 197,000 ha | 330,000 ha |
| 2015 | 89,600 ha | 204,000 ha | 293,000 ha |
| 2016 | 109,000 ha | 254,000 ha | 363,000 ha |
| 2017 | 93,200 ha | 249,000 ha | 343,000 ha |
| 2018 | 85,500 ha | 194,000 ha | 279,000 ha |
| 2019 | 102,000 ha | 207,000 ha | 309,000 ha |
| 2020 | 97,600 ha | 213,000 ha | 310,000 ha |
| 2021 | 98,200 ha | 207,000 ha | 305,000 ha |
| 2022 | 78,000 ha | 183,000 ha | 261,000 ha |
| 2023 | 107,000 ha | 200,000 ha | 307,000 ha |
| 2024 | 76,600 ha | 200,000 ha | 277,000 ha |
| 2025 | 60,900 ha | 166,000 ha | 227,000 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 275,000 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 321,000 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 363,000 hectares of forest were lost.
Also: logging, storms, floods and other natural causes, towns and roads, wildfires, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. How it's measured
42.0% of Myanmar was forested as of 2024, against a 30% benchmark. That already clears the benchmark — the city reports above show where cover is still thin locally. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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Right now the 33 cities Airleaf measures in Myanmar average AQI 30 (good). The worst air is in Yangon, at AQI 57, and the cleanest in Hlaingthaya, at AQI 57. At ground stations alone, which measure rather than estimate, the average is AQI 57 across 3 cities. None of the 33 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 76% have Good air.
Yangon, at AQI 57 (Moderate) on the US EPA index. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Hlaingthaya, at AQI 57 (Moderate). Both lists rank current readings, from ground stations wherever Myanmar has at least three cities with one.
It depends on the city. 25 cities are Good, 8 cities are Moderate. At the national average of AQI 30: Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
About 5.35 million ha from 2001 to 2025, 13% of the forest it had in 2000, from the University of Maryland's yearly satellite maps of forest loss. 2 million ha of it was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.
Thandwe, with 66.3% tree cover within 1.2 mi (2 km) of its center, measured from Sentinel-2 satellite images.
Each city's reading is the US EPA air quality index, from ground monitoring stations where one has reported recently nearby, and from the CAMS atmospheric model elsewhere; each city's report says which. Tree cover is measured over the same 1.2 mi (2 km) radius in every city, so the cities compare like for like.
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