Indonesia · Bangka–Belitung Islands · 3 cities
Air quality in Bangka–Belitung Islands today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Sungailiat has the cleanest air of the 3 cities we track in Bangka–Belitung Islands (AQI 43, Good), and Tanjung Pandan the worst (AQI 53, Moderate). Tanjung Pandan has the most tree cover, at 27.9% — #59 of 155 cities measured in Indonesia.
Every city is measured the same way, over the same 2 km around its center: the air quality right now, from ground stations where there are any, and its tree cover.
AQI 48
Average right now
Good
- cities tracked
- 3
- average tree cover
- 21.1%
- Indonesia: 28.0%
- worst air now: Tanjung Pandan
- 53
- cleanest air now: Sungailiat
- 43
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous, and it reads differently from Indonesia's ISPU. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Bangka–Belitung Islands · average AQI 48
Air quality today across Bangka–Belitung Islands, city by city
| Pangkalpinang | 48Good | 9.3% | 64.7K | #151 of 155 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanjung Pandan | 53Moderate | 27.9% | 4.8K | #59 of 155 |
| Sungailiat | 43Good | 26.2% | 9.1K | #69 of 155 |
Air quality is the US AQI from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where available, otherwise the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in Indonesia.
Is this the same as Indonesia's ISPU?
No. Airleaf shows the US EPA Air Quality Index (AQI), the scale used by IQAir and most air-quality apps. Indonesia's official index is the ISPU (Indeks Standar Pencemar Udara), published by the environment ministry from its own monitoring stations. Its bands are 0–50 Baik (good), 51–100 Sedang (moderate), 101–200 Tidak Sehat (unhealthy), 201–300 Sangat Tidak Sehat (very unhealthy) and over 300 Berbahaya (hazardous). The two indexes use different breakpoints and averaging times, so the same air can score differently on each.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bangka–Belitung Islands lost?
Since 2001, Bangka–Belitung Islands has lost about 728,000 hectares of forest (about 7,300 km²): 56% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 728,000 haabout 7,300 km²
- Share of its forest
- 56%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 695,000 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 13,500 ha | 321 ha | 13,900 ha |
| 2002 | 10,800 ha | 372 ha | 11,200 ha |
| 2003 | 6,890 ha | 187 ha | 7,080 ha |
| 2004 | 21,200 ha | 559 ha | 21,800 ha |
| 2005 | 19,400 ha | 266 ha | 19,700 ha |
| 2006 | 19,600 ha | 423 ha | 20,000 ha |
| 2007 | 22,600 ha | 484 ha | 23,100 ha |
| 2008 | 22,200 ha | 288 ha | 22,500 ha |
| 2009 | 62,700 ha | 777 ha | 63,400 ha |
| 2010 | 22,900 ha | 202 ha | 23,100 ha |
| 2011 | 31,700 ha | 300 ha | 32,000 ha |
| 2012 | 38,300 ha | 742 ha | 39,100 ha |
| 2013 | 17,200 ha | 275 ha | 17,500 ha |
| 2014 | 39,900 ha | 1,100 ha | 41,000 ha |
| 2015 | 38,300 ha | 2,710 ha | 41,100 ha |
| 2016 | 42,800 ha | 14,800 ha | 57,500 ha |
| 2017 | 24,500 ha | 830 ha | 25,300 ha |
| 2018 | 21,700 ha | 591 ha | 22,300 ha |
| 2019 | 24,700 ha | 781 ha | 25,400 ha |
| 2020 | 23,600 ha | 900 ha | 24,500 ha |
| 2021 | 30,100 ha | 616 ha | 30,700 ha |
| 2022 | 33,200 ha | 514 ha | 33,700 ha |
| 2023 | 48,600 ha | 1,440 ha | 50,000 ha |
| 2024 | 29,400 ha | 1,430 ha | 30,800 ha |
| 2025 | 28,700 ha | 2,350 ha | 31,100 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 35,300 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 31,000 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2009, when about 63,400 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Bangka–Belitung Islands?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good91% · 662,000 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back3.9% · 28,600 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good3.9% · 28,300 ha
Also: towns and roads, shifting farming, logging, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
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