​Air pollution deaths cost global economy $225 billion

Air pollution has emerged as the deadliest form of pollution and the fourth leading risk factor for premature deaths worldwide. Those deaths cost the global economy about $225 billion in lost labor income in 2013, according to a joint study of the World Bank and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation ( IHME).According to report, annual labour income losses cost the equivalent of 0.83% GDP In South Asia.

In East Asia and the Pacific where the population is ageing, labour income losses represent 0.25% of GDP, while in Sub-Saharan Africa, where air pollution impairs the carning potential of younger populations, annual labour income losses represent the equivalent of 0.61% of GDP. Here’s a look at the top 10 countries.