40% of Indonesian Villages Experiencing Air Pollution Are Located in Java in 2024

According to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), 4,754 villages or sub-districts in Indonesia experienced air pollution in 2024.

The villages referred to by BPS include nagari (traditional villages in West Sumatra), Transmigration Settlement Units (UPT), and Transmigration Settlement Units (SPT) still under the guidance of relevant ministries.

Based on their distribution, the villages/sub-districts most affected by air pollution are located in Central Java, East Java, and West Java provinces.

The following is a list of the 10 provinces with the highest number of villages/sub-districts experiencing air pollution in 2024:

1. Central Java: 583 villages
2. East Java: 570 villages
3. West Java: 461 villages
4. North Sumatra: 229 villages
5. South Sumatra: 229 villages
6. Banten: 182 villages
7. Lampung: 174 villages
8. North Sulawesi: 174 villages
9. Aceh: 168 villages
10. Gorontalo: 160 villages

Overall, 1,908 villages/sub-districts in Java experienced air pollution. This accounts for 40.13% of the national total.

Meanwhile, provinces with the fewest villages/sub-districts experiencing air pollution are mostly located in eastern Indonesia. These provinces include:

1. South Papua: 4 villages
2. West Papua: 4 villages
3. Maluku: 13 villages
4. Bali: 19 villages
5. Riau Islands: 23 villages
6. Southwest Papua: 28 villages
7. North Kalimantan: 34 villages
8. Bangka Belitung Islands: 35 villages
9. North Maluku: 39 villages
10. Papua: 41 villages

Of the 38 provinces, according to BPS, Papua Pegunungan Province is the only province where no villages/sub-districts experienced air pollution.