| List of Radon Level by Country (Please send comments and corrections to: Jan_Zielinski@hc-sc.gc.ca) | ||||||||||
| Country Name | WHO Code | ISO | Population 106 a | AM | GM | GSD | Max | Classification of AMb | Source | OriginalReference for AM, possibly GM, GSD, Max |
| Armenia | 4007 | ARM | 3.02 | 104 | 1.3 | 216 | UNSCEAR 2000 report | |||
| China | 3068 | CHN | 1315.84 | 43.8 | 34.4 | 596 | CWA | UNSCEAR 2006 survey | Shang, B., D. Xu, H. Cui, L. Zhang, B. Chen, J. Wu, Y. Wang, Y. Gao, Z. Li and Q. Sun. Radon Levels Survey in Residences in China. National Institute for Radiological Protection, China (2006). | |
| China, HK | CNH | 7.04 | 41 | 140 | UNSCEAR 2000 report | Tso, M.W. and J.K.C. Leung. Survey of indoor 222Rn concentrations in Hong Kong. Health Phys. 60: 237-241 (1991). | ||||
| China, Taiwan | 3070 | CNT | 22.89 | 10 | 8.5 | 0.6 | 63.5 | RA | UNSCEAR 2004 survey | Chen C.J.,Liu C.C., Lin, Y.M. Surveillance of indoor and outdoor radon concentrations in Taiwan. Nucl. Sci. J. 31(2),117-128 (1994) (in Chinese). |
| Cyprus | 3080 | CYP | 0.84 | 7 | 7 | 2.6 | 78 | UNSCEAR 2000 report | Christofides, S. and Christodoulides, G. Airborne 222Rn concentration in Cypriot houses. Health Physics. 1993 Apr; 64(4):392-396; and Anastasiou, T.; Tsertos, H.; Christofides, S., and Christodoulides, G. Indoor radon (222Rn) concentration measurements in Cyprus using high-sensitivity portable detectors. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 2003; 68(2):159-69. | |
| India | 3100 | IND | 1103.37 | 57 | 42 | 2.2 | 210 | UNSCEAR 2000 report | Subba Ramu, M. C.; Shaikh, A. N.; Muraleedharan, T. S.; Ramachandran, T. V., and Nambi, K. S. V. Environmental radon monitoring in India: a plea for national effort. S. Kumar S. and A. R. Reddy , eds. Proceedings of the National Conference on Particle Tracks in Solids, Jodhpur, India, 9-11 October 1991.: Jodhpur, India: Defense Laboratory ; 1991: 11. | |
| Indonesia | 3110 | IDN | 222.78 | 35.1 | 35.1 | 1.2 | 165 | CWA | UNSCEAR 2001 survey | Bunawas, S. and Warsona, A. Distribution of Radon Concentration in Dwelling and Lung Cancer Risk. Proceedings of The National Scientific Meeting on Safety, Health and Environment. 23-24 October 2001 ; Jakarta, Indonesia. 2001. |
| Iran | 3130 | IRN | 69.52 | 82 | 3070 | CWA | UNSCEAR 2002 survey | |||
| Israel | 3150 | ISR | 7.15 | 47 | CWA | WWW | Haquin G. etal. Radon Survey of Israel. Proceeding of the Conference of Nuclear Societies in Israel, Dead Sea, February 2006. | |||
| Japan | 3160 | JPN | 128.08 | 16 | 13 | 1.8 | 208 | UNSCEAR 2000 report | Fujimoto, K., S. Kobayashi, M. Uchiyama et al. Nationwide indoor radon survey in Japan. Hoken Butsuri 32: 41-51 (1997); Sanada, T., K.Fujimoto, K.Miyano et al. Measurements of nationwide indoor radon concentration in Japan. Environ. Radioact. 45(2): 129-137 (1999) | |
| Kazakhstan | 4182 | KAZ | 14.83 | 5000 | CWA | UNSCEAR 2001 survey | ||||
| Kuwait | 3190 | KWT | 2.69 | 14 | 10.6 | 0.7 | 119.2 | CWA | UNSCEAR 2005 survey | |
| Malaysia | 3236 | MYS | 27.25 | 14 | 20 | UNSCEAR 2000 report | ||||
| Pakistan | 3290 | PAK | 157.94 | 30 | 83 | UNSCEAR 2000 report | Tufail, M., M. Amin, W. Akhtar et al. Radon concentration in some houses of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Nucl. Tracks Radiat. Meas. 19: 429-430 (1991). | |||
| Palestine | PSE | 0.40 | 34 | 105 | UNSCEAR 2006 survey | Yassin, S. S. and Steck, D. J. A preliminary survey of radon and radon progeny concentrations throughout the Gaza Strip in Palestine. W. Burkart; M. Sohrabi, and A. Bayer, eds. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on High Levels of Natural Radiation and Radon Areas: Radiation Dose and Health Effects. Munich. 4-7 September 2000.Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier ; 2002 ICS 1225. | ||||
| Philippines | 3300 | PHL | 83.05 | 23 | 22 | 1.1 | 62 | CWA | UNSCEAR 2001 survey | Info provided in UNSCEAR Survey 2006 is problematic |
| Russia | 4272 | RUS | 143.20 | 55 | WHO 2007 survey | |||||
| Saudi Arabia | 3340 | SAU | 24.57 | 16 | 36 | UNSCEAR 2006 survey | Abu-Jarad, F. and Al-Jarallah, M. I. Radon in Saudi Houses. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 1986; 14(3):243-249. | |||
| South Korea | 3325 | KOR | 48.85 | 53.4 | 43.3 | 1.8 | 1350 | CWA | UNSCEAR 2001 survey | Kim, C. K.; Lee, S. C.; Lee, D. M.; Chang, B. U.; Rho, B. H., and Kang, H. D. Nationwide survey of radon levels in Korea. Health Physics. 2003 Mar; 84(3):354-360. |
| Syria | 3370 | SYR | 19.04 | 44 | 520 | UNSCEAR 2000 report | Othman, I., M. Hushari, G. Raja et al. Radon in Syrian houses. J. Radiol. Prot. 16(1): 45-50 (1996). | |||
| Thailand | 3380 | THA | 64.23 | 23 | 16 | 1.2 | 480 | UNSCEAR 2000 report | ||
| a Data are estimates for July 2005, taken from the United Nations World Populations Prospects Report (2004 revision). | ||||||||||
| b CWA - Country Wide Average; RA - Regional Average. | ||||||||||