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.