Kazakhstan ranked 33rd out of 115 in the ranking of the worst countries in terms of urban pollution. However, capital investments aimed at protecting the environment grew by only 4 percent in a year, Standard.kz reports citing Energyprom.kz agency.

The pollution index in Kazakhstan was 73.4. The higher the index, the worse the situation.

Cameroon, Mongolia and Myanmar open the ranking of the most polluted countries, Finland closes with an index of only 12.1, which is the best indicator in the world. Among the CIS countries participating in the rating, the situation in Azerbaijan is worse than in Kazakhstan, better - in Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Armenia and Belarus.