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PM2.5 air pollution — Algeria

PM2.5 air pollution in Algeria in 2023 — 16.5 µg/m³. Ranked 95 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 34.5%.

2023 16.5 µg/m³ −13.78% vs 2022
World rank 95of 200
Period maximum 19.2 µg/m³2022
Period minimum 12.3 µg/m³1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Algeria, 1990–202312141618201990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 12.3 µg/m³1991: 12.5 µg/m³1992: 12.8 µg/m³1993: 13.1 µg/m³1994: 13.5 µg/m³1995: 13.5 µg/m³1996: 14.1 µg/m³1997: 14.4 µg/m³1998: 14.8 µg/m³1999: 15.1 µg/m³2000: 15.6 µg/m³2001: 14.4 µg/m³2002: 15 µg/m³2003: 14.1 µg/m³2004: 14.3 µg/m³2005: 14.9 µg/m³2006: 16.8 µg/m³2007: 17.5 µg/m³2008: 17.5 µg/m³2009: 16.9 µg/m³2010: 17.2 µg/m³2011: 15.9 µg/m³2012: 16.1 µg/m³2013: 15.2 µg/m³2014: 16.1 µg/m³2015: 16 µg/m³2016: 16.7 µg/m³2017: 15.4 µg/m³2018: 16.1 µg/m³2019: 16 µg/m³2020: 15.3 µg/m³2021: 16.9 µg/m³2022: 19.2 µg/m³2023: 16.5 µg/m³
Change over the period: +4.2 (+34.47%) Average annual rate: 0.9 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Algeria

Algeria 16.5 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Middle East & North Africa 45.4 µg/m³
Northern Africa computed 32.4 µg/m³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 26.6 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Algeria, by year Algeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 16.5 −2.6 −13.78%
2022 19.2 +2.3 +13.73%
2021 16.9 +1.5 +9.91%
2020 15.3 −0.7 −4.12%
2019 16 −0.1 −0.35%
2018 16.1 +0.7 +4.36%
2017 15.4 −1.3 −8.02%
2016 16.7 +0.7 +4.36%
2015 16 −0.1 −0.53%
2014 16.1 +0.9 +5.89%
2013 15.2 −0.9 −5.69%
2012 16.1 +0.2 +1.4%
2011 15.9 −1.3 −7.53%
2010 17.2 +0.3 +1.81%
2009 16.9 −0.6 −3.22%
2008 17.5 −0 −0.04%
2007 17.5 +0.7 +4.01%
2006 16.8 +1.9 +12.81%
2005 14.9 +0.6 +4.02%
2004 14.3 +0.2 +1.28%
2003 14.1 −0.9 −6.03%
2002 15 +0.6 +4.19%
2001 14.4 −1.1 −7.22%
2000 15.6 +0.5 +3.09%
1999 15.1 +0.3 +2.21%
1998 14.8 +0.3 +2.26%
1997 14.4 +0.3 +2.31%
1996 14.1 +0.6 +4.49%
1995 13.5 +0 +0.33%
1994 13.5 +0.3 +2.48%
1993 13.1 +0.3 +2.54%
1992 12.8 +0.3 +2.61%
1991 12.5 +0.2 +1.51%
1990 12.3 — —

Northern Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

DZ Algeria 16.5 MA Morocco 18.7 TN Tunisia 18.9 LY Libya 20 SD Sudan 37.6 EG Egypt 43.1
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About the indicator

The mean annual concentration of suspended particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers, weighted by population — that is, the concentration residents are actually exposed to rather than the average across the territory. The WHO guideline of 2021 is no more than 5 µg/m³; in the most polluted countries values exceed it more than tenfold.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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