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PM2.5 air pollution — Armenia

PM2.5 air pollution in Armenia in 2023 — 28.6 µg/m³. Ranked 149 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 5.2%.

2023 28.6 µg/m³ −2.76% vs 2022
World rank 149of 200
Period maximum 32 µg/m³2010
Period minimum 25.4 µg/m³2016

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Armenia, 1990–202324262830321990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 30.1 µg/m³1991: 29.8 µg/m³1992: 29.7 µg/m³1993: 29.7 µg/m³1994: 29.6 µg/m³1995: 29 µg/m³1996: 29.5 µg/m³1997: 29.5 µg/m³1998: 29.4 µg/m³1999: 29.3 µg/m³2000: 29.6 µg/m³2001: 31.4 µg/m³2002: 30 µg/m³2003: 30.2 µg/m³2004: 28.9 µg/m³2005: 30.1 µg/m³2006: 27.7 µg/m³2007: 28.7 µg/m³2008: 28.4 µg/m³2009: 26.6 µg/m³2010: 32 µg/m³2011: 26.5 µg/m³2012: 26.2 µg/m³2013: 27 µg/m³2014: 28.5 µg/m³2015: 28.3 µg/m³2016: 25.4 µg/m³2017: 27.1 µg/m³2018: 27.7 µg/m³2019: 29.3 µg/m³2020: 27.2 µg/m³2021: 30.5 µg/m³2022: 29.4 µg/m³2023: 28.6 µg/m³
Change over the period: −1.6 (−5.24%) Average annual rate: -0.16 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Armenia 28.6 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Europe & Central Asia 14.4 µg/m³
Western Asia computed 40.9 µg/m³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 26.6 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Armenia, by year Armenia All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 28.6 −0.8 −2.76%
2022 29.4 −1.2 −3.83%
2021 30.5 +3.4 +12.42%
2020 27.2 −2.2 −7.37%
2019 29.3 +1.6 +5.88%
2018 27.7 +0.5 +2.03%
2017 27.1 +1.8 +7.05%
2016 25.4 −2.9 −10.38%
2015 28.3 −0.2 −0.67%
2014 28.5 +1.5 +5.45%
2013 27 +0.8 +3.18%
2012 26.2 −0.3 −1.08%
2011 26.5 −5.5 −17.21%
2010 32 +5.4 +20.13%
2009 26.6 −1.8 −6.22%
2008 28.4 −0.3 −1.05%
2007 28.7 +1 +3.62%
2006 27.7 −2.4 −7.98%
2005 30.1 +1.2 +4.21%
2004 28.9 −1.3 −4.38%
2003 30.2 +0.2 +0.59%
2002 30 −1.4 −4.48%
2001 31.4 +1.9 +6.27%
2000 29.6 +0.2 +0.74%
1999 29.3 −0.1 −0.19%
1998 29.4 −0.1 −0.19%
1997 29.5 −0.1 −0.19%
1996 29.5 +0.5 +1.7%
1995 29 −0.6 −2.05%
1994 29.6 −0.1 −0.19%
1993 29.7 −0.1 −0.19%
1992 29.7 −0.1 −0.19%
1991 29.8 −0.3 −1.1%
1990 30.1 — —

Western Asia, 2023

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

CY Cyprus 16.1 GE Georgia 18.6 IL Israel 21.9 PS Palestine 22.4 AZ Azerbaijan 23.7 TR Türkiye 26.4 LB Lebanon 26.7 AM Armenia 28.6 SY Syria 32.1 JO Jordan 32.6 YE Yemen 46.8 OM Oman 46.9 IQ Iraq 49.5 BH Bahrain 56.6 AE United Arab Emirates 57.2 KW Kuwait 62.3 SA Saudi Arabia 73.5 QA Qatar 107.8
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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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