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PM2.5 air pollution — Azerbaijan

PM2.5 air pollution in Azerbaijan in 2023 — 23.7 µg/m³. Ranked 137 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 0.1%.

2023 23.7 µg/m³ −1.99% vs 2022
World rank 137of 200
Period maximum 29.8 µg/m³2010
Period minimum 21.1 µg/m³2016

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Azerbaijan, 1990–20232022.52527.5301990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 23.7 µg/m³1991: 23.8 µg/m³1992: 23.8 µg/m³1993: 23.7 µg/m³1994: 23.6 µg/m³1995: 23.8 µg/m³1996: 23.5 µg/m³1997: 23.5 µg/m³1998: 23.4 µg/m³1999: 23.4 µg/m³2000: 23.2 µg/m³2001: 23.6 µg/m³2002: 23.5 µg/m³2003: 22.5 µg/m³2004: 21.7 µg/m³2005: 22.5 µg/m³2006: 24.6 µg/m³2007: 27.3 µg/m³2008: 27.4 µg/m³2009: 26.3 µg/m³2010: 29.8 µg/m³2011: 23.5 µg/m³2012: 24.2 µg/m³2013: 25.1 µg/m³2014: 27.9 µg/m³2015: 23.4 µg/m³2016: 21.1 µg/m³2017: 24.7 µg/m³2018: 24.2 µg/m³2019: 23.6 µg/m³2020: 24.6 µg/m³2021: 27.2 µg/m³2022: 24.2 µg/m³2023: 23.7 µg/m³
Change over the period: −0 (−0.12%) Average annual rate: 0 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Azerbaijan 23.7 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 — Azerbaijan, by year Azerbaijan All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 23.7 −0.5 −1.99%
2022 24.2 −3 −11.13%
2021 27.2 +2.7 +10.86%
2020 24.6 +1 +4.03%
2019 23.6 −0.6 −2.5%
2018 24.2 −0.5 −1.96%
2017 24.7 +3.6 +16.93%
2016 21.1 −2.3 −9.88%
2015 23.4 −4.4 −15.92%
2014 27.9 +2.8 +11.17%
2013 25.1 +0.9 +3.62%
2012 24.2 +0.7 +2.95%
2011 23.5 −6.3 −21.19%
2010 29.8 +3.5 +13.3%
2009 26.3 −1 −3.81%
2008 27.4 +0.1 +0.32%
2007 27.3 +2.6 +10.74%
2006 24.6 +2.2 +9.69%
2005 22.5 +0.8 +3.71%
2004 21.7 −0.9 −3.8%
2003 22.5 −1 −4.35%
2002 23.5 −0.1 −0.41%
2001 23.6 +0.4 +1.89%
2000 23.2 −0.2 −0.74%
1999 23.4 −0.1 −0.24%
1998 23.4 −0.1 −0.23%
1997 23.5 −0.1 −0.23%
1996 23.5 −0.3 −1.22%
1995 23.8 +0.2 +0.76%
1994 23.6 −0.1 −0.23%
1993 23.7 −0.1 −0.23%
1992 23.8 −0.1 −0.23%
1991 23.8 +0.1 +0.26%
1990 23.7 — —

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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