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PM2.5 air pollution — Belarus

PM2.5 air pollution in Belarus in 2023 — 12 µg/m³. Ranked 60 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 63.3%.

2023 12 µg/m³ +5.15% vs 2022
World rank 60of 200
Period maximum 32.7 µg/m³1990
Period minimum 11.4 µg/m³2022

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Belarus, 1990–20230102030401990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 32.7 µg/m³1991: 32.1 µg/m³1992: 31.6 µg/m³1993: 31.1 µg/m³1994: 30.7 µg/m³1995: 29.9 µg/m³1996: 29.7 µg/m³1997: 29.3 µg/m³1998: 28.8 µg/m³1999: 28.4 µg/m³2000: 28.1 µg/m³2001: 27.2 µg/m³2002: 30.2 µg/m³2003: 24.1 µg/m³2004: 23 µg/m³2005: 21.8 µg/m³2006: 18.4 µg/m³2007: 17.3 µg/m³2008: 17.7 µg/m³2009: 18.5 µg/m³2010: 20.3 µg/m³2011: 17.2 µg/m³2012: 16.9 µg/m³2013: 17.9 µg/m³2014: 18.4 µg/m³2015: 15.5 µg/m³2016: 14.6 µg/m³2017: 14.7 µg/m³2018: 16.1 µg/m³2019: 13.3 µg/m³2020: 12.6 µg/m³2021: 13.9 µg/m³2022: 11.4 µg/m³2023: 12 µg/m³
Change over the period: −20.7 (−63.31%) Average annual rate: -2.99 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Belarus 12 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Europe & Central Asia 14.4 µg/m³
Eastern Europe computed 13.3 µg/m³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 26.6 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Belarus, by year Belarus All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 12 +0.6 +5.15%
2022 11.4 −2.5 −17.8%
2021 13.9 +1.2 +9.61%
2020 12.6 −0.7 −5.25%
2019 13.3 −2.8 −17.12%
2018 16.1 +1.4 +9.67%
2017 14.7 +0.1 +0.58%
2016 14.6 −0.9 −5.81%
2015 15.5 −2.9 −15.68%
2014 18.4 +0.5 +2.94%
2013 17.9 +1 +5.65%
2012 16.9 −0.3 −1.86%
2011 17.2 −3.1 −15.12%
2010 20.3 +1.8 +9.62%
2009 18.5 +0.8 +4.57%
2008 17.7 +0.4 +2.2%
2007 17.3 −1 −5.7%
2006 18.4 −3.5 −15.85%
2005 21.8 −1.2 −5.09%
2004 23 −1.1 −4.68%
2003 24.1 −6.1 −20.08%
2002 30.2 +3 +11.14%
2001 27.2 −0.9 −3.15%
2000 28.1 −0.3 −1.1%
1999 28.4 −0.5 −1.6%
1998 28.8 −0.5 −1.57%
1997 29.3 −0.5 −1.55%
1996 29.7 −0.2 −0.54%
1995 29.9 −0.8 −2.48%
1994 30.7 −0.5 −1.48%
1993 31.1 −0.5 −1.46%
1992 31.6 −0.5 −1.44%
1991 32.1 −0.6 −1.87%
1990 32.7 — —

Eastern Europe, 2023

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

RU Russia 11.6 BY Belarus 12 CZ Czechia 12.7 HU Hungary 13.7 SK Slovakia 13.7 UA Ukraine 14.9 MD Moldova 14.9 RO Romania 16 PL Poland 16.5 BG Bulgaria 19.7
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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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