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PM2.5 air pollution — Benin

PM2.5 air pollution in Benin in 2023 — 39.7 µg/m³. Ranked 177 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 9.4%.

2023 39.7 µg/m³ −4.43% vs 2022
World rank 177of 200
Period maximum 46.7 µg/m³2000
Period minimum 32.1 µg/m³2014

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Benin, 1990–202330354045501990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 43.8 µg/m³1991: 41.9 µg/m³1992: 42.2 µg/m³1993: 42.5 µg/m³1994: 42.8 µg/m³1995: 38.8 µg/m³1996: 43.4 µg/m³1997: 43.6 µg/m³1998: 43.9 µg/m³1999: 44.2 µg/m³2000: 46.7 µg/m³2001: 38.1 µg/m³2002: 40.4 µg/m³2003: 32.8 µg/m³2004: 43.5 µg/m³2005: 35 µg/m³2006: 38.8 µg/m³2007: 42.6 µg/m³2008: 42.8 µg/m³2009: 37 µg/m³2010: 35.1 µg/m³2011: 38.3 µg/m³2012: 38.1 µg/m³2013: 32.1 µg/m³2014: 32.1 µg/m³2015: 46.1 µg/m³2016: 41.4 µg/m³2017: 41 µg/m³2018: 35.1 µg/m³2019: 33.3 µg/m³2020: 41.5 µg/m³2021: 40.8 µg/m³2022: 41.5 µg/m³2023: 39.7 µg/m³
Change over the period: −4.1 (−9.41%) Average annual rate: -0.3 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Benin 39.7 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Western Africa computed 50.9 µg/m³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 47.3 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 39.7 −1.8 −4.43%
2022 41.5 +0.7 +1.62%
2021 40.8 −0.7 −1.62%
2020 41.5 +8.2 +24.73%
2019 33.3 −1.8 −5.08%
2018 35.1 −5.9 −14.46%
2017 41 −0.4 −0.9%
2016 41.4 −4.7 −10.28%
2015 46.1 +14 +43.83%
2014 32.1 −0 −0.04%
2013 32.1 −6 −15.86%
2012 38.1 −0.2 −0.41%
2011 38.3 +3.1 +8.95%
2010 35.1 −1.9 −5.17%
2009 37 −5.7 −13.41%
2008 42.8 +0.2 +0.49%
2007 42.6 +3.8 +9.76%
2006 38.8 +3.7 +10.68%
2005 35 −8.4 −19.43%
2004 43.5 +10.7 +32.75%
2003 32.8 −7.7 −18.95%
2002 40.4 +2.3 +6.06%
2001 38.1 −8.6 −18.33%
2000 46.7 +2.4 +5.53%
1999 44.2 +0.3 +0.66%
1998 43.9 +0.3 +0.66%
1997 43.6 +0.3 +0.67%
1996 43.4 +4.6 +11.87%
1995 38.8 −4 −9.4%
1994 42.8 +0.3 +0.68%
1993 42.5 +0.3 +0.68%
1992 42.2 +0.3 +0.69%
1991 41.9 −1.9 −4.26%
1990 43.8 — —

Western Africa, 2023

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

LR Liberia 17.9 CV Cabo Verde 20.2 CI Côte d'Ivoire 20.4 SL Sierra Leone 22.5 GN Guinea 27.3 GH Ghana 28.1 GW Guinea-Bissau 32.3 TG Togo 34.3 ML Mali 35.5 BF Burkina Faso 37.3 GM Gambia 38.3 BJ Benin 39.7 SN Senegal 41.6 MR Mauritania 46.5 NE Niger 65.2 NG Nigeria 65.7
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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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