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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Bolivia

PM2.5 air pollution in Bolivia in 2023 — 28.1 µg/m³. Ranked 147 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 70%.

2023 28.1 µg/m³ −7.94% vs 2022
World rank 147of 200
Period maximum 93.9 µg/m³1991
Period minimum 25.2 µg/m³2013

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Bolivia, 1990–202302550751001990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 93.8 µg/m³1991: 93.9 µg/m³1992: 91.7 µg/m³1993: 89.6 µg/m³1994: 87.4 µg/m³1995: 89.7 µg/m³1996: 83.1 µg/m³1997: 80.9 µg/m³1998: 78.7 µg/m³1999: 76.5 µg/m³2000: 72.1 µg/m³2001: 68.8 µg/m³2002: 71.2 µg/m³2003: 65.2 µg/m³2004: 66.9 µg/m³2005: 66.5 µg/m³2006: 43.8 µg/m³2007: 31 µg/m³2008: 30.3 µg/m³2009: 27.3 µg/m³2010: 38.2 µg/m³2011: 30.3 µg/m³2012: 26.4 µg/m³2013: 25.2 µg/m³2014: 26.3 µg/m³2015: 27.2 µg/m³2016: 28.7 µg/m³2017: 27.7 µg/m³2018: 26.5 µg/m³2019: 28.9 µg/m³2020: 31.4 µg/m³2021: 28.1 µg/m³2022: 30.6 µg/m³2023: 28.1 µg/m³
Change over the period: −65.7 (−70.02%) Average annual rate: -3.58 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Bolivia 28.1 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Latin America & Caribbean 17.4 µg/m³
South America computed 16.9 µg/m³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 47.3 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Bolivia, by year Bolivia All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 28.1 −2.4 −7.94%
2022 30.6 +2.4 +8.71%
2021 28.1 −3.2 −10.33%
2020 31.4 +2.4 +8.41%
2019 28.9 +2.5 +9.29%
2018 26.5 −1.3 −4.54%
2017 27.7 −0.9 −3.3%
2016 28.7 +1.5 +5.6%
2015 27.2 +0.9 +3.27%
2014 26.3 +1.1 +4.49%
2013 25.2 −1.2 −4.6%
2012 26.4 −3.9 −12.89%
2011 30.3 −7.9 −20.73%
2010 38.2 +10.9 +40.04%
2009 27.3 −3.1 −10.12%
2008 30.3 −0.7 −2.15%
2007 31 −12.7 −29.11%
2006 43.8 −22.7 −34.19%
2005 66.5 −0.4 −0.64%
2004 66.9 +1.7 +2.56%
2003 65.2 −6 −8.37%
2002 71.2 +2.4 +3.46%
2001 68.8 −3.3 −4.62%
2000 72.1 −4.4 −5.75%
1999 76.5 −2.2 −2.76%
1998 78.7 −2.2 −2.68%
1997 80.9 −2.2 −2.61%
1996 83.1 −6.6 −7.4%
1995 89.7 +2.3 +2.62%
1994 87.4 −2.2 −2.42%
1993 89.6 −2.2 −2.37%
1992 91.7 −2.2 −2.31%
1991 93.9 +0.1 +0.07%
1990 93.8 — —

South America, 2023

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

UY Uruguay 10.9 BR Brazil 13.4 AR Argentina 14.3 PY Paraguay 15.3 SR Suriname 15.7 GY Guyana 16.9 CO Colombia 18.4 EC Ecuador 18.6 VE Venezuela 19.2 CL Chile 23.1 BO Bolivia 28.1 PE Peru 31.1
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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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