PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Bosnia and Herzegovina

PM2.5 air pollution in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2023 — 26.1 µg/m³. Ranked 141 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 27.7%.

2023 26.1 µg/m³ −3.77% vs 2022
World rank 141of 200
Period maximum 42.2 µg/m³2003
Period minimum 25.6 µg/m³2021

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1990–202325303540451990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 36.1 µg/m³1991: 35.3 µg/m³1992: 35.3 µg/m³1993: 35.3 µg/m³1994: 35.3 µg/m³1995: 33.8 µg/m³1996: 35.3 µg/m³1997: 35.3 µg/m³1998: 35.3 µg/m³1999: 35.3 µg/m³2000: 36 µg/m³2001: 35.5 µg/m³2002: 39.3 µg/m³2003: 42.2 µg/m³2004: 37.5 µg/m³2005: 38.4 µg/m³2006: 34 µg/m³2007: 31.5 µg/m³2008: 31 µg/m³2009: 31.7 µg/m³2010: 32.5 µg/m³2011: 34.6 µg/m³2012: 30.9 µg/m³2013: 28.5 µg/m³2014: 28.4 µg/m³2015: 31.7 µg/m³2016: 30.8 µg/m³2017: 29.5 µg/m³2018: 30 µg/m³2019: 25.9 µg/m³2020: 26.8 µg/m³2021: 25.6 µg/m³2022: 27.1 µg/m³2023: 26.1 µg/m³
Change over the period: −10 (−27.7%) Average annual rate: -0.98 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina 26.1 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Europe & Central Asia 14.4 µg/m³
Southern Europe computed 13.1 µg/m³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 26.6 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Bosnia and Herzegovina, by year Bosnia and Herzegovina All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 26.1 −1 −3.77%
2022 27.1 +1.5 +5.89%
2021 25.6 −1.2 −4.54%
2020 26.8 +0.9 +3.53%
2019 25.9 −4.1 −13.71%
2018 30 +0.5 +1.71%
2017 29.5 −1.3 −4.16%
2016 30.8 −0.9 −2.81%
2015 31.7 +3.3 +11.67%
2014 28.4 −0.1 −0.3%
2013 28.5 −2.5 −7.96%
2012 30.9 −3.6 −10.51%
2011 34.6 +2 +6.27%
2010 32.5 +0.8 +2.65%
2009 31.7 +0.6 +2.08%
2008 31 −0.4 −1.35%
2007 31.5 −2.5 −7.39%
2006 34 −4.4 −11.52%
2005 38.4 +0.9 +2.5%
2004 37.5 −4.7 −11.22%
2003 42.2 +2.9 +7.45%
2002 39.3 +3.8 +10.72%
2001 35.5 −0.6 −1.62%
2000 36 +0.7 +2.08%
1999 35.3 −0 −0.01%
1998 35.3 −0 −0.01%
1997 35.3 −0 −0.01%
1996 35.3 +1.5 +4.36%
1995 33.8 −1.5 −4.2%
1994 35.3 −0 −0.01%
1993 35.3 −0 −0.01%
1992 35.3 −0 −0.01%
1991 35.3 −0.7 −2.06%
1990 36.1

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.