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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Botswana

PM2.5 air pollution in Botswana in 2023 — 13.2 µg/m³. Ranked 67 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 22.7%.

2023 13.2 µg/m³ −1.13% vs 2022
World rank 67of 200
Period maximum 20.1 µg/m³2010
Period minimum 12.7 µg/m³2014

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Botswana, 1990–20231214161820221990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 17.1 µg/m³1991: 17.1 µg/m³1992: 17.1 µg/m³1993: 17.1 µg/m³1994: 17.2 µg/m³1995: 17 µg/m³1996: 17.2 µg/m³1997: 17.3 µg/m³1998: 17.3 µg/m³1999: 17.3 µg/m³2000: 17.4 µg/m³2001: 20 µg/m³2002: 18.4 µg/m³2003: 17.4 µg/m³2004: 16.7 µg/m³2005: 18.3 µg/m³2006: 16.6 µg/m³2007: 16.1 µg/m³2008: 16.7 µg/m³2009: 16.4 µg/m³2010: 20.1 µg/m³2011: 15.5 µg/m³2012: 17.1 µg/m³2013: 16.7 µg/m³2014: 12.7 µg/m³2015: 16.6 µg/m³2016: 14.9 µg/m³2017: 14.3 µg/m³2018: 16 µg/m³2019: 15 µg/m³2020: 13.3 µg/m³2021: 14 µg/m³2022: 13.4 µg/m³2023: 13.2 µg/m³
Change over the period: −3.9 (−22.74%) Average annual rate: -0.78 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Botswana 13.2 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Southern Africa computed 26.4 µg/m³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 26.6 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 13.2 −0.2 −1.13%
2022 13.4 −0.6 −4.13%
2021 14 +0.7 +4.9%
2020 13.3 −1.7 −11.23%
2019 15 −1 −6.36%
2018 16 +1.7 +11.86%
2017 14.3 −0.5 −3.58%
2016 14.9 −1.8 −10.65%
2015 16.6 +4 +31.16%
2014 12.7 −4 −24%
2013 16.7 −0.4 −2.42%
2012 17.1 +1.6 +10.02%
2011 15.5 −4.5 −22.62%
2010 20.1 +3.7 +22.23%
2009 16.4 −0.3 −1.52%
2008 16.7 +0.6 +3.45%
2007 16.1 −0.4 −2.67%
2006 16.6 −1.7 −9.27%
2005 18.3 +1.5 +9.17%
2004 16.7 −0.6 −3.64%
2003 17.4 −1.1 −5.81%
2002 18.4 −1.5 −7.75%
2001 20 +2.5 +14.6%
2000 17.4 +0.1 +0.64%
1999 17.3 +0 +0.17%
1998 17.3 +0 +0.17%
1997 17.3 +0 +0.17%
1996 17.2 +0.2 +1.12%
1995 17 −0.1 −0.77%
1994 17.2 +0 +0.17%
1993 17.1 +0 +0.17%
1992 17.1 +0 +0.17%
1991 17.1 −0.1 −0.3%
1990 17.1 — —

Southern Africa, 2023

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

BW Botswana 13.2 NA Namibia 14.2 SZ Eswatini 16.7 LS Lesotho 26.4 ZA South Africa 27.7
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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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