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PM2.5 air pollution — Brazil

PM2.5 air pollution in Brazil in 2023 — 13.4 µg/m³. Ranked 68 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 50.6%.

2023 13.4 µg/m³ −10.46% vs 2022
World rank 68of 200
Period maximum 27.3 µg/m³2003
Period minimum 13.2 µg/m³2014

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Brazil, 1990–202310152025301990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 27.1 µg/m³1991: 27 µg/m³1992: 27 µg/m³1993: 26.9 µg/m³1994: 26.8 µg/m³1995: 26.8 µg/m³1996: 26.6 µg/m³1997: 26.6 µg/m³1998: 26.5 µg/m³1999: 26.4 µg/m³2000: 26.3 µg/m³2001: 26.4 µg/m³2002: 25.9 µg/m³2003: 27.3 µg/m³2004: 26.1 µg/m³2005: 25.9 µg/m³2006: 18.9 µg/m³2007: 15.4 µg/m³2008: 15.5 µg/m³2009: 15.3 µg/m³2010: 15.2 µg/m³2011: 15 µg/m³2012: 13.6 µg/m³2013: 13.2 µg/m³2014: 13.2 µg/m³2015: 14.1 µg/m³2016: 13.5 µg/m³2017: 13.6 µg/m³2018: 13.3 µg/m³2019: 13.8 µg/m³2020: 13.7 µg/m³2021: 13.7 µg/m³2022: 14.9 µg/m³2023: 13.4 µg/m³
Change over the period: −13.7 (−50.56%) Average annual rate: -2.11 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Brazil 13.4 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Latin America & Caribbean 17.4 µg/m³
South America computed 16.9 µg/m³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 26.6 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Brazil, by year Brazil All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 13.4 −1.6 −10.46%
2022 14.9 +1.3 +9.2%
2021 13.7 +0 +0.15%
2020 13.7 −0.1 −1.07%
2019 13.8 +0.5 +3.61%
2018 13.3 −0.3 −2.01%
2017 13.6 +0.1 +0.86%
2016 13.5 −0.6 −4.37%
2015 14.1 +0.9 +7.2%
2014 13.2 −0 −0.26%
2013 13.2 −0.4 −3.26%
2012 13.6 −1.4 −9.17%
2011 15 −0.1 −0.95%
2010 15.2 −0.1 −0.79%
2009 15.3 −0.2 −1.18%
2008 15.5 +0.1 +0.54%
2007 15.4 −3.5 −18.49%
2006 18.9 −7 −27.17%
2005 25.9 −0.2 −0.79%
2004 26.1 −1.2 −4.51%
2003 27.3 +1.4 +5.42%
2002 25.9 −0.5 −1.74%
2001 26.4 +0.1 +0.56%
2000 26.3 −0.1 −0.52%
1999 26.4 −0.1 −0.31%
1998 26.5 −0.1 −0.31%
1997 26.6 −0.1 −0.3%
1996 26.6 −0.2 −0.72%
1995 26.8 +0 +0.12%
1994 26.8 −0.1 −0.3%
1993 26.9 −0.1 −0.3%
1992 27 −0.1 −0.3%
1991 27 −0 −0.09%
1990 27.1 — —

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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