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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — BRICS

PM2.5 air pollution in BRICS in 2023 — 38.1 µg/m³. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 10.6%.

2023 38.1 µg/m³ +3.43% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 46.6 µg/m³2011
Period minimum 36.9 µg/m³2022

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — BRICS, 1990–20233537.54042.54547.51990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 42.7 µg/m³1991: 42.2 µg/m³1992: 42.2 µg/m³1993: 42.2 µg/m³1994: 42.3 µg/m³1995: 41.2 µg/m³1996: 42.4 µg/m³1997: 42.4 µg/m³1998: 42.5 µg/m³1999: 42.5 µg/m³2000: 43.1 µg/m³2001: 43 µg/m³2002: 43.6 µg/m³2003: 43.8 µg/m³2004: 42.9 µg/m³2005: 43.3 µg/m³2006: 43.7 µg/m³2007: 44.2 µg/m³2008: 44.6 µg/m³2009: 44.6 µg/m³2010: 44.1 µg/m³2011: 46.6 µg/m³2012: 44.2 µg/m³2013: 45 µg/m³2014: 45.4 µg/m³2015: 44.3 µg/m³2016: 43.4 µg/m³2017: 42.6 µg/m³2018: 41.6 µg/m³2019: 40.2 µg/m³2020: 37.8 µg/m³2021: 38.7 µg/m³2022: 36.9 µg/m³2023: 38.1 µg/m³
Change over the period: −4.5 (−10.59%) Average annual rate: -0.34 %

Comparison, 2023

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

BRICS 38.1 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 38.1 +1.3 +3.43%
2022 36.9 −1.8 −4.63%
2021 38.7 +0.9 +2.26%
2020 37.8 −2.3 −5.83%
2019 40.2 −1.4 −3.45%
2018 41.6 −1 −2.44%
2017 42.6 −0.7 −1.67%
2016 43.4 −1 −2.14%
2015 44.3 −1.1 −2.45%
2014 45.4 +0.4 +0.9%
2013 45 +0.8 +1.83%
2012 44.2 −2.4 −5.18%
2011 46.6 +2.6 +5.79%
2010 44.1 −0.6 −1.28%
2009 44.6 +0.1 +0.16%
2008 44.6 +0.4 +0.93%
2007 44.2 +0.5 +1.14%
2006 43.7 +0.3 +0.78%
2005 43.3 +0.4 +1%
2004 42.9 −0.9 −2.06%
2003 43.8 +0.2 +0.56%
2002 43.6 +0.5 +1.23%
2001 43 −0.1 −0.24%
2000 43.1 +0.6 +1.44%
1999 42.5 +0 +0.11%
1998 42.5 +0 +0.11%
1997 42.4 +0 +0.11%
1996 42.4 +1.2 +2.82%
1995 41.2 −1.1 −2.53%
1994 42.3 +0 +0.11%
1993 42.2 +0 +0.11%
1992 42.2 +0 +0.11%
1991 42.2 −0.5 −1.2%
1990 42.7 — —

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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