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PM2.5 air pollution — Burkina Faso

PM2.5 air pollution in Burkina Faso in 2023 — 37.3 µg/m³. Ranked 173 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 5%.

2023 37.3 µg/m³ −10.18% vs 2022
World rank 173of 200
Period maximum 50.1 µg/m³2004
Period minimum 34.1 µg/m³2019

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Burkina Faso, 1990–20233035404550551990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 39.3 µg/m³1991: 38 µg/m³1992: 38.3 µg/m³1993: 38.6 µg/m³1994: 38.9 µg/m³1995: 36 µg/m³1996: 39.5 µg/m³1997: 39.8 µg/m³1998: 40.1 µg/m³1999: 40.4 µg/m³2000: 42.4 µg/m³2001: 38.2 µg/m³2002: 42.8 µg/m³2003: 34.2 µg/m³2004: 50.1 µg/m³2005: 43 µg/m³2006: 44.4 µg/m³2007: 46.1 µg/m³2008: 46.7 µg/m³2009: 42 µg/m³2010: 41.7 µg/m³2011: 42.7 µg/m³2012: 42 µg/m³2013: 35.6 µg/m³2014: 37.4 µg/m³2015: 48.7 µg/m³2016: 43.3 µg/m³2017: 41.3 µg/m³2018: 35.9 µg/m³2019: 34.1 µg/m³2020: 38.7 µg/m³2021: 37.3 µg/m³2022: 41.6 µg/m³2023: 37.3 µg/m³
Change over the period: −2 (−5.04%) Average annual rate: -0.16 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Burkina Faso 37.3 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Western Africa computed 50.9 µg/m³
Low-income countries computed 31.1 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 37.3 −4.2 −10.18%
2022 41.6 +4.2 +11.32%
2021 37.3 −1.4 −3.62%
2020 38.7 +4.7 +13.65%
2019 34.1 −1.8 −5.11%
2018 35.9 −5.4 −12.99%
2017 41.3 −2 −4.66%
2016 43.3 −5.4 −11.12%
2015 48.7 +11.3 +30.08%
2014 37.4 +1.9 +5.27%
2013 35.6 −6.4 −15.28%
2012 42 −0.7 −1.68%
2011 42.7 +1 +2.4%
2010 41.7 −0.3 −0.76%
2009 42 −4.7 −10.11%
2008 46.7 +0.6 +1.31%
2007 46.1 +1.7 +3.87%
2006 44.4 +1.5 +3.43%
2005 43 −7.1 −14.23%
2004 50.1 +15.8 +46.29%
2003 34.2 −8.5 −19.96%
2002 42.8 +4.6 +12.11%
2001 38.2 −4.2 −9.93%
2000 42.4 +1.9 +4.74%
1999 40.4 +0.3 +0.76%
1998 40.1 +0.3 +0.77%
1997 39.8 +0.3 +0.77%
1996 39.5 +3.5 +9.8%
1995 36 −2.9 −7.49%
1994 38.9 +0.3 +0.79%
1993 38.6 +0.3 +0.8%
1992 38.3 +0.3 +0.8%
1991 38 −1.3 −3.32%
1990 39.3 — —

Western Africa, 2023

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

LR Liberia 17.9 CV Cabo Verde 20.2 CI Côte d'Ivoire 20.4 SL Sierra Leone 22.5 GN Guinea 27.3 GH Ghana 28.1 GW Guinea-Bissau 32.3 TG Togo 34.3 ML Mali 35.5 BF Burkina Faso 37.3 GM Gambia 38.3 BJ Benin 39.7 SN Senegal 41.6 MR Mauritania 46.5 NE Niger 65.2 NG Nigeria 65.7
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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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