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PM2.5 air pollution — Cabo Verde

PM2.5 air pollution in Cabo Verde in 2023 — 20.2 µg/m³. Ranked 119 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 14.2%.

2023 20.2 µg/m³ +10.43% vs 2022
World rank 119of 200
Period maximum 26.3 µg/m³2000
Period minimum 15.4 µg/m³2009

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Cabo Verde, 1990–2023152025301990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 23.5 µg/m³1991: 23.4 µg/m³1992: 23.7 µg/m³1993: 23.9 µg/m³1994: 24.2 µg/m³1995: 23.7 µg/m³1996: 24.8 µg/m³1997: 25.1 µg/m³1998: 25.3 µg/m³1999: 25.6 µg/m³2000: 26.3 µg/m³2001: 19.6 µg/m³2002: 21.6 µg/m³2003: 18.3 µg/m³2004: 20.3 µg/m³2005: 19.8 µg/m³2006: 19.4 µg/m³2007: 20.3 µg/m³2008: 20.1 µg/m³2009: 15.4 µg/m³2010: 15.5 µg/m³2011: 19.6 µg/m³2012: 24.1 µg/m³2013: 17 µg/m³2014: 16 µg/m³2015: 25.5 µg/m³2016: 20.6 µg/m³2017: 24.4 µg/m³2018: 16.9 µg/m³2019: 18.5 µg/m³2020: 20.3 µg/m³2021: 19.1 µg/m³2022: 18.3 µg/m³2023: 20.2 µg/m³
Change over the period: −3.3 (−14.15%) Average annual rate: -0.46 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Cabo Verde 20.2 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Western Africa computed 50.9 µg/m³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 47.3 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Cabo Verde, by year Cabo Verde All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 20.2 +1.9 +10.43%
2022 18.3 −0.8 −4.21%
2021 19.1 −1.2 −6.1%
2020 20.3 +1.8 +9.83%
2019 18.5 +1.6 +9.39%
2018 16.9 −7.5 −30.58%
2017 24.4 +3.8 +18.27%
2016 20.6 −4.9 −19.2%
2015 25.5 +9.5 +59.03%
2014 16 −1 −5.72%
2013 17 −7.1 −29.43%
2012 24.1 +4.5 +23.24%
2011 19.6 +4 +25.82%
2010 15.5 +0.1 +0.97%
2009 15.4 −4.7 −23.45%
2008 20.1 −0.2 −0.76%
2007 20.3 +0.9 +4.4%
2006 19.4 −0.4 −2.18%
2005 19.8 −0.4 −2.21%
2004 20.3 +2 +11.12%
2003 18.3 −3.3 −15.27%
2002 21.6 +2 +10.25%
2001 19.6 −6.7 −25.65%
2000 26.3 +0.7 +2.71%
1999 25.6 +0.3 +1.1%
1998 25.3 +0.3 +1.11%
1997 25.1 +0.3 +1.12%
1996 24.8 +1.1 +4.69%
1995 23.7 −0.6 −2.29%
1994 24.2 +0.3 +1.16%
1993 23.9 +0.3 +1.17%
1992 23.7 +0.3 +1.19%
1991 23.4 −0.1 −0.59%
1990 23.5 — —

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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