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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Colombia

PM2.5 air pollution in Colombia in 2023 — 18.4 µg/m³. Ranked 103 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 40.3%.

2023 18.4 µg/m³ −2.63% vs 2022
World rank 103of 200
Period maximum 30.7 µg/m³1990
Period minimum 16.7 µg/m³2021

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Colombia, 1990–202315202530351990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 30.7 µg/m³1991: 30.5 µg/m³1992: 30.4 µg/m³1993: 30.3 µg/m³1994: 30.1 µg/m³1995: 29.9 µg/m³1996: 29.9 µg/m³1997: 29.7 µg/m³1998: 29.6 µg/m³1999: 29.5 µg/m³2000: 29.4 µg/m³2001: 25.5 µg/m³2002: 26 µg/m³2003: 27.5 µg/m³2004: 24.9 µg/m³2005: 24.6 µg/m³2006: 21 µg/m³2007: 18.9 µg/m³2008: 19 µg/m³2009: 18.9 µg/m³2010: 20.6 µg/m³2011: 19.4 µg/m³2012: 18.6 µg/m³2013: 18.5 µg/m³2014: 19.1 µg/m³2015: 19.2 µg/m³2016: 19.7 µg/m³2017: 18.5 µg/m³2018: 18.4 µg/m³2019: 19.7 µg/m³2020: 19.2 µg/m³2021: 16.7 µg/m³2022: 18.9 µg/m³2023: 18.4 µg/m³
Change over the period: −12.4 (−40.27%) Average annual rate: -1.55 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Colombia 18.4 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 — Colombia, by year Colombia All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 18.4 −0.5 −2.63%
2022 18.9 +2.2 +13.13%
2021 16.7 −2.5 −13.06%
2020 19.2 −0.5 −2.74%
2019 19.7 +1.3 +7.18%
2018 18.4 −0.1 −0.39%
2017 18.5 −1.2 −6.18%
2016 19.7 +0.4 +2.28%
2015 19.2 +0.1 +0.5%
2014 19.1 +0.6 +3.48%
2013 18.5 −0.1 −0.39%
2012 18.6 −0.9 −4.4%
2011 19.4 −1.2 −5.78%
2010 20.6 +1.7 +8.79%
2009 18.9 −0.1 −0.29%
2008 19 +0.1 +0.48%
2007 18.9 −2.1 −9.88%
2006 21 −3.6 −14.69%
2005 24.6 −0.3 −1.2%
2004 24.9 −2.6 −9.51%
2003 27.5 +1.5 +5.77%
2002 26 +0.6 +2.18%
2001 25.5 −4 −13.45%
2000 29.4 −0.1 −0.2%
1999 29.5 −0.1 −0.45%
1998 29.6 −0.1 −0.44%
1997 29.7 −0.1 −0.44%
1996 29.9 +0 +0.05%
1995 29.9 −0.3 −0.93%
1994 30.1 −0.1 −0.44%
1993 30.3 −0.1 −0.43%
1992 30.4 −0.1 −0.43%
1991 30.5 −0.2 −0.67%
1990 30.7 — —

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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