PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — EAEU

PM2.5 air pollution in the EAEU in 2023 — 13.1 µg/m³. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 52.1%.

2023 13.1 µg/m³ −0.2% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 27.3 µg/m³1990
Period minimum 13.1 µg/m³2023

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — EAEU, 1990–202310152025301990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 27.3 µg/m³1991: 26.7 µg/m³1992: 26.2 µg/m³1993: 25.7 µg/m³1994: 25.2 µg/m³1995: 24.4 µg/m³1996: 24.3 µg/m³1997: 23.8 µg/m³1998: 23.3 µg/m³1999: 22.9 µg/m³2000: 22.5 µg/m³2001: 21.2 µg/m³2002: 22.3 µg/m³2003: 20.1 µg/m³2004: 18.5 µg/m³2005: 17.3 µg/m³2006: 16.6 µg/m³2007: 16.4 µg/m³2008: 16.4 µg/m³2009: 16.7 µg/m³2010: 19.2 µg/m³2011: 14.9 µg/m³2012: 15.9 µg/m³2013: 15.5 µg/m³2014: 15.9 µg/m³2015: 14.5 µg/m³2016: 14.6 µg/m³2017: 14.9 µg/m³2018: 14.1 µg/m³2019: 14.1 µg/m³2020: 13.8 µg/m³2021: 14.4 µg/m³2022: 13.1 µg/m³2023: 13.1 µg/m³
Change over the period: −14.2 (−52.11%) Average annual rate: -2.21 %

Comparison, 2023

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

EAEU 13.1 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — EAEU, by year EAEU All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 13.1 −0 −0.2%
2022 13.1 −1.3 −9.19%
2021 14.4 +0.7 +4.93%
2020 13.8 −0.3 −2.19%
2019 14.1 +0 +0.05%
2018 14.1 −0.8 −5.61%
2017 14.9 +0.3 +1.85%
2016 14.6 +0.2 +1.04%
2015 14.5 −1.4 −9.01%
2014 15.9 +0.4 +2.41%
2013 15.5 −0.4 −2.4%
2012 15.9 +1 +7.02%
2011 14.9 −4.4 −22.69%
2010 19.2 +2.5 +14.85%
2009 16.7 +0.4 +2.34%
2008 16.4 −0.1 −0.52%
2007 16.4 −0.1 −0.86%
2006 16.6 −0.7 −4.17%
2005 17.3 −1.2 −6.27%
2004 18.5 −1.6 −7.97%
2003 20.1 −2.3 −10.11%
2002 22.3 +1.1 +5.35%
2001 21.2 −1.3 −5.97%
2000 22.5 −0.3 −1.37%
1999 22.9 −0.5 −2.06%
1998 23.3 −0.5 −1.99%
1997 23.8 −0.5 −1.95%
1996 24.3 −0.1 −0.58%
1995 24.4 −0.8 −3.2%
1994 25.2 −0.5 −1.85%
1993 25.7 −0.5 −1.83%
1992 26.2 −0.5 −1.81%
1991 26.7 −0.7 −2.38%
1990 27.3

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.