PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — East Asia & Pacific

PM2.5 air pollution in East Asia & Pacific in 2023 — 27.3 µg/m³. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 27.8%.

2023 27.3 µg/m³ −0.05% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 40.9 µg/m³2014
Period minimum 27.3 µg/m³2021

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — East Asia & Pacific, 1990–202325303540451990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 37.8 µg/m³1991: 37.5 µg/m³1992: 37.5 µg/m³1993: 37.5 µg/m³1994: 37.6 µg/m³1995: 36.9 µg/m³1996: 37.7 µg/m³1997: 37.7 µg/m³1998: 37.7 µg/m³1999: 37.7 µg/m³2000: 38.1 µg/m³2001: 38 µg/m³2002: 38.4 µg/m³2003: 37.8 µg/m³2004: 38 µg/m³2005: 38.3 µg/m³2006: 39.8 µg/m³2007: 40.3 µg/m³2008: 39.8 µg/m³2009: 39.3 µg/m³2010: 38 µg/m³2011: 40.5 µg/m³2012: 37.8 µg/m³2013: 39.8 µg/m³2014: 40.9 µg/m³2015: 39 µg/m³2016: 35.7 µg/m³2017: 33.9 µg/m³2018: 31.4 µg/m³2019: 31.2 µg/m³2020: 28.2 µg/m³2021: 27.3 µg/m³2022: 27.3 µg/m³2023: 27.3 µg/m³
Change over the period: −10.5 (−27.77%) Average annual rate: -0.98 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific 27.3 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — East Asia & Pacific, by year East Asia & Pacific All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 27.3 −0 −0.05%
2022 27.3 +0 +0.17%
2021 27.3 −0.9 −3.16%
2020 28.2 −3 −9.72%
2019 31.2 −0.2 −0.65%
2018 31.4 −2.5 −7.27%
2017 33.9 −1.9 −5.27%
2016 35.7 −3.2 −8.31%
2015 39 −1.9 −4.62%
2014 40.9 +1 +2.62%
2013 39.8 +2 +5.27%
2012 37.8 −2.7 −6.6%
2011 40.5 +2.5 +6.71%
2010 38 −1.3 −3.35%
2009 39.3 −0.5 −1.36%
2008 39.8 −0.5 −1.2%
2007 40.3 +0.5 +1.2%
2006 39.8 +1.5 +3.93%
2005 38.3 +0.3 +0.87%
2004 38 +0.2 +0.45%
2003 37.8 −0.6 −1.54%
2002 38.4 +0.4 +1.17%
2001 38 −0.2 −0.49%
2000 38.1 +0.4 +1.08%
1999 37.7 +0 +0.08%
1998 37.7 +0 +0.07%
1997 37.7 +0 +0.08%
1996 37.7 +0.8 +2.17%
1995 36.9 −0.7 −1.95%
1994 37.6 +0 +0.1%
1993 37.5 +0 +0.11%
1992 37.5 +0 +0.12%
1991 37.5 −0.3 −0.88%
1990 37.8

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.