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PM2.5 air pollution — Ecuador

PM2.5 air pollution in Ecuador in 2023 — 18.6 µg/m³. Ranked 107 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 54.8%.

2023 18.6 µg/m³ −6.02% vs 2022
World rank 107of 200
Period maximum 41.2 µg/m³1990
Period minimum 17.8 µg/m³2014

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Ecuador, 1990–202310203040501990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 41.2 µg/m³1991: 40.9 µg/m³1992: 40.6 µg/m³1993: 40.2 µg/m³1994: 39.9 µg/m³1995: 39.6 µg/m³1996: 39.2 µg/m³1997: 38.9 µg/m³1998: 38.5 µg/m³1999: 38.2 µg/m³2000: 37.8 µg/m³2001: 38.6 µg/m³2002: 38.3 µg/m³2003: 38.2 µg/m³2004: 37.8 µg/m³2005: 37.6 µg/m³2006: 25.3 µg/m³2007: 19.1 µg/m³2008: 19.1 µg/m³2009: 19 µg/m³2010: 21.2 µg/m³2011: 19 µg/m³2012: 18 µg/m³2013: 18.1 µg/m³2014: 17.8 µg/m³2015: 18.3 µg/m³2016: 18.8 µg/m³2017: 18.3 µg/m³2018: 18.6 µg/m³2019: 18.9 µg/m³2020: 18.7 µg/m³2021: 18.6 µg/m³2022: 19.8 µg/m³2023: 18.6 µg/m³
Change over the period: −22.6 (−54.82%) Average annual rate: -2.38 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Ecuador 18.6 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 — Ecuador, by year Ecuador All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 18.6 −1.2 −6.02%
2022 19.8 +1.2 +6.43%
2021 18.6 −0.1 −0.73%
2020 18.7 −0.1 −0.73%
2019 18.9 +0.3 +1.47%
2018 18.6 +0.3 +1.8%
2017 18.3 −0.5 −2.89%
2016 18.8 +0.6 +3.09%
2015 18.3 +0.5 +2.66%
2014 17.8 −0.3 −1.47%
2013 18.1 +0 +0.05%
2012 18 −0.9 −4.92%
2011 19 −2.2 −10.53%
2010 21.2 +2.2 +11.7%
2009 19 −0.1 −0.75%
2008 19.1 −0 −0.07%
2007 19.1 −6.2 −24.47%
2006 25.3 −12.3 −32.65%
2005 37.6 −0.1 −0.35%
2004 37.8 −0.5 −1.23%
2003 38.2 −0.1 −0.2%
2002 38.3 −0.3 −0.83%
2001 38.6 +0.8 +2.09%
2000 37.8 −0.4 −0.97%
1999 38.2 −0.3 −0.87%
1998 38.5 −0.3 −0.86%
1997 38.9 −0.3 −0.85%
1996 39.2 −0.4 −1.02%
1995 39.6 −0.3 −0.67%
1994 39.9 −0.3 −0.83%
1993 40.2 −0.3 −0.83%
1992 40.6 −0.3 −0.82%
1991 40.9 −0.3 −0.73%
1990 41.2 — —

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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