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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Egypt

PM2.5 air pollution in Egypt in 2023 — 43.1 µg/m³. Ranked 184 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 7.3%.

2023 43.1 µg/m³ +2.23% vs 2022
World rank 184of 200
Period maximum 61.1 µg/m³2003
Period minimum 39.7 µg/m³2020

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Egypt, 1990–202330405060701990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 46.5 µg/m³1991: 48.7 µg/m³1992: 48.9 µg/m³1993: 49.2 µg/m³1994: 49.4 µg/m³1995: 53.4 µg/m³1996: 49.9 µg/m³1997: 50.2 µg/m³1998: 50.4 µg/m³1999: 50.7 µg/m³2000: 49 µg/m³2001: 50 µg/m³2002: 51.8 µg/m³2003: 61.1 µg/m³2004: 57.7 µg/m³2005: 51.1 µg/m³2006: 44.4 µg/m³2007: 40.8 µg/m³2008: 41 µg/m³2009: 43 µg/m³2010: 46.3 µg/m³2011: 40.9 µg/m³2012: 42.6 µg/m³2013: 46.6 µg/m³2014: 43.6 µg/m³2015: 45.7 µg/m³2016: 45 µg/m³2017: 45 µg/m³2018: 44.9 µg/m³2019: 44.6 µg/m³2020: 39.7 µg/m³2021: 41.5 µg/m³2022: 42.2 µg/m³2023: 43.1 µg/m³
Change over the period: −3.4 (−7.28%) Average annual rate: -0.23 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Egypt 43.1 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Middle East & North Africa 45.4 µg/m³
Northern Africa computed 32.4 µg/m³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 47.3 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Egypt, by year Egypt All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 43.1 +0.9 +2.23%
2022 42.2 +0.7 +1.67%
2021 41.5 +1.8 +4.45%
2020 39.7 −4.9 −10.94%
2019 44.6 −0.3 −0.65%
2018 44.9 −0.1 −0.2%
2017 45 −0 −0.06%
2016 45 −0.7 −1.44%
2015 45.7 +2.1 +4.81%
2014 43.6 −3 −6.36%
2013 46.6 +3.9 +9.18%
2012 42.6 +1.7 +4.26%
2011 40.9 −5.4 −11.72%
2010 46.3 +3.4 +7.85%
2009 43 +2 +4.83%
2008 41 +0.2 +0.53%
2007 40.8 −3.7 −8.24%
2006 44.4 −6.7 −13.06%
2005 51.1 −6.6 −11.45%
2004 57.7 −3.4 −5.57%
2003 61.1 +9.3 +17.86%
2002 51.8 +1.9 +3.78%
2001 50 +0.9 +1.87%
2000 49 −1.6 −3.2%
1999 50.7 +0.3 +0.5%
1998 50.4 +0.3 +0.5%
1997 50.2 +0.3 +0.5%
1996 49.9 −3.5 −6.54%
1995 53.4 +4 +8.09%
1994 49.4 +0.3 +0.51%
1993 49.2 +0.3 +0.51%
1992 48.9 +0.3 +0.52%
1991 48.7 +2.1 +4.56%
1990 46.5 — —

Northern Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

DZ Algeria 16.5 MA Morocco 18.7 TN Tunisia 18.9 LY Libya 20 SD Sudan 37.6 EG Egypt 43.1
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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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