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PM2.5 air pollution — Eritrea

PM2.5 air pollution in Eritrea in 2023 — 33.7 µg/m³. Ranked 165 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 15.9%.

2023 33.7 µg/m³ +1.48% vs 2022
World rank 165of 200
Period maximum 40 µg/m³1990
Period minimum 29.1 µg/m³2014

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Eritrea, 1990–202325303540451990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 40 µg/m³1991: 38.9 µg/m³1992: 38.9 µg/m³1993: 38.9 µg/m³1994: 38.9 µg/m³1995: 36.6 µg/m³1996: 38.9 µg/m³1997: 38.9 µg/m³1998: 38.9 µg/m³1999: 38.9 µg/m³2000: 40 µg/m³2001: 35.8 µg/m³2002: 35.2 µg/m³2003: 34.4 µg/m³2004: 33.8 µg/m³2005: 37.3 µg/m³2006: 31.7 µg/m³2007: 30 µg/m³2008: 30.2 µg/m³2009: 29.6 µg/m³2010: 32.2 µg/m³2011: 34.8 µg/m³2012: 34.2 µg/m³2013: 35.3 µg/m³2014: 29.1 µg/m³2015: 34.9 µg/m³2016: 33.3 µg/m³2017: 37.9 µg/m³2018: 35.1 µg/m³2019: 33.2 µg/m³2020: 30.9 µg/m³2021: 30.3 µg/m³2022: 33.2 µg/m³2023: 33.7 µg/m³
Change over the period: −6.4 (−15.9%) Average annual rate: -0.52 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eritrea 33.7 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Eastern Africa computed 22 µg/m³
Low-income countries computed 31.1 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Eritrea, by year Eritrea All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 33.7 +0.5 +1.48%
2022 33.2 +2.8 +9.36%
2021 30.3 −0.6 −1.88%
2020 30.9 −2.3 −7.02%
2019 33.2 −1.9 −5.29%
2018 35.1 −2.8 −7.42%
2017 37.9 +4.6 +13.72%
2016 33.3 −1.6 −4.57%
2015 34.9 +5.8 +19.88%
2014 29.1 −6.1 −17.36%
2013 35.3 +1 +2.97%
2012 34.2 −0.6 −1.7%
2011 34.8 +2.7 +8.28%
2010 32.2 +2.6 +8.7%
2009 29.6 −0.6 −1.97%
2008 30.2 +0.2 +0.61%
2007 30 −1.7 −5.35%
2006 31.7 −5.6 −15%
2005 37.3 +3.5 +10.36%
2004 33.8 −0.6 −1.82%
2003 34.4 −0.8 −2.27%
2002 35.2 −0.5 −1.53%
2001 35.8 −4.2 −10.59%
2000 40 +1.1 +2.92%
1999 38.9 −0 −0%
1998 38.9 −0 −0%
1997 38.9 −0 −0%
1996 38.9 +2.3 +6.2%
1995 36.6 −2.3 −5.84%
1994 38.9 −0 −0%
1993 38.9 −0 −0%
1992 38.9 −0 −0%
1991 38.9 −1.1 −2.84%
1990 40 — —

Eastern Africa, 2023

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

SC Seychelles 9.3 KM Comoros 10.2 MG Madagascar 12.4 MZ Mozambique 13.7 MU Mauritius 14.1 ZW Zimbabwe 15 MW Malawi 16.7 SO Somalia 18.5 TZ Tanzania 20.2 ZM Zambia 20.2 KE Kenya 20.3 SS South Sudan 23.7 ET Ethiopia 23.8 UG Uganda 31.2 ER Eritrea 33.7 BI Burundi 35.7 RW Rwanda 36 DJ Djibouti 40.3
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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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