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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Eswatini

PM2.5 air pollution in Eswatini in 2023 — 16.7 µg/m³. Ranked 98 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 15%.

2023 16.7 µg/m³ −9.08% vs 2022
World rank 98of 200
Period maximum 20.9 µg/m³2010
Period minimum 15.3 µg/m³2016

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Eswatini, 1990–202314161820221990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 19.7 µg/m³1991: 19.9 µg/m³1992: 19.9 µg/m³1993: 19.9 µg/m³1994: 19.9 µg/m³1995: 20.2 µg/m³1996: 19.9 µg/m³1997: 19.9 µg/m³1998: 19.9 µg/m³1999: 19.9 µg/m³2000: 19.8 µg/m³2001: 17.3 µg/m³2002: 16.7 µg/m³2003: 15.7 µg/m³2004: 16.5 µg/m³2005: 17.7 µg/m³2006: 18 µg/m³2007: 18.3 µg/m³2008: 18.5 µg/m³2009: 17.7 µg/m³2010: 20.9 µg/m³2011: 17.5 µg/m³2012: 18.5 µg/m³2013: 17.5 µg/m³2014: 15.9 µg/m³2015: 16.9 µg/m³2016: 15.3 µg/m³2017: 16.5 µg/m³2018: 16.2 µg/m³2019: 18.2 µg/m³2020: 16.7 µg/m³2021: 17.9 µg/m³2022: 18.4 µg/m³2023: 16.7 µg/m³
Change over the period: −3 (−14.98%) Average annual rate: -0.49 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eswatini 16.7 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Southern Africa computed 26.4 µg/m³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 47.3 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Eswatini, by year Eswatini All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 16.7 −1.7 −9.08%
2022 18.4 +0.5 +3.04%
2021 17.9 +1.1 +6.82%
2020 16.7 −1.5 −8.25%
2019 18.2 +2 +12.28%
2018 16.2 −0.2 −1.37%
2017 16.5 +1.1 +7.46%
2016 15.3 −1.5 −9.17%
2015 16.9 +1 +6.07%
2014 15.9 −1.6 −8.92%
2013 17.5 −1 −5.62%
2012 18.5 +1 +5.82%
2011 17.5 −3.4 −16.43%
2010 20.9 +3.2 +17.98%
2009 17.7 −0.7 −4%
2008 18.5 +0.2 +1.12%
2007 18.3 +0.2 +1.3%
2006 18 +0.3 +1.86%
2005 17.7 +1.2 +7.45%
2004 16.5 +0.8 +4.83%
2003 15.7 −0.9 −5.66%
2002 16.7 −0.6 −3.6%
2001 17.3 −2.5 −12.54%
2000 19.8 −0.2 −0.83%
1999 19.9 +0 +0.03%
1998 19.9 +0 +0.03%
1997 19.9 +0 +0.03%
1996 19.9 −0.3 −1.66%
1995 20.2 +0.4 +1.76%
1994 19.9 +0 +0.03%
1993 19.9 +0 +0.03%
1992 19.9 +0 +0.03%
1991 19.9 +0.2 +0.91%
1990 19.7 — —

Southern Africa, 2023

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

BW Botswana 13.2 NA Namibia 14.2 SZ Eswatini 16.7 LS Lesotho 26.4 ZA South Africa 27.7
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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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