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PM2.5 air pollution — Finland

PM2.5 air pollution in Finland in 2023 — 4.6 µg/m³. Ranked 8 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 56.6%.

2023 4.6 µg/m³ −10.78% vs 2022
World rank 8of 200
Period maximum 10.5 µg/m³1990
Period minimum 4.6 µg/m³2023

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Finland, 1990–202346810121990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 10.5 µg/m³1991: 10.5 µg/m³1992: 10.4 µg/m³1993: 10.3 µg/m³1994: 10.1 µg/m³1995: 10.2 µg/m³1996: 9.9 µg/m³1997: 9.8 µg/m³1998: 9.7 µg/m³1999: 9.6 µg/m³2000: 9.4 µg/m³2001: 8.7 µg/m³2002: 8.7 µg/m³2003: 9.4 µg/m³2004: 8.5 µg/m³2005: 8.9 µg/m³2006: 8.5 µg/m³2007: 7.7 µg/m³2008: 7.3 µg/m³2009: 7 µg/m³2010: 7.7 µg/m³2011: 6.9 µg/m³2012: 6.7 µg/m³2013: 6.3 µg/m³2014: 7.4 µg/m³2015: 5.7 µg/m³2016: 5.4 µg/m³2017: 4.7 µg/m³2018: 5.8 µg/m³2019: 5.2 µg/m³2020: 5 µg/m³2021: 5.3 µg/m³2022: 5.1 µg/m³2023: 4.6 µg/m³
Change over the period: −5.9 (−56.56%) Average annual rate: -2.49 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Finland 4.6 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Europe & Central Asia 14.4 µg/m³
Northern Europe computed 8.4 µg/m³
High-income countries computed 12.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Finland, by year Finland All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 4.6 −0.6 −10.78%
2022 5.1 −0.1 −2.71%
2021 5.3 +0.3 +6.23%
2020 5 −0.3 −5.08%
2019 5.2 −0.6 −10.76%
2018 5.8 +1.1 +23.24%
2017 4.7 −0.7 −12.26%
2016 5.4 −0.3 −5.09%
2015 5.7 −1.7 −22.57%
2014 7.4 +1.1 +17.03%
2013 6.3 −0.4 −6.15%
2012 6.7 −0.2 −3.03%
2011 6.9 −0.8 −9.89%
2010 7.7 +0.6 +8.84%
2009 7 −0.2 −2.89%
2008 7.3 −0.5 −6.4%
2007 7.7 −0.8 −8.85%
2006 8.5 −0.4 −4.09%
2005 8.9 +0.4 +4.57%
2004 8.5 −0.9 −9.74%
2003 9.4 +0.7 +7.67%
2002 8.7 +0 +0.12%
2001 8.7 −0.7 −7.52%
2000 9.4 −0.2 −1.83%
1999 9.6 −0.1 −1.12%
1998 9.7 −0.1 −1.11%
1997 9.8 −0.1 −1.1%
1996 9.9 −0.2 −2.39%
1995 10.2 +0 +0.24%
1994 10.1 −0.1 −1.06%
1993 10.3 −0.1 −1.05%
1992 10.4 −0.1 −1.04%
1991 10.5 −0 −0.4%
1990 10.5 — —

Northern Europe, 2023

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

GL Greenland 1.6 FI Finland 4.6 IS Iceland 4.9 SE Sweden 5.3 NO Norway 5.5 EE Estonia 5.9 DK Denmark 7.5 IE Ireland 7.5 GB United Kingdom 9.5 LT Lithuania 10.7 LV Latvia 13
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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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