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PM2.5 air pollution — France

PM2.5 air pollution in France in 2023 — 8.2 µg/m³. Ranked 32 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 58.1%.

2023 8.2 µg/m³ −20.77% vs 2022
World rank 32of 200
Period maximum 19.6 µg/m³1990
Period minimum 8.2 µg/m³2023

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — France, 1990–202351015201990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 19.6 µg/m³1991: 19.6 µg/m³1992: 19.4 µg/m³1993: 19.2 µg/m³1994: 19.1 µg/m³1995: 19.2 µg/m³1996: 18.7 µg/m³1997: 18.5 µg/m³1998: 18.4 µg/m³1999: 18.2 µg/m³2000: 17.9 µg/m³2001: 17.2 µg/m³2002: 16.7 µg/m³2003: 18.7 µg/m³2004: 16.2 µg/m³2005: 16.5 µg/m³2006: 14.5 µg/m³2007: 13.8 µg/m³2008: 14.5 µg/m³2009: 15.6 µg/m³2010: 15.9 µg/m³2011: 15.5 µg/m³2012: 13.9 µg/m³2013: 14.3 µg/m³2014: 11.3 µg/m³2015: 12 µg/m³2016: 11 µg/m³2017: 10.6 µg/m³2018: 10.5 µg/m³2019: 9.4 µg/m³2020: 8.8 µg/m³2021: 9.9 µg/m³2022: 10.4 µg/m³2023: 8.2 µg/m³
Change over the period: −11.4 (−58.05%) Average annual rate: -2.6 %

Comparison, 2023

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

France 8.2 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Europe & Central Asia 14.4 µg/m³
Western Europe computed 8.6 µg/m³
High-income countries computed 12.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — France, by year France All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 8.2 −2.2 −20.77%
2022 10.4 +0.4 +4.5%
2021 9.9 +1.2 +13.2%
2020 8.8 −0.6 −6.8%
2019 9.4 −1.1 −10.39%
2018 10.5 −0.1 −1.02%
2017 10.6 −0.4 −3.79%
2016 11 −1 −8.39%
2015 12 +0.7 +6.17%
2014 11.3 −2.9 −20.59%
2013 14.3 +0.4 +2.57%
2012 13.9 −1.6 −10.07%
2011 15.5 −0.4 −2.38%
2010 15.9 +0.2 +1.43%
2009 15.6 +1.1 +7.6%
2008 14.5 +0.7 +5.14%
2007 13.8 −0.6 −4.41%
2006 14.5 −2.1 −12.57%
2005 16.5 +0.4 +2.32%
2004 16.2 −2.5 −13.29%
2003 18.7 +1.9 +11.35%
2002 16.7 −0.4 −2.44%
2001 17.2 −0.7 −3.99%
2000 17.9 −0.3 −1.74%
1999 18.2 −0.2 −0.94%
1998 18.4 −0.2 −0.93%
1997 18.5 −0.2 −0.92%
1996 18.7 −0.5 −2.4%
1995 19.2 +0.1 +0.6%
1994 19.1 −0.2 −0.9%
1993 19.2 −0.2 −0.89%
1992 19.4 −0.2 −0.88%
1991 19.6 −0 −0.15%
1990 19.6 — —

Western Europe, 2023

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

LU Luxembourg 7.4 FR France 8.2 CH Switzerland 8.3 BE Belgium 8.4 NL Netherlands 8.6 DE Germany 8.8 AT Austria 10
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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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