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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — G20

PM2.5 air pollution in the G20 in 2023 — 32 µg/m³. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 12.5%.

2023 32 µg/m³ +2.75% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 39 µg/m³2011
Period minimum 31.2 µg/m³2022

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — G20, 1990–20233032343638401990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 36.6 µg/m³1991: 36.3 µg/m³1992: 36.3 µg/m³1993: 36.3 µg/m³1994: 36.3 µg/m³1995: 35.6 µg/m³1996: 36.4 µg/m³1997: 36.4 µg/m³1998: 36.5 µg/m³1999: 36.5 µg/m³2000: 36.9 µg/m³2001: 36.6 µg/m³2002: 37.1 µg/m³2003: 37.3 µg/m³2004: 36.4 µg/m³2005: 36.8 µg/m³2006: 36.9 µg/m³2007: 37.2 µg/m³2008: 37.5 µg/m³2009: 37.4 µg/m³2010: 36.9 µg/m³2011: 39 µg/m³2012: 37 µg/m³2013: 37.7 µg/m³2014: 37.9 µg/m³2015: 37.1 µg/m³2016: 36.2 µg/m³2017: 35.7 µg/m³2018: 34.8 µg/m³2019: 33.7 µg/m³2020: 31.8 µg/m³2021: 32.6 µg/m³2022: 31.2 µg/m³2023: 32 µg/m³
Change over the period: −4.6 (−12.52%) Average annual rate: -0.4 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 32 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 32 +0.9 +2.75%
2022 31.2 −1.4 −4.24%
2021 32.6 +0.7 +2.25%
2020 31.8 −1.8 −5.49%
2019 33.7 −1.1 −3.24%
2018 34.8 −0.9 −2.44%
2017 35.7 −0.5 −1.39%
2016 36.2 −0.9 −2.5%
2015 37.1 −0.8 −2.11%
2014 37.9 +0.2 +0.51%
2013 37.7 +0.7 +1.97%
2012 37 −2 −5.18%
2011 39 +2.1 +5.68%
2010 36.9 −0.5 −1.34%
2009 37.4 −0 −0.07%
2008 37.5 +0.2 +0.65%
2007 37.2 +0.3 +0.78%
2006 36.9 +0.1 +0.3%
2005 36.8 +0.4 +1.22%
2004 36.4 −0.9 −2.52%
2003 37.3 +0.3 +0.68%
2002 37.1 +0.5 +1.35%
2001 36.6 −0.3 −0.92%
2000 36.9 +0.4 +1.19%
1999 36.5 +0 +0.07%
1998 36.5 +0 +0.08%
1997 36.4 +0 +0.08%
1996 36.4 +0.8 +2.32%
1995 35.6 −0.8 −2.12%
1994 36.3 +0 +0.08%
1993 36.3 +0 +0.07%
1992 36.3 +0 +0.07%
1991 36.3 −0.4 −0.99%
1990 36.6 — —

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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