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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Gabon

PM2.5 air pollution in Gabon in 2023 — 31.3 µg/m³. Ranked 157 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 9.8%.

2023 31.3 µg/m³ −2.68% vs 2022
World rank 157of 200
Period maximum 32.2 µg/m³2022
Period minimum 25.3 µg/m³2006

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Gabon, 1990–20232426283032341990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 28.5 µg/m³1991: 28.4 µg/m³1992: 28.5 µg/m³1993: 28.6 µg/m³1994: 28.6 µg/m³1995: 28.2 µg/m³1996: 28.8 µg/m³1997: 28.9 µg/m³1998: 29 µg/m³1999: 29.1 µg/m³2000: 29.5 µg/m³2001: 28.6 µg/m³2002: 29 µg/m³2003: 28.3 µg/m³2004: 29.1 µg/m³2005: 29 µg/m³2006: 25.3 µg/m³2007: 25.9 µg/m³2008: 27.9 µg/m³2009: 27 µg/m³2010: 29.1 µg/m³2011: 28.9 µg/m³2012: 29.6 µg/m³2013: 32.1 µg/m³2014: 28.7 µg/m³2015: 31.2 µg/m³2016: 32 µg/m³2017: 28 µg/m³2018: 28.5 µg/m³2019: 29.3 µg/m³2020: 31.3 µg/m³2021: 30.5 µg/m³2022: 32.2 µg/m³2023: 31.3 µg/m³
Change over the period: +2.8 (+9.81%) Average annual rate: 0.28 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Gabon 31.3 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Middle Africa computed 36.3 µg/m³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 26.6 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 31.3 −0.9 −2.68%
2022 32.2 +1.7 +5.68%
2021 30.5 −0.8 −2.63%
2020 31.3 +1.9 +6.64%
2019 29.3 +0.9 +2.99%
2018 28.5 +0.5 +1.72%
2017 28 −4 −12.52%
2016 32 +0.8 +2.72%
2015 31.2 +2.4 +8.52%
2014 28.7 −3.4 −10.49%
2013 32.1 +2.5 +8.5%
2012 29.6 +0.6 +2.16%
2011 28.9 −0.1 −0.41%
2010 29.1 +2.1 +7.6%
2009 27 −0.9 −3.2%
2008 27.9 +2 +7.68%
2007 25.9 +0.6 +2.39%
2006 25.3 −3.7 −12.62%
2005 29 −0.2 −0.53%
2004 29.1 +0.8 +2.8%
2003 28.3 −0.7 −2.29%
2002 29 +0.4 +1.47%
2001 28.6 −0.9 −3.11%
2000 29.5 +0.4 +1.21%
1999 29.1 +0.1 +0.33%
1998 29 +0.1 +0.33%
1997 28.9 +0.1 +0.33%
1996 28.8 +0.6 +2.16%
1995 28.2 −0.4 −1.46%
1994 28.6 +0.1 +0.33%
1993 28.6 +0.1 +0.34%
1992 28.5 +0.1 +0.34%
1991 28.4 −0.2 −0.57%
1990 28.5 — —

Middle Africa, 2023

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

ST Sao Tome and Principe 15.1 AO Angola 19.9 GA Gabon 31.3 CF Central African Republic 33.3 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 35.8 CG Republic of the Congo 36.5 GQ Equatorial Guinea 42.2 TD Chad 43 CM Cameroon 55.6
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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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