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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Gambia

PM2.5 air pollution in the Gambia in 2023 — 38.3 µg/m³. Ranked 176 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 8.7%.

2023 38.3 µg/m³ +5.88% vs 2022
World rank 176of 200
Period maximum 43.2 µg/m³2012
Period minimum 32.5 µg/m³2013

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Gambia, 1990–2023303540451990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 41.9 µg/m³1991: 41.6 µg/m³1992: 41.5 µg/m³1993: 41.5 µg/m³1994: 41.4 µg/m³1995: 40.8 µg/m³1996: 41.3 µg/m³1997: 41.2 µg/m³1998: 41.2 µg/m³1999: 41.1 µg/m³2000: 41.3 µg/m³2001: 35.1 µg/m³2002: 40.8 µg/m³2003: 37.6 µg/m³2004: 41.5 µg/m³2005: 36.7 µg/m³2006: 37.6 µg/m³2007: 39.3 µg/m³2008: 39.3 µg/m³2009: 34.5 µg/m³2010: 37.6 µg/m³2011: 37.5 µg/m³2012: 43.2 µg/m³2013: 32.5 µg/m³2014: 35.9 µg/m³2015: 43.2 µg/m³2016: 38.1 µg/m³2017: 41.6 µg/m³2018: 39.2 µg/m³2019: 36.7 µg/m³2020: 37.4 µg/m³2021: 38.5 µg/m³2022: 36.1 µg/m³2023: 38.3 µg/m³
Change over the period: −3.7 (−8.73%) Average annual rate: -0.28 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Gambia 38.3 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Western Africa computed 50.9 µg/m³
Low-income countries computed 31.1 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 38.3 +2.1 +5.88%
2022 36.1 −2.3 −6%
2021 38.5 +1 +2.73%
2020 37.4 +0.7 +1.94%
2019 36.7 −2.5 −6.26%
2018 39.2 −2.4 −5.88%
2017 41.6 +3.5 +9.11%
2016 38.1 −5 −11.63%
2015 43.2 +7.2 +20.07%
2014 35.9 +3.4 +10.44%
2013 32.5 −10.7 −24.69%
2012 43.2 +5.7 +15.3%
2011 37.5 −0.1 −0.39%
2010 37.6 +3.2 +9.21%
2009 34.5 −4.8 −12.31%
2008 39.3 −0 −0.09%
2007 39.3 +1.7 +4.47%
2006 37.6 +0.9 +2.59%
2005 36.7 −4.9 −11.69%
2004 41.5 +4 +10.58%
2003 37.6 −3.2 −7.96%
2002 40.8 +5.7 +16.38%
2001 35.1 −6.3 −15.16%
2000 41.3 +0.2 +0.54%
1999 41.1 −0.1 −0.14%
1998 41.2 −0.1 −0.14%
1997 41.2 −0.1 −0.14%
1996 41.3 +0.5 +1.24%
1995 40.8 −0.6 −1.5%
1994 41.4 −0.1 −0.14%
1993 41.5 −0.1 −0.14%
1992 41.5 −0.1 −0.14%
1991 41.6 −0.3 −0.81%
1990 41.9 — —

Western Africa, 2023

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

LR Liberia 17.9 CV Cabo Verde 20.2 CI Côte d'Ivoire 20.4 SL Sierra Leone 22.5 GN Guinea 27.3 GH Ghana 28.1 GW Guinea-Bissau 32.3 TG Togo 34.3 ML Mali 35.5 BF Burkina Faso 37.3 GM Gambia 38.3 BJ Benin 39.7 SN Senegal 41.6 MR Mauritania 46.5 NE Niger 65.2 NG Nigeria 65.7
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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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