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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Ghana

PM2.5 air pollution in Ghana in 2023 — 28.1 µg/m³. Ranked 148 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 26.6%.

2023 28.1 µg/m³ −6.46% vs 2022
World rank 148of 200
Period maximum 40.8 µg/m³2004
Period minimum 23.6 µg/m³2014

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Ghana, 1990–20232025303540451990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 38.4 µg/m³1991: 36.2 µg/m³1992: 36.2 µg/m³1993: 36.3 µg/m³1994: 36.3 µg/m³1995: 32 µg/m³1996: 36.4 µg/m³1997: 36.4 µg/m³1998: 36.4 µg/m³1999: 36.4 µg/m³2000: 38.6 µg/m³2001: 29.8 µg/m³2002: 35.2 µg/m³2003: 28.9 µg/m³2004: 40.8 µg/m³2005: 31.5 µg/m³2006: 31.4 µg/m³2007: 33.4 µg/m³2008: 34.2 µg/m³2009: 29.4 µg/m³2010: 26.4 µg/m³2011: 30.4 µg/m³2012: 29 µg/m³2013: 24.2 µg/m³2014: 23.6 µg/m³2015: 33.9 µg/m³2016: 31.3 µg/m³2017: 29.4 µg/m³2018: 25.8 µg/m³2019: 25 µg/m³2020: 30.2 µg/m³2021: 29.3 µg/m³2022: 30.1 µg/m³2023: 28.1 µg/m³
Change over the period: −10.2 (−26.62%) Average annual rate: -0.93 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Ghana 28.1 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Western Africa computed 50.9 µg/m³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 47.3 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 28.1 −1.9 −6.46%
2022 30.1 +0.8 +2.7%
2021 29.3 −0.9 −2.85%
2020 30.2 +5.1 +20.39%
2019 25 −0.8 −3%
2018 25.8 −3.5 −12.04%
2017 29.4 −2 −6.24%
2016 31.3 −2.6 −7.56%
2015 33.9 +10.2 +43.32%
2014 23.6 −0.6 −2.37%
2013 24.2 −4.8 −16.65%
2012 29 −1.4 −4.45%
2011 30.4 +4 +15.25%
2010 26.4 −3 −10.3%
2009 29.4 −4.8 −13.96%
2008 34.2 +0.7 +2.17%
2007 33.4 +2 +6.47%
2006 31.4 −0.1 −0.29%
2005 31.5 −9.3 −22.87%
2004 40.8 +11.9 +41.22%
2003 28.9 −6.2 −17.74%
2002 35.2 +5.3 +17.94%
2001 29.8 −8.8 −22.86%
2000 38.6 +2.2 +6.04%
1999 36.4 +0 +0.08%
1998 36.4 +0 +0.08%
1997 36.4 +0 +0.08%
1996 36.4 +4.4 +13.67%
1995 32 −4.3 −11.89%
1994 36.3 +0 +0.08%
1993 36.3 +0 +0.08%
1992 36.2 +0 +0.08%
1991 36.2 −2.1 −5.59%
1990 38.4 — —

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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