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PM2.5 air pollution — Guatemala

PM2.5 air pollution in Guatemala in 2023 — 29.7 µg/m³. Ranked 151 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 24.2%.

2023 29.7 µg/m³ +4.83% vs 2022
World rank 151of 200
Period maximum 39.2 µg/m³1990
Period minimum 26.8 µg/m³2007

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Guatemala, 1990–2023253035401990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 39.2 µg/m³1991: 38.9 µg/m³1992: 38.6 µg/m³1993: 38.3 µg/m³1994: 38 µg/m³1995: 37.8 µg/m³1996: 37.4 µg/m³1997: 37.1 µg/m³1998: 36.9 µg/m³1999: 36.6 µg/m³2000: 36.2 µg/m³2001: 31.9 µg/m³2002: 31.4 µg/m³2003: 33.1 µg/m³2004: 28.1 µg/m³2005: 29.3 µg/m³2006: 27.4 µg/m³2007: 26.8 µg/m³2008: 28.2 µg/m³2009: 31.6 µg/m³2010: 28.6 µg/m³2011: 32 µg/m³2012: 29.7 µg/m³2013: 32 µg/m³2014: 27.4 µg/m³2015: 26.9 µg/m³2016: 30.4 µg/m³2017: 29.9 µg/m³2018: 28.1 µg/m³2019: 29.4 µg/m³2020: 32 µg/m³2021: 31.2 µg/m³2022: 28.3 µg/m³2023: 29.7 µg/m³
Change over the period: −9.5 (−24.21%) Average annual rate: -0.84 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Guatemala 29.7 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Latin America & Caribbean 17.4 µg/m³
Central America computed 19.3 µg/m³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 26.6 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Guatemala, by year Guatemala All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 29.7 +1.4 +4.83%
2022 28.3 −2.9 −9.16%
2021 31.2 −0.8 −2.5%
2020 32 +2.6 +8.81%
2019 29.4 +1.2 +4.43%
2018 28.1 −1.8 −6.05%
2017 29.9 −0.4 −1.36%
2016 30.4 +3.5 +12.88%
2015 26.9 −0.5 −1.93%
2014 27.4 −4.6 −14.36%
2013 32 +2.4 +7.96%
2012 29.7 −2.3 −7.21%
2011 32 +3.4 +11.72%
2010 28.6 −3 −9.43%
2009 31.6 +3.4 +12.15%
2008 28.2 +1.4 +5.27%
2007 26.8 −0.7 −2.45%
2006 27.4 −1.9 −6.34%
2005 29.3 +1.2 +4.32%
2004 28.1 −5 −15.11%
2003 33.1 +1.7 +5.44%
2002 31.4 −0.5 −1.59%
2001 31.9 −4.3 −11.99%
2000 36.2 −0.3 −0.94%
1999 36.6 −0.3 −0.8%
1998 36.9 −0.3 −0.79%
1997 37.1 −0.3 −0.79%
1996 37.4 −0.4 −1.03%
1995 37.8 −0.2 −0.52%
1994 38 −0.3 −0.77%
1993 38.3 −0.3 −0.76%
1992 38.6 −0.3 −0.76%
1991 38.9 −0.2 −0.63%
1990 39.2 — —

Central America, 2023

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

PA Panama 15.1 MX Mexico 16.6 BZ Belize 16.8 CR Costa Rica 17.7 NI Nicaragua 20.4 SV El Salvador 29.6 GT Guatemala 29.7 HN Honduras 30.7
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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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