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PM2.5 air pollution — Guinea-Bissau

PM2.5 air pollution in Guinea-Bissau in 2023 — 32.3 µg/m³. Ranked 160 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 16.1%.

2023 32.3 µg/m³ +2.04% vs 2022
World rank 160of 200
Period maximum 38.5 µg/m³1990
Period minimum 28.5 µg/m³2013

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Guinea-Bissau, 1990–202327.53032.53537.5401990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 38.5 µg/m³1991: 37.5 µg/m³1992: 37.3 µg/m³1993: 37.1 µg/m³1994: 36.9 µg/m³1995: 35 µg/m³1996: 36.5 µg/m³1997: 36.3 µg/m³1998: 36.1 µg/m³1999: 35.9 µg/m³2000: 36.6 µg/m³2001: 30.9 µg/m³2002: 33.8 µg/m³2003: 31.8 µg/m³2004: 36.7 µg/m³2005: 32.8 µg/m³2006: 33.7 µg/m³2007: 35.2 µg/m³2008: 35.8 µg/m³2009: 32 µg/m³2010: 33.3 µg/m³2011: 34.1 µg/m³2012: 35.6 µg/m³2013: 28.5 µg/m³2014: 30.3 µg/m³2015: 36.2 µg/m³2016: 32.9 µg/m³2017: 36.4 µg/m³2018: 35.1 µg/m³2019: 30.9 µg/m³2020: 32.5 µg/m³2021: 31.8 µg/m³2022: 31.6 µg/m³2023: 32.3 µg/m³
Change over the period: −6.2 (−16.07%) Average annual rate: -0.53 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau 32.3 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 — Guinea-Bissau, by year Guinea-Bissau All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 32.3 +0.6 +2.04%
2022 31.6 −0.1 −0.43%
2021 31.8 −0.7 −2.21%
2020 32.5 +1.6 +5.04%
2019 30.9 −4.2 −11.96%
2018 35.1 −1.3 −3.49%
2017 36.4 +3.5 +10.57%
2016 32.9 −3.3 −8.99%
2015 36.2 +5.9 +19.63%
2014 30.3 +1.8 +6.19%
2013 28.5 −7.1 −20.02%
2012 35.6 +1.5 +4.36%
2011 34.1 +0.8 +2.43%
2010 33.3 +1.3 +4.14%
2009 32 −3.8 −10.52%
2008 35.8 +0.6 +1.57%
2007 35.2 +1.5 +4.37%
2006 33.7 +1 +2.9%
2005 32.8 −4 −10.77%
2004 36.7 +5 +15.69%
2003 31.8 −2.1 −6.17%
2002 33.8 +2.9 +9.54%
2001 30.9 −5.7 −15.54%
2000 36.6 +0.6 +1.8%
1999 35.9 −0.2 −0.52%
1998 36.1 −0.2 −0.52%
1997 36.3 −0.2 −0.52%
1996 36.5 +1.5 +4.23%
1995 35 −1.9 −5.04%
1994 36.9 −0.2 −0.51%
1993 37.1 −0.2 −0.51%
1992 37.3 −0.2 −0.51%
1991 37.5 −1 −2.66%
1990 38.5 — —

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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The share of land and sea under protection — nature reserves, national parks, sanctuaries.

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