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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Guyana

PM2.5 air pollution in Guyana in 2023 — 16.9 µg/m³. Ranked 100 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 28.6%.

2023 16.9 µg/m³ −3.19% vs 2022
World rank 100of 200
Period maximum 26.7 µg/m³2000
Period minimum 15.9 µg/m³2018

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Guyana, 1990–2023152025301990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 23.7 µg/m³1991: 23.6 µg/m³1992: 23.9 µg/m³1993: 24.1 µg/m³1994: 24.4 µg/m³1995: 23.8 µg/m³1996: 25 µg/m³1997: 25.3 µg/m³1998: 25.6 µg/m³1999: 25.9 µg/m³2000: 26.7 µg/m³2001: 24.8 µg/m³2002: 24.3 µg/m³2003: 25.2 µg/m³2004: 22.3 µg/m³2005: 24.4 µg/m³2006: 19.8 µg/m³2007: 17.8 µg/m³2008: 17.8 µg/m³2009: 16.9 µg/m³2010: 18.5 µg/m³2011: 17 µg/m³2012: 18.1 µg/m³2013: 16.8 µg/m³2014: 16 µg/m³2015: 18.4 µg/m³2016: 17.5 µg/m³2017: 16.7 µg/m³2018: 15.9 µg/m³2019: 16.6 µg/m³2020: 16.6 µg/m³2021: 18.2 µg/m³2022: 17.5 µg/m³2023: 16.9 µg/m³
Change over the period: −6.8 (−28.55%) Average annual rate: -1.01 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Guyana 16.9 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Latin America & Caribbean 17.4 µg/m³
South America computed 16.9 µg/m³
High-income countries computed 12.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Guyana, by year Guyana All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 16.9 −0.6 −3.19%
2022 17.5 −0.7 −3.92%
2021 18.2 +1.6 +9.62%
2020 16.6 −0 −0.08%
2019 16.6 +0.8 +4.81%
2018 15.9 −0.8 −4.93%
2017 16.7 −0.8 −4.38%
2016 17.5 −0.9 −5.07%
2015 18.4 +2.3 +14.61%
2014 16 −0.8 −4.67%
2013 16.8 −1.2 −6.9%
2012 18.1 +1.1 +6.28%
2011 17 −1.5 −7.9%
2010 18.5 +1.6 +9.46%
2009 16.9 −0.9 −4.99%
2008 17.8 +0 +0.04%
2007 17.8 −2 −10.15%
2006 19.8 −4.7 −19.19%
2005 24.4 +2.2 +9.84%
2004 22.3 −2.9 −11.58%
2003 25.2 +0.8 +3.42%
2002 24.3 −0.4 −1.77%
2001 24.8 −1.9 −7.07%
2000 26.7 +0.7 +2.89%
1999 25.9 +0.3 +1.15%
1998 25.6 +0.3 +1.16%
1997 25.3 +0.3 +1.18%
1996 25 +1.2 +5.05%
1995 23.8 −0.6 −2.51%
1994 24.4 +0.3 +1.22%
1993 24.1 +0.3 +1.24%
1992 23.9 +0.3 +1.25%
1991 23.6 −0.2 −0.67%
1990 23.7 — —

South America, 2023

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

UY Uruguay 10.9 BR Brazil 13.4 AR Argentina 14.3 PY Paraguay 15.3 SR Suriname 15.7 GY Guyana 16.9 CO Colombia 18.4 EC Ecuador 18.6 VE Venezuela 19.2 CL Chile 23.1 BO Bolivia 28.1 PE Peru 31.1
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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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