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PM2.5 air pollution — Hungary

PM2.5 air pollution in Hungary in 2023 — 13.7 µg/m³. Ranked 70 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 49.7%.

2023 13.7 µg/m³ −1.78% vs 2022
World rank 70of 200
Period maximum 27.3 µg/m³1990
Period minimum 13.5 µg/m³2020

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Hungary, 1990–202310152025301990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 27.3 µg/m³1991: 27.1 µg/m³1992: 26.5 µg/m³1993: 26 µg/m³1994: 25.4 µg/m³1995: 25.5 µg/m³1996: 24.3 µg/m³1997: 23.8 µg/m³1998: 23.3 µg/m³1999: 22.7 µg/m³2000: 21.9 µg/m³2001: 21.6 µg/m³2002: 24.4 µg/m³2003: 25.8 µg/m³2004: 22.2 µg/m³2005: 23.1 µg/m³2006: 21.9 µg/m³2007: 20.6 µg/m³2008: 19.3 µg/m³2009: 20.6 µg/m³2010: 20.6 µg/m³2011: 23.6 µg/m³2012: 20.3 µg/m³2013: 19.2 µg/m³2014: 18.2 µg/m³2015: 19 µg/m³2016: 17.1 µg/m³2017: 18.8 µg/m³2018: 18.3 µg/m³2019: 14.7 µg/m³2020: 13.5 µg/m³2021: 14.4 µg/m³2022: 14 µg/m³2023: 13.7 µg/m³
Change over the period: −13.6 (−49.7%) Average annual rate: -2.06 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Hungary 13.7 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Europe & Central Asia 14.4 µg/m³
Eastern Europe computed 13.3 µg/m³
High-income countries computed 12.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Hungary, by year Hungary All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 13.7 −0.2 −1.78%
2022 14 −0.4 −2.91%
2021 14.4 +0.9 +6.4%
2020 13.5 −1.2 −7.95%
2019 14.7 −3.6 −19.57%
2018 18.3 −0.5 −2.89%
2017 18.8 +1.7 +10.05%
2016 17.1 −1.9 −10.09%
2015 19 +0.8 +4.61%
2014 18.2 −1 −5.37%
2013 19.2 −1.1 −5.35%
2012 20.3 −3.3 −13.94%
2011 23.6 +3 +14.42%
2010 20.6 +0 +0.11%
2009 20.6 +1.3 +6.79%
2008 19.3 −1.3 −6.42%
2007 20.6 −1.3 −5.89%
2006 21.9 −1.2 −5.36%
2005 23.1 +0.9 +4.28%
2004 22.2 −3.6 −14.12%
2003 25.8 +1.4 +5.6%
2002 24.4 +2.8 +12.97%
2001 21.6 −0.2 −0.97%
2000 21.9 −0.9 −3.83%
1999 22.7 −0.5 −2.33%
1998 23.3 −0.5 −2.27%
1997 23.8 −0.5 −2.22%
1996 24.3 −1.2 −4.7%
1995 25.5 +0.1 +0.46%
1994 25.4 −0.5 −2.09%
1993 26 −0.5 −2.04%
1992 26.5 −0.5 −2%
1991 27.1 −0.2 −0.78%
1990 27.3 — —

Eastern Europe, 2023

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

RU Russia 11.6 BY Belarus 12 CZ Czechia 12.7 HU Hungary 13.7 SK Slovakia 13.7 UA Ukraine 14.9 MD Moldova 14.9 RO Romania 16 PL Poland 16.5 BG Bulgaria 19.7
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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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