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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Ireland

PM2.5 air pollution in Ireland in 2023 — 7.5 µg/m³. Ranked 29 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 44.3%.

2023 7.5 µg/m³ −7.27% vs 2022
World rank 29of 200
Period maximum 14.1 µg/m³2003
Period minimum 7.1 µg/m³2017

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Ireland, 1990–202368101214161990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 13.5 µg/m³1991: 13.5 µg/m³1992: 13.4 µg/m³1993: 13.3 µg/m³1994: 13.2 µg/m³1995: 13.3 µg/m³1996: 12.9 µg/m³1997: 12.8 µg/m³1998: 12.7 µg/m³1999: 12.5 µg/m³2000: 12.3 µg/m³2001: 11.4 µg/m³2002: 11.7 µg/m³2003: 14.1 µg/m³2004: 10.6 µg/m³2005: 11.7 µg/m³2006: 9.9 µg/m³2007: 9.2 µg/m³2008: 9.3 µg/m³2009: 9.1 µg/m³2010: 9.4 µg/m³2011: 9.2 µg/m³2012: 8.2 µg/m³2013: 9.1 µg/m³2014: 8.4 µg/m³2015: 7.7 µg/m³2016: 7.9 µg/m³2017: 7.1 µg/m³2018: 7.8 µg/m³2019: 8.6 µg/m³2020: 7.8 µg/m³2021: 8.1 µg/m³2022: 8.1 µg/m³2023: 7.5 µg/m³
Change over the period: −6 (−44.35%) Average annual rate: -1.76 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Ireland 7.5 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Europe & Central Asia 14.4 µg/m³
Northern Europe computed 8.4 µg/m³
High-income countries computed 12.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Ireland, by year Ireland All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 7.5 −0.6 −7.27%
2022 8.1 +0 +0.18%
2021 8.1 +0.3 +3.5%
2020 7.8 −0.8 −8.93%
2019 8.6 +0.8 +10.1%
2018 7.8 +0.7 +9.8%
2017 7.1 −0.8 −9.72%
2016 7.9 +0.1 +1.44%
2015 7.7 −0.6 −7.4%
2014 8.4 −0.8 −8.28%
2013 9.1 +0.9 +11.51%
2012 8.2 −1 −11.16%
2011 9.2 −0.2 −2.16%
2010 9.4 +0.3 +3.64%
2009 9.1 −0.2 −2.04%
2008 9.3 +0 +0.48%
2007 9.2 −0.7 −7.07%
2006 9.9 −1.7 −14.85%
2005 11.7 +1 +9.51%
2004 10.6 −3.4 −24.29%
2003 14.1 +2.4 +20.52%
2002 11.7 +0.3 +2.34%
2001 11.4 −0.9 −7.19%
2000 12.3 −0.3 −2.06%
1999 12.5 −0.1 −0.96%
1998 12.7 −0.1 −0.95%
1997 12.8 −0.1 −0.94%
1996 12.9 −0.4 −2.97%
1995 13.3 +0.2 +1.16%
1994 13.2 −0.1 −0.91%
1993 13.3 −0.1 −0.91%
1992 13.4 −0.1 −0.9%
1991 13.5 +0 +0.12%
1990 13.5 — —

Northern Europe, 2023

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

GL Greenland 1.6 FI Finland 4.6 IS Iceland 4.9 SE Sweden 5.3 NO Norway 5.5 EE Estonia 5.9 DK Denmark 7.5 IE Ireland 7.5 GB United Kingdom 9.5 LT Lithuania 10.7 LV Latvia 13
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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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