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PM2.5 air pollution — Japan

PM2.5 air pollution in Japan in 2023 — 11.5 µg/m³. Ranked 57 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 9%.

2023 11.5 µg/m³ −7.92% vs 2022
World rank 57of 200
Period maximum 14.9 µg/m³2007
Period minimum 11.2 µg/m³2020

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Japan, 1990–202311121314151990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 12.6 µg/m³1991: 12.6 µg/m³1992: 12.6 µg/m³1993: 12.6 µg/m³1994: 12.6 µg/m³1995: 12.6 µg/m³1996: 12.6 µg/m³1997: 12.6 µg/m³1998: 12.6 µg/m³1999: 12.6 µg/m³2000: 12.7 µg/m³2001: 12.4 µg/m³2002: 12.1 µg/m³2003: 11.8 µg/m³2004: 11.6 µg/m³2005: 11.9 µg/m³2006: 13.8 µg/m³2007: 14.9 µg/m³2008: 14.5 µg/m³2009: 14 µg/m³2010: 12.8 µg/m³2011: 12.9 µg/m³2012: 13.4 µg/m³2013: 13 µg/m³2014: 13.7 µg/m³2015: 13.5 µg/m³2016: 12.3 µg/m³2017: 12.2 µg/m³2018: 12.4 µg/m³2019: 12 µg/m³2020: 11.2 µg/m³2021: 11.5 µg/m³2022: 12.4 µg/m³2023: 11.5 µg/m³
Change over the period: −1.1 (−9.03%) Average annual rate: -0.29 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Japan 11.5 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
East Asia & Pacific 27.3 µg/m³
Eastern Asia computed 29.9 µg/m³
High-income countries computed 12.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Japan, by year Japan All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 11.5 −1 −7.92%
2022 12.4 +0.9 +7.76%
2021 11.5 +0.3 +2.71%
2020 11.2 −0.8 −6.34%
2019 12 −0.4 −3.3%
2018 12.4 +0.2 +1.74%
2017 12.2 −0.1 −0.96%
2016 12.3 −1.2 −8.55%
2015 13.5 −0.3 −1.83%
2014 13.7 +0.7 +5.72%
2013 13 −0.4 −3.06%
2012 13.4 +0.5 +3.73%
2011 12.9 +0.1 +0.95%
2010 12.8 −1.3 −9.06%
2009 14 −0.5 −3.4%
2008 14.5 −0.4 −2.4%
2007 14.9 +1.1 +8.09%
2006 13.8 +1.9 +15.51%
2005 11.9 +0.3 +2.61%
2004 11.6 −0.2 −1.55%
2003 11.8 −0.3 −2.63%
2002 12.1 −0.3 −2.11%
2001 12.4 −0.3 −2.12%
2000 12.7 +0 +0.24%
1999 12.6 +0 +0.06%
1998 12.6 +0 +0.06%
1997 12.6 +0 +0.06%
1996 12.6 +0.1 +0.42%
1995 12.6 −0 −0.3%
1994 12.6 +0 +0.06%
1993 12.6 +0 +0.06%
1992 12.6 +0 +0.06%
1991 12.6 −0 −0.12%
1990 12.6 — —

Eastern Asia, 2023

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

JP Japan 11.5 KP North Korea 21.8 KR South Korea 21.9 CN China 32 MN Mongolia 42.7
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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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