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PM2.5 air pollution — Kenya

PM2.5 air pollution in Kenya in 2023 — 20.3 µg/m³. Ranked 121 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 36.3%.

2023 20.3 µg/m³ −2.51% vs 2022
World rank 121of 200
Period maximum 22.7 µg/m³2020
Period minimum 14.6 µg/m³1991

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Kenya, 1990–202312.51517.52022.5251990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 14.9 µg/m³1991: 14.6 µg/m³1992: 15 µg/m³1993: 15.4 µg/m³1994: 15.8 µg/m³1995: 14.9 µg/m³1996: 16.7 µg/m³1997: 17.1 µg/m³1998: 17.5 µg/m³1999: 17.9 µg/m³2000: 19 µg/m³2001: 21.8 µg/m³2002: 20.4 µg/m³2003: 17.5 µg/m³2004: 16.8 µg/m³2005: 16.6 µg/m³2006: 19.6 µg/m³2007: 21 µg/m³2008: 21 µg/m³2009: 19.5 µg/m³2010: 21.8 µg/m³2011: 21.8 µg/m³2012: 21 µg/m³2013: 21.3 µg/m³2014: 18.9 µg/m³2015: 18.8 µg/m³2016: 19.4 µg/m³2017: 18.1 µg/m³2018: 19.8 µg/m³2019: 20.3 µg/m³2020: 22.7 µg/m³2021: 20.7 µg/m³2022: 20.8 µg/m³2023: 20.3 µg/m³
Change over the period: +5.4 (+36.28%) Average annual rate: 0.94 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Kenya 20.3 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Eastern Africa computed 22 µg/m³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 47.3 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 20.3 −0.5 −2.51%
2022 20.8 +0 +0.16%
2021 20.7 −2 −8.64%
2020 22.7 +2.5 +12.11%
2019 20.3 +0.4 +2.12%
2018 19.8 +1.7 +9.49%
2017 18.1 −1.3 −6.48%
2016 19.4 +0.5 +2.91%
2015 18.8 −0.1 −0.43%
2014 18.9 −2.4 −11.31%
2013 21.3 +0.3 +1.27%
2012 21 −0.8 −3.46%
2011 21.8 −0 −0.02%
2010 21.8 +2.3 +12.01%
2009 19.5 −1.5 −7.13%
2008 21 −0.1 −0.35%
2007 21 +1.5 +7.51%
2006 19.6 +3 +17.79%
2005 16.6 −0.2 −1.41%
2004 16.8 −0.6 −3.63%
2003 17.5 −2.9 −14.11%
2002 20.4 −1.4 −6.48%
2001 21.8 +2.8 +14.74%
2000 19 +1.1 +6.03%
1999 17.9 +0.4 +2.35%
1998 17.5 +0.4 +2.41%
1997 17.1 +0.4 +2.47%
1996 16.7 +1.7 +11.71%
1995 14.9 −0.9 −5.84%
1994 15.8 +0.4 +2.66%
1993 15.4 +0.4 +2.74%
1992 15 +0.4 +2.81%
1991 14.6 −0.3 −1.73%
1990 14.9 — —

Eastern Africa, 2023

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

SC Seychelles 9.3 KM Comoros 10.2 MG Madagascar 12.4 MZ Mozambique 13.7 MU Mauritius 14.1 ZW Zimbabwe 15 MW Malawi 16.7 SO Somalia 18.5 TZ Tanzania 20.2 ZM Zambia 20.2 KE Kenya 20.3 SS South Sudan 23.7 ET Ethiopia 23.8 UG Uganda 31.2 ER Eritrea 33.7 BI Burundi 35.7 RW Rwanda 36 DJ Djibouti 40.3
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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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