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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Laos

PM2.5 air pollution in Laos in 2023 — 26 µg/m³. Ranked 140 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 35.2%.

2023 26 µg/m³ +2.5% vs 2022
World rank 140of 200
Period maximum 40.1 µg/m³1990
Period minimum 25.3 µg/m³2022

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Laos, 1990–202325303540451990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 40.1 µg/m³1991: 39.6 µg/m³1992: 39.4 µg/m³1993: 39.1 µg/m³1994: 38.9 µg/m³1995: 38.2 µg/m³1996: 38.4 µg/m³1997: 38.2 µg/m³1998: 37.9 µg/m³1999: 37.7 µg/m³2000: 37.7 µg/m³2001: 37.2 µg/m³2002: 37.5 µg/m³2003: 35.4 µg/m³2004: 38.1 µg/m³2005: 38.3 µg/m³2006: 33.3 µg/m³2007: 30 µg/m³2008: 29.8 µg/m³2009: 27.5 µg/m³2010: 31.3 µg/m³2011: 28.6 µg/m³2012: 26.4 µg/m³2013: 28.5 µg/m³2014: 29 µg/m³2015: 26.3 µg/m³2016: 29.7 µg/m³2017: 26.3 µg/m³2018: 26.1 µg/m³2019: 27.9 µg/m³2020: 28.1 µg/m³2021: 26.1 µg/m³2022: 25.3 µg/m³2023: 26 µg/m³
Change over the period: −14.1 (−35.19%) Average annual rate: -1.31 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Laos 26 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
East Asia & Pacific 27.3 µg/m³
South-Eastern Asia computed 22.7 µg/m³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 47.3 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 26 +0.6 +2.5%
2022 25.3 −0.7 −2.78%
2021 26.1 −2 −7.07%
2020 28.1 +0.2 +0.65%
2019 27.9 +1.7 +6.64%
2018 26.1 −0.1 −0.57%
2017 26.3 −3.4 −11.51%
2016 29.7 +3.4 +12.88%
2015 26.3 −2.7 −9.38%
2014 29 +0.5 +1.87%
2013 28.5 +2.1 +7.93%
2012 26.4 −2.2 −7.7%
2011 28.6 −2.7 −8.73%
2010 31.3 +3.8 +13.99%
2009 27.5 −2.3 −7.67%
2008 29.8 −0.2 −0.79%
2007 30 −3.3 −9.82%
2006 33.3 −5 −12.97%
2005 38.3 +0.2 +0.42%
2004 38.1 +2.6 +7.47%
2003 35.4 −2.1 −5.47%
2002 37.5 +0.3 +0.89%
2001 37.2 −0.5 −1.41%
2000 37.7 −0 −0.01%
1999 37.7 −0.2 −0.63%
1998 37.9 −0.2 −0.62%
1997 38.2 −0.2 −0.62%
1996 38.4 +0.2 +0.61%
1995 38.2 −0.7 −1.82%
1994 38.9 −0.2 −0.61%
1993 39.1 −0.2 −0.61%
1992 39.4 −0.2 −0.6%
1991 39.6 −0.5 −1.18%
1990 40.1 — —

South-Eastern Asia, 2023

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

BN Brunei Darussalam 7.6 TL Timor-Leste 12 SG Singapore 15.1 MY Malaysia 15.9 KH Cambodia 19.4 ID Indonesia 20.8 PH Philippines 22.2 TH Thailand 23.5 VN Vietnam 24.8 LA Laos 26 MM Myanmar 35.1
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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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