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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Liberia

PM2.5 air pollution in Liberia in 2023 — 17.9 µg/m³. Ranked 102 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 4.3%.

2023 17.9 µg/m³ −0.6% vs 2022
World rank 102of 200
Period maximum 23.6 µg/m³2015
Period minimum 15.5 µg/m³1995

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Liberia, 1990–20231517.52022.5251990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 18.7 µg/m³1991: 17.6 µg/m³1992: 17.7 µg/m³1993: 17.7 µg/m³1994: 17.7 µg/m³1995: 15.5 µg/m³1996: 17.8 µg/m³1997: 17.8 µg/m³1998: 17.9 µg/m³1999: 17.9 µg/m³2000: 19 µg/m³2001: 16.1 µg/m³2002: 18.7 µg/m³2003: 15.5 µg/m³2004: 23.2 µg/m³2005: 20.6 µg/m³2006: 19.5 µg/m³2007: 20 µg/m³2008: 21.2 µg/m³2009: 20.6 µg/m³2010: 17 µg/m³2011: 21.5 µg/m³2012: 18.7 µg/m³2013: 17.3 µg/m³2014: 16.2 µg/m³2015: 23.6 µg/m³2016: 20.9 µg/m³2017: 18.7 µg/m³2018: 18.6 µg/m³2019: 18 µg/m³2020: 19.1 µg/m³2021: 16.9 µg/m³2022: 18 µg/m³2023: 17.9 µg/m³
Change over the period: −0.8 (−4.28%) Average annual rate: -0.13 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Liberia 17.9 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Western Africa computed 50.9 µg/m³
Low-income countries computed 31.1 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 17.9 −0.1 −0.6%
2022 18 +1.2 +6.9%
2021 16.9 −2.3 −11.88%
2020 19.1 +1.2 +6.55%
2019 18 −0.6 −3.22%
2018 18.6 −0.2 −0.98%
2017 18.7 −2.2 −10.33%
2016 20.9 −2.7 −11.32%
2015 23.6 +7.4 +45.37%
2014 16.2 −1.1 −6.36%
2013 17.3 −1.3 −7.22%
2012 18.7 −2.8 −13.07%
2011 21.5 +4.5 +26.37%
2010 17 −3.6 −17.4%
2009 20.6 −0.6 −3.05%
2008 21.2 +1.2 +6.04%
2007 20 +0.5 +2.38%
2006 19.5 −1.1 −5.35%
2005 20.6 −2.6 −11.14%
2004 23.2 +7.7 +49.5%
2003 15.5 −3.2 −17.08%
2002 18.7 +2.6 +16.14%
2001 16.1 −2.9 −15.25%
2000 19 +1.2 +6.46%
1999 17.9 +0 +0.18%
1998 17.9 +0 +0.18%
1997 17.8 +0 +0.18%
1996 17.8 +2.3 +14.7%
1995 15.5 −2.2 −12.5%
1994 17.7 +0 +0.18%
1993 17.7 +0 +0.18%
1992 17.7 +0 +0.18%
1991 17.6 −1.1 −5.83%
1990 18.7 — —

Western Africa, 2023

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

LR Liberia 17.9 CV Cabo Verde 20.2 CI Côte d'Ivoire 20.4 SL Sierra Leone 22.5 GN Guinea 27.3 GH Ghana 28.1 GW Guinea-Bissau 32.3 TG Togo 34.3 ML Mali 35.5 BF Burkina Faso 37.3 GM Gambia 38.3 BJ Benin 39.7 SN Senegal 41.6 MR Mauritania 46.5 NE Niger 65.2 NG Nigeria 65.7
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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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