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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Libya

PM2.5 air pollution in Libya in 2023 — 20 µg/m³. Ranked 116 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 4.6%.

2023 20 µg/m³ −13.67% vs 2022
World rank 116of 200
Period maximum 28.7 µg/m³2010
Period minimum 18.6 µg/m³2017

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Libya, 1990–2023152025301990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 21 µg/m³1991: 21.4 µg/m³1992: 21.6 µg/m³1993: 21.7 µg/m³1994: 21.9 µg/m³1995: 22.5 µg/m³1996: 22.3 µg/m³1997: 22.5 µg/m³1998: 22.7 µg/m³1999: 22.9 µg/m³2000: 22.9 µg/m³2001: 24.8 µg/m³2002: 23.6 µg/m³2003: 25.4 µg/m³2004: 26.6 µg/m³2005: 27.4 µg/m³2006: 23 µg/m³2007: 23.2 µg/m³2008: 24.5 µg/m³2009: 25.1 µg/m³2010: 28.7 µg/m³2011: 22 µg/m³2012: 19.6 µg/m³2013: 26 µg/m³2014: 21 µg/m³2015: 19.9 µg/m³2016: 23.8 µg/m³2017: 18.6 µg/m³2018: 23.4 µg/m³2019: 20 µg/m³2020: 18.9 µg/m³2021: 22 µg/m³2022: 23.2 µg/m³2023: 20 µg/m³
Change over the period: −1 (−4.56%) Average annual rate: -0.14 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Libya 20 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Middle East & North Africa 45.4 µg/m³
Northern Africa computed 32.4 µg/m³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 26.6 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Libya, by year Libya All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 20 −3.2 −13.67%
2022 23.2 +1.1 +5.15%
2021 22 +3.2 +16.9%
2020 18.9 −1.1 −5.74%
2019 20 −3.4 −14.56%
2018 23.4 +4.9 +26.22%
2017 18.6 −5.2 −22.05%
2016 23.8 +3.9 +19.33%
2015 19.9 −1.1 −5.24%
2014 21 −5 −19.04%
2013 26 +6.4 +32.66%
2012 19.6 −2.4 −10.89%
2011 22 −6.7 −23.43%
2010 28.7 +3.7 +14.62%
2009 25.1 +0.6 +2.27%
2008 24.5 +1.3 +5.8%
2007 23.2 +0.1 +0.53%
2006 23 −4.4 −16.06%
2005 27.4 +0.8 +3.07%
2004 26.6 +1.3 +4.99%
2003 25.4 +1.7 +7.31%
2002 23.6 −1.2 −4.65%
2001 24.8 +1.9 +8.37%
2000 22.9 −0 −0.04%
1999 22.9 +0.2 +0.84%
1998 22.7 +0.2 +0.85%
1997 22.5 +0.2 +0.85%
1996 22.3 −0.2 −0.92%
1995 22.5 +0.6 +2.68%
1994 21.9 +0.2 +0.88%
1993 21.7 +0.2 +0.88%
1992 21.6 +0.2 +0.89%
1991 21.4 +0.4 +1.86%
1990 21 — —

Northern Africa, 2023

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

DZ Algeria 16.5 MA Morocco 18.7 TN Tunisia 18.9 LY Libya 20 SD Sudan 37.6 EG Egypt 43.1
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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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