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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Madagascar

PM2.5 air pollution in Madagascar in 2023 — 12.4 µg/m³. Ranked 62 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 22.5%.

2023 12.4 µg/m³ −9.62% vs 2022
World rank 62of 200
Period maximum 16.6 µg/m³2010
Period minimum 9.8 µg/m³1995

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Madagascar, 1990–2023810121416181990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 10.1 µg/m³1991: 9.9 µg/m³1992: 10 µg/m³1993: 10.2 µg/m³1994: 10.3 µg/m³1995: 9.8 µg/m³1996: 10.5 µg/m³1997: 10.6 µg/m³1998: 10.7 µg/m³1999: 10.8 µg/m³2000: 11.1 µg/m³2001: 15.6 µg/m³2002: 11.8 µg/m³2003: 11.4 µg/m³2004: 10.2 µg/m³2005: 11.9 µg/m³2006: 14.2 µg/m³2007: 15.1 µg/m³2008: 15.2 µg/m³2009: 15 µg/m³2010: 16.6 µg/m³2011: 14.8 µg/m³2012: 13.7 µg/m³2013: 14.3 µg/m³2014: 13.1 µg/m³2015: 13.8 µg/m³2016: 13.7 µg/m³2017: 13 µg/m³2018: 13 µg/m³2019: 13.8 µg/m³2020: 12.4 µg/m³2021: 12.7 µg/m³2022: 13.7 µg/m³2023: 12.4 µg/m³
Change over the period: +2.3 (+22.51%) Average annual rate: 0.62 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Madagascar 12.4 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Eastern Africa computed 22 µg/m³
Low-income countries computed 31.1 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 12.4 −1.3 −9.62%
2022 13.7 +1 +7.59%
2021 12.7 +0.4 +3.08%
2020 12.4 −1.4 −10.28%
2019 13.8 +0.8 +6.24%
2018 13 −0 −0.28%
2017 13 −0.7 −5.07%
2016 13.7 −0.1 −0.64%
2015 13.8 +0.7 +5.21%
2014 13.1 −1.2 −8.23%
2013 14.3 +0.6 +4.36%
2012 13.7 −1.2 −7.76%
2011 14.8 −1.8 −10.67%
2010 16.6 +1.6 +11.03%
2009 15 −0.3 −1.7%
2008 15.2 +0.1 +0.55%
2007 15.1 +1 +6.89%
2006 14.2 +2.3 +19.13%
2005 11.9 +1.7 +16.78%
2004 10.2 −1.3 −11.06%
2003 11.4 −0.3 −2.81%
2002 11.8 −3.8 −24.39%
2001 15.6 +4.4 +39.73%
2000 11.1 +0.4 +3.44%
1999 10.8 +0.1 +0.97%
1998 10.7 +0.1 +0.98%
1997 10.6 +0.1 +0.98%
1996 10.5 +0.6 +6.5%
1995 9.8 −0.4 −4.22%
1994 10.3 +0.1 +1.01%
1993 10.2 +0.1 +1.03%
1992 10 +0.1 +1.04%
1991 9.9 −0.2 −1.63%
1990 10.1 — —

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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