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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Malawi

PM2.5 air pollution in Malawi in 2023 — 16.7 µg/m³. Ranked 97 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 4.7%.

2023 16.7 µg/m³ −17.08% vs 2022
World rank 97of 200
Period maximum 21.4 µg/m³2008
Period minimum 15.7 µg/m³2021

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Malawi, 1990–202314161820221990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 17.5 µg/m³1991: 17.1 µg/m³1992: 17.2 µg/m³1993: 17.3 µg/m³1994: 17.4 µg/m³1995: 16.4 µg/m³1996: 17.6 µg/m³1997: 17.7 µg/m³1998: 17.9 µg/m³1999: 18 µg/m³2000: 18.7 µg/m³2001: 21.3 µg/m³2002: 19.3 µg/m³2003: 18.4 µg/m³2004: 18.1 µg/m³2005: 18.4 µg/m³2006: 20.1 µg/m³2007: 21.2 µg/m³2008: 21.4 µg/m³2009: 19.9 µg/m³2010: 21.2 µg/m³2011: 19.2 µg/m³2012: 18.9 µg/m³2013: 18.9 µg/m³2014: 16.9 µg/m³2015: 18 µg/m³2016: 16.6 µg/m³2017: 16 µg/m³2018: 18.8 µg/m³2019: 19.6 µg/m³2020: 16.4 µg/m³2021: 15.7 µg/m³2022: 20.2 µg/m³2023: 16.7 µg/m³
Change over the period: −0.8 (−4.67%) Average annual rate: -0.14 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Malawi 16.7 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 — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 16.7 −3.4 −17.08%
2022 20.2 +4.5 +28.47%
2021 15.7 −0.7 −4.23%
2020 16.4 −3.2 −16.36%
2019 19.6 +0.8 +4.38%
2018 18.8 +2.7 +17.04%
2017 16 −0.5 −3.12%
2016 16.6 −1.4 −7.94%
2015 18 +1 +6.11%
2014 16.9 −2 −10.36%
2013 18.9 +0 +0.26%
2012 18.9 −0.3 −1.61%
2011 19.2 −2 −9.43%
2010 21.2 +1.3 +6.51%
2009 19.9 −1.6 −7.25%
2008 21.4 +0.2 +1.02%
2007 21.2 +1.1 +5.51%
2006 20.1 +1.7 +9.26%
2005 18.4 +0.3 +1.9%
2004 18.1 −0.4 −2%
2003 18.4 −0.8 −4.36%
2002 19.3 −2.1 −9.7%
2001 21.3 +2.7 +14.31%
2000 18.7 +0.7 +3.84%
1999 18 +0.1 +0.63%
1998 17.9 +0.1 +0.63%
1997 17.7 +0.1 +0.63%
1996 17.6 +1.3 +7.76%
1995 16.4 −1 −6.01%
1994 17.4 +0.1 +0.65%
1993 17.3 +0.1 +0.65%
1992 17.2 +0.1 +0.65%
1991 17.1 −0.5 −2.67%
1990 17.5 — —

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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