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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Malta

PM2.5 air pollution in Malta in 2023 — 10.8 µg/m³. Ranked 51 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 32.4%.

2023 10.8 µg/m³ −6.65% vs 2022
World rank 51of 200
Period maximum 17.6 µg/m³2003
Period minimum 10.4 µg/m³2020

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Malta, 1990–202310121416181990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 16 µg/m³1991: 16.2 µg/m³1992: 16.3 µg/m³1993: 16.3 µg/m³1994: 16.3 µg/m³1995: 16.7 µg/m³1996: 16.3 µg/m³1997: 16.3 µg/m³1998: 16.4 µg/m³1999: 16.4 µg/m³2000: 16.2 µg/m³2001: 15.8 µg/m³2002: 16 µg/m³2003: 17.6 µg/m³2004: 16.2 µg/m³2005: 15.4 µg/m³2006: 14.8 µg/m³2007: 14.6 µg/m³2008: 14.9 µg/m³2009: 13.6 µg/m³2010: 13.3 µg/m³2011: 14.6 µg/m³2012: 13 µg/m³2013: 12.2 µg/m³2014: 11.8 µg/m³2015: 12.9 µg/m³2016: 11.7 µg/m³2017: 11.5 µg/m³2018: 12.5 µg/m³2019: 12.1 µg/m³2020: 10.4 µg/m³2021: 11.9 µg/m³2022: 11.6 µg/m³2023: 10.8 µg/m³
Change over the period: −5.2 (−32.44%) Average annual rate: -1.18 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Malta 10.8 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Europe & Central Asia 14.4 µg/m³
Southern Europe computed 13.1 µg/m³
High-income countries computed 12.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Malta, by year Malta All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 10.8 −0.8 −6.65%
2022 11.6 −0.3 −2.89%
2021 11.9 +1.5 +14.46%
2020 10.4 −1.7 −14.02%
2019 12.1 −0.4 −3.36%
2018 12.5 +1.1 +9.49%
2017 11.5 −0.2 −2.07%
2016 11.7 −1.3 −9.69%
2015 12.9 +1.2 +9.79%
2014 11.8 −0.4 −3.61%
2013 12.2 −0.7 −5.65%
2012 13 −1.7 −11.43%
2011 14.6 +1.3 +9.91%
2010 13.3 −0.3 −1.93%
2009 13.6 −1.3 −8.56%
2008 14.9 +0.3 +2.06%
2007 14.6 −0.2 −1.47%
2006 14.8 −0.6 −4.01%
2005 15.4 −0.8 −4.93%
2004 16.2 −1.4 −7.9%
2003 17.6 +1.6 +9.95%
2002 16 +0.2 +1.31%
2001 15.8 −0.4 −2.51%
2000 16.2 −0.2 −1.22%
1999 16.4 +0 +0.11%
1998 16.4 +0 +0.11%
1997 16.3 +0 +0.11%
1996 16.3 −0.4 −2.51%
1995 16.7 +0.5 +2.8%
1994 16.3 +0 +0.11%
1993 16.3 +0 +0.11%
1992 16.3 +0 +0.11%
1991 16.2 +0.2 +1.49%
1990 16 — —

Southern Europe, 2023

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

PT Portugal 8.8 AD Andorra 8.9 ES Spain 10.1 MT Malta 10.8 MC Monaco 11.4 SI Slovenia 12.6 SM San Marino 12.7 GR Greece 14.1 IT Italy 14.3 AL Albania 15.5 HR Croatia 15.8 ME Montenegro 18.5 RS Serbia 19.3 MK North Macedonia 21.8 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 26.1
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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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