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PM2.5 air pollution — Mauritius

PM2.5 air pollution in Mauritius in 2023 — 14.1 µg/m³. Ranked 74 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 3.2%.

2023 14.1 µg/m³ −6.6% vs 2022
World rank 74of 200
Period maximum 17.4 µg/m³2005
Period minimum 13.6 µg/m³1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Mauritius, 1990–20231314151617181990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 13.6 µg/m³1991: 13.8 µg/m³1992: 13.9 µg/m³1993: 14 µg/m³1994: 14.1 µg/m³1995: 14.3 µg/m³1996: 14.3 µg/m³1997: 14.4 µg/m³1998: 14.5 µg/m³1999: 14.6 µg/m³2000: 14.7 µg/m³2001: 14.5 µg/m³2002: 14.3 µg/m³2003: 14.5 µg/m³2004: 15 µg/m³2005: 17.4 µg/m³2006: 17 µg/m³2007: 16.9 µg/m³2008: 16.9 µg/m³2009: 16.8 µg/m³2010: 16.5 µg/m³2011: 16 µg/m³2012: 15.4 µg/m³2013: 15.2 µg/m³2014: 14.2 µg/m³2015: 14.3 µg/m³2016: 15.4 µg/m³2017: 15.2 µg/m³2018: 15.2 µg/m³2019: 15 µg/m³2020: 14.1 µg/m³2021: 14.2 µg/m³2022: 15.1 µg/m³2023: 14.1 µg/m³
Change over the period: +0.4 (+3.19%) Average annual rate: 0.1 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Mauritius 14.1 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Eastern Africa computed 22 µg/m³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 26.6 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 14.1 −1 −6.6%
2022 15.1 +0.8 +5.72%
2021 14.2 +0.1 +0.73%
2020 14.1 −0.9 −5.9%
2019 15 −0.1 −0.87%
2018 15.2 −0 −0.2%
2017 15.2 −0.2 −1.59%
2016 15.4 +1.1 +7.77%
2015 14.3 +0.1 +0.98%
2014 14.2 −1 −6.73%
2013 15.2 −0.2 −1.36%
2012 15.4 −0.6 −3.48%
2011 16 −0.5 −3.08%
2010 16.5 −0.3 −1.72%
2009 16.8 −0.2 −1%
2008 16.9 +0.1 +0.43%
2007 16.9 −0.2 −0.9%
2006 17 −0.4 −2.23%
2005 17.4 +2.4 +16.35%
2004 15 +0.5 +3.48%
2003 14.5 +0.2 +1.07%
2002 14.3 −0.2 −1.44%
2001 14.5 −0.2 −1.29%
2000 14.7 +0.1 +0.53%
1999 14.6 +0.1 +0.74%
1998 14.5 +0.1 +0.75%
1997 14.4 +0.1 +0.75%
1996 14.3 +0 +0.33%
1995 14.3 +0.2 +1.19%
1994 14.1 +0.1 +0.77%
1993 14 +0.1 +0.77%
1992 13.9 +0.1 +0.78%
1991 13.8 +0.1 +1.01%
1990 13.6 — —

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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