PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Mercosur

PM2.5 air pollution in Mercosur in 2023 — 14.2 µg/m³. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 49.5%.

2023 14.2 µg/m³ −9.66% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 28.1 µg/m³1990
Period minimum 13.8 µg/m³2014

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Mercosur, 1990–202310152025301990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 28.1 µg/m³1991: 28.1 µg/m³1992: 27.9 µg/m³1993: 27.7 µg/m³1994: 27.6 µg/m³1995: 27.7 µg/m³1996: 27.2 µg/m³1997: 27.1 µg/m³1998: 26.9 µg/m³1999: 26.7 µg/m³2000: 26.4 µg/m³2001: 26.4 µg/m³2002: 26.1 µg/m³2003: 27.1 µg/m³2004: 26 µg/m³2005: 25.7 µg/m³2006: 19.4 µg/m³2007: 16.1 µg/m³2008: 16.1 µg/m³2009: 15.7 µg/m³2010: 16 µg/m³2011: 15.7 µg/m³2012: 14.2 µg/m³2013: 13.9 µg/m³2014: 13.8 µg/m³2015: 14.6 µg/m³2016: 14.2 µg/m³2017: 14.1 µg/m³2018: 13.9 µg/m³2019: 14.6 µg/m³2020: 14.9 µg/m³2021: 14.4 µg/m³2022: 15.7 µg/m³2023: 14.2 µg/m³
Change over the period: −13.9 (−49.51%) Average annual rate: -2.05 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Mercosur 14.2 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 14.2 −1.5 −9.66%
2022 15.7 +1.4 +9.44%
2021 14.4 −0.6 −3.8%
2020 14.9 +0.3 +2.04%
2019 14.6 +0.8 +5.42%
2018 13.9 −0.2 −1.75%
2017 14.1 −0.1 −0.58%
2016 14.2 −0.4 −2.51%
2015 14.6 +0.8 +5.95%
2014 13.8 −0.1 −0.79%
2013 13.9 −0.3 −2.43%
2012 14.2 −1.5 −9.45%
2011 15.7 −0.3 −1.69%
2010 16 +0.2 +1.52%
2009 15.7 −0.4 −2.51%
2008 16.1 +0 +0.24%
2007 16.1 −3.3 −16.85%
2006 19.4 −6.4 −24.73%
2005 25.7 −0.3 −1.22%
2004 26 −1.1 −4.02%
2003 27.1 +1 +3.84%
2002 26.1 −0.3 −0.97%
2001 26.4 −0 −0.09%
2000 26.4 −0.3 −1.13%
1999 26.7 −0.2 −0.65%
1998 26.9 −0.2 −0.64%
1997 27.1 −0.2 −0.64%
1996 27.2 −0.4 −1.53%
1995 27.7 +0.1 +0.29%
1994 27.6 −0.2 −0.62%
1993 27.7 −0.2 −0.61%
1992 27.9 −0.2 −0.6%
1991 28.1 −0 −0.16%
1990 28.1

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.