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PM2.5 air pollution — Moldova

PM2.5 air pollution in Moldova in 2023 — 14.9 µg/m³. Ranked 81 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 55.4%.

2023 14.9 µg/m³ +2.7% vs 2022
World rank 81of 200
Period maximum 33.5 µg/m³1990
Period minimum 14.3 µg/m³2019

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Moldova, 1990–20231015202530351990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 33.5 µg/m³1991: 33.5 µg/m³1992: 32.9 µg/m³1993: 32.4 µg/m³1994: 31.8 µg/m³1995: 32.2 µg/m³1996: 30.8 µg/m³1997: 30.2 µg/m³1998: 29.7 µg/m³1999: 29.1 µg/m³2000: 28.1 µg/m³2001: 28.3 µg/m³2002: 30.9 µg/m³2003: 25 µg/m³2004: 23.2 µg/m³2005: 22.4 µg/m³2006: 21.1 µg/m³2007: 19.9 µg/m³2008: 18.6 µg/m³2009: 18 µg/m³2010: 17.3 µg/m³2011: 18.2 µg/m³2012: 20.1 µg/m³2013: 17.6 µg/m³2014: 18.3 µg/m³2015: 16.2 µg/m³2016: 16.9 µg/m³2017: 18.2 µg/m³2018: 17.2 µg/m³2019: 14.3 µg/m³2020: 15.6 µg/m³2021: 15.6 µg/m³2022: 14.6 µg/m³2023: 14.9 µg/m³
Change over the period: −18.6 (−55.43%) Average annual rate: -2.42 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Moldova 14.9 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Europe & Central Asia 14.4 µg/m³
Eastern Europe computed 13.3 µg/m³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 26.6 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 14.9 +0.4 +2.7%
2022 14.6 −1.1 −6.8%
2021 15.6 +0 +0.19%
2020 15.6 +1.2 +8.65%
2019 14.3 −2.8 −16.47%
2018 17.2 −1 −5.52%
2017 18.2 +1.3 +7.58%
2016 16.9 +0.7 +4.31%
2015 16.2 −2.1 −11.42%
2014 18.3 +0.7 +4.04%
2013 17.6 −2.6 −12.72%
2012 20.1 +1.9 +10.63%
2011 18.2 +0.9 +5.49%
2010 17.3 −0.8 −4.38%
2009 18 −0.5 −2.92%
2008 18.6 −1.3 −6.46%
2007 19.9 −1.2 −5.82%
2006 21.1 −1.3 −5.63%
2005 22.4 −0.9 −3.67%
2004 23.2 −1.8 −7.36%
2003 25 −5.9 −18.94%
2002 30.9 +2.6 +9.34%
2001 28.3 +0.1 +0.49%
2000 28.1 −1 −3.48%
1999 29.1 −0.5 −1.82%
1998 29.7 −0.5 −1.79%
1997 30.2 −0.5 −1.76%
1996 30.8 −1.5 −4.61%
1995 32.2 +0.4 +1.27%
1994 31.8 −0.5 −1.67%
1993 32.4 −0.5 −1.64%
1992 32.9 −0.5 −1.62%
1991 33.5 −0.1 −0.2%
1990 33.5 — —

Eastern Europe, 2023

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

RU Russia 11.6 BY Belarus 12 CZ Czechia 12.7 HU Hungary 13.7 SK Slovakia 13.7 UA Ukraine 14.9 MD Moldova 14.9 RO Romania 16 PL Poland 16.5 BG Bulgaria 19.7
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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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