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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Morocco

PM2.5 air pollution in Morocco in 2023 — 18.7 µg/m³. Ranked 108 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 28%.

2023 18.7 µg/m³ −12.21% vs 2022
World rank 108of 200
Period maximum 21.3 µg/m³2017
Period minimum 14.6 µg/m³1991

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Morocco, 1990–202314161820221990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 14.6 µg/m³1991: 14.6 µg/m³1992: 15 µg/m³1993: 15.4 µg/m³1994: 15.8 µg/m³1995: 15.4 µg/m³1996: 16.6 µg/m³1997: 17 µg/m³1998: 17.5 µg/m³1999: 17.9 µg/m³2000: 18.7 µg/m³2001: 18.2 µg/m³2002: 17.4 µg/m³2003: 17.4 µg/m³2004: 18.8 µg/m³2005: 18.9 µg/m³2006: 19.6 µg/m³2007: 19.7 µg/m³2008: 19.6 µg/m³2009: 20.7 µg/m³2010: 21.1 µg/m³2011: 20 µg/m³2012: 18.2 µg/m³2013: 17.3 µg/m³2014: 17.5 µg/m³2015: 19.9 µg/m³2016: 19 µg/m³2017: 21.3 µg/m³2018: 18.5 µg/m³2019: 17.2 µg/m³2020: 17.7 µg/m³2021: 18.9 µg/m³2022: 21.3 µg/m³2023: 18.7 µg/m³
Change over the period: +4.1 (+28%) Average annual rate: 0.75 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Morocco 18.7 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Middle East & North Africa 45.4 µg/m³
Northern Africa computed 32.4 µg/m³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 47.3 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Morocco, by year Morocco All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 18.7 −2.6 −12.21%
2022 21.3 +2.4 +12.94%
2021 18.9 +1.2 +6.83%
2020 17.7 +0.5 +3%
2019 17.2 −1.3 −7.03%
2018 18.5 −2.9 −13.46%
2017 21.3 +2.4 +12.48%
2016 19 −0.9 −4.56%
2015 19.9 +2.4 +13.44%
2014 17.5 +0.2 +1.3%
2013 17.3 −0.9 −4.83%
2012 18.2 −1.8 −9.23%
2011 20 −1.1 −4.99%
2010 21.1 +0.4 +1.79%
2009 20.7 +1.1 +5.58%
2008 19.6 −0.1 −0.68%
2007 19.7 +0.1 +0.54%
2006 19.6 +0.8 +4.07%
2005 18.9 +0 +0.14%
2004 18.8 +1.4 +8.19%
2003 17.4 +0 +0.09%
2002 17.4 −0.8 −4.46%
2001 18.2 −0.5 −2.57%
2000 18.7 +0.8 +4.62%
1999 17.9 +0.4 +2.32%
1998 17.5 +0.4 +2.38%
1997 17 +0.4 +2.44%
1996 16.6 +1.2 +8.08%
1995 15.4 −0.4 −2.74%
1994 15.8 +0.4 +2.63%
1993 15.4 +0.4 +2.7%
1992 15 +0.4 +2.78%
1991 14.6 −0 −0.09%
1990 14.6 — —

Northern Africa, 2023

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

DZ Algeria 16.5 MA Morocco 18.7 TN Tunisia 18.9 LY Libya 20 SD Sudan 37.6 EG Egypt 43.1
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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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