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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Mozambique

PM2.5 air pollution in Mozambique in 2023 — 13.7 µg/m³. Ranked 72 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 13.5%.

2023 13.7 µg/m³ −14.48% vs 2022
World rank 72of 200
Period maximum 18.5 µg/m³2001
Period minimum 13 µg/m³2020

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Mozambique, 1990–202312141618201990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 15.9 µg/m³1991: 15.7 µg/m³1992: 15.7 µg/m³1993: 15.8 µg/m³1994: 15.8 µg/m³1995: 15.4 µg/m³1996: 15.9 µg/m³1997: 16 µg/m³1998: 16 µg/m³1999: 16.1 µg/m³2000: 16.4 µg/m³2001: 18.5 µg/m³2002: 16.4 µg/m³2003: 15.1 µg/m³2004: 15.1 µg/m³2005: 15.8 µg/m³2006: 17.4 µg/m³2007: 18.1 µg/m³2008: 17.9 µg/m³2009: 16.4 µg/m³2010: 18.2 µg/m³2011: 15.6 µg/m³2012: 16 µg/m³2013: 16 µg/m³2014: 13.9 µg/m³2015: 15.3 µg/m³2016: 14 µg/m³2017: 13.8 µg/m³2018: 15.9 µg/m³2019: 16.1 µg/m³2020: 13 µg/m³2021: 13.3 µg/m³2022: 16 µg/m³2023: 13.7 µg/m³
Change over the period: −2.1 (−13.5%) Average annual rate: -0.44 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Mozambique 13.7 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Eastern Africa computed 22 µg/m³
Low-income countries computed 31.1 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 13.7 −2.3 −14.48%
2022 16 +2.7 +20.55%
2021 13.3 +0.3 +2.09%
2020 13 −3.1 −19.2%
2019 16.1 +0.3 +1.69%
2018 15.9 +2 +14.84%
2017 13.8 −0.2 −1.14%
2016 14 −1.3 −8.79%
2015 15.3 +1.4 +10%
2014 13.9 −2 −12.73%
2013 16 −0 −0.13%
2012 16 +0.4 +2.43%
2011 15.6 −2.6 −14.27%
2010 18.2 +1.8 +11.18%
2009 16.4 −1.6 −8.73%
2008 17.9 −0.2 −1.01%
2007 18.1 +0.7 +3.96%
2006 17.4 +1.6 +10.17%
2005 15.8 +0.7 +4.84%
2004 15.1 +0 +0.15%
2003 15.1 −1.3 −7.92%
2002 16.4 −2.1 −11.51%
2001 18.5 +2.1 +12.68%
2000 16.4 +0.3 +1.94%
1999 16.1 +0.1 +0.34%
1998 16 +0.1 +0.34%
1997 16 +0.1 +0.34%
1996 15.9 +0.6 +3.71%
1995 15.4 −0.5 −2.91%
1994 15.8 +0.1 +0.35%
1993 15.8 +0.1 +0.35%
1992 15.7 +0.1 +0.35%
1991 15.7 −0.2 −1.28%
1990 15.9 — —

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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