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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Myanmar

PM2.5 air pollution in Myanmar in 2023 — 35.1 µg/m³. Ranked 167 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 22.1%.

2023 35.1 µg/m³ +6.75% vs 2022
World rank 167of 200
Period maximum 45 µg/m³1990
Period minimum 32.8 µg/m³2022

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Myanmar, 1990–202330354045501990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 45 µg/m³1991: 44.2 µg/m³1992: 43.8 µg/m³1993: 43.5 µg/m³1994: 43.1 µg/m³1995: 41.9 µg/m³1996: 42.3 µg/m³1997: 42 µg/m³1998: 41.6 µg/m³1999: 41.2 µg/m³2000: 41.3 µg/m³2001: 41.8 µg/m³2002: 42.9 µg/m³2003: 41.6 µg/m³2004: 44.1 µg/m³2005: 43.1 µg/m³2006: 38 µg/m³2007: 35.2 µg/m³2008: 36.7 µg/m³2009: 38.1 µg/m³2010: 36.4 µg/m³2011: 34.1 µg/m³2012: 34.3 µg/m³2013: 36.1 µg/m³2014: 36.4 µg/m³2015: 34.6 µg/m³2016: 35.5 µg/m³2017: 33.5 µg/m³2018: 36.2 µg/m³2019: 36.7 µg/m³2020: 36.9 µg/m³2021: 36.9 µg/m³2022: 32.8 µg/m³2023: 35.1 µg/m³
Change over the period: −9.9 (−22.08%) Average annual rate: -0.75 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Myanmar 35.1 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
East Asia & Pacific 27.3 µg/m³
South-Eastern Asia computed 22.7 µg/m³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 47.3 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Myanmar, by year Myanmar All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 35.1 +2.2 +6.75%
2022 32.8 −4 −10.88%
2021 36.9 −0 −0.06%
2020 36.9 +0.2 +0.47%
2019 36.7 +0.5 +1.43%
2018 36.2 +2.7 +7.98%
2017 33.5 −2 −5.66%
2016 35.5 +0.9 +2.57%
2015 34.6 −1.8 −4.93%
2014 36.4 +0.3 +0.84%
2013 36.1 +1.9 +5.48%
2012 34.3 +0.2 +0.51%
2011 34.1 −2.3 −6.43%
2010 36.4 −1.7 −4.46%
2009 38.1 +1.5 +4.04%
2008 36.7 +1.4 +4.03%
2007 35.2 −2.7 −7.17%
2006 38 −5.2 −11.99%
2005 43.1 −1 −2.29%
2004 44.1 +2.5 +6.08%
2003 41.6 −1.3 −3.06%
2002 42.9 +1.2 +2.8%
2001 41.8 +0.5 +1.15%
2000 41.3 +0.1 +0.13%
1999 41.2 −0.4 −0.89%
1998 41.6 −0.4 −0.89%
1997 42 −0.4 −0.88%
1996 42.3 +0.5 +1.15%
1995 41.9 −1.2 −2.84%
1994 43.1 −0.4 −0.86%
1993 43.5 −0.4 −0.85%
1992 43.8 −0.4 −0.84%
1991 44.2 −0.8 −1.77%
1990 45 — —

South-Eastern Asia, 2023

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

BN Brunei Darussalam 7.6 TL Timor-Leste 12 SG Singapore 15.1 MY Malaysia 15.9 KH Cambodia 19.4 ID Indonesia 20.8 PH Philippines 22.2 TH Thailand 23.5 VN Vietnam 24.8 LA Laos 26 MM Myanmar 35.1
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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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