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PM2.5 air pollution — NATO

PM2.5 air pollution in NATO in 2023 — 10.7 µg/m³. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 48.4%.

2023 10.7 µg/m³ −7.45% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 20.7 µg/m³1990
Period minimum 10.7 µg/m³2023

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — NATO, 1990–2023101520251990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 20.7 µg/m³1991: 20.6 µg/m³1992: 20.4 µg/m³1993: 20.2 µg/m³1994: 20 µg/m³1995: 20 µg/m³1996: 19.5 µg/m³1997: 19.3 µg/m³1998: 19.1 µg/m³1999: 18.9 µg/m³2000: 18.5 µg/m³2001: 17.6 µg/m³2002: 18.2 µg/m³2003: 18.7 µg/m³2004: 16.9 µg/m³2005: 17.4 µg/m³2006: 15.9 µg/m³2007: 15.1 µg/m³2008: 14.6 µg/m³2009: 14.3 µg/m³2010: 14.6 µg/m³2011: 14.8 µg/m³2012: 13.5 µg/m³2013: 13.4 µg/m³2014: 13 µg/m³2015: 12.9 µg/m³2016: 11.9 µg/m³2017: 12.3 µg/m³2018: 12.3 µg/m³2019: 11.3 µg/m³2020: 11 µg/m³2021: 11.6 µg/m³2022: 11.6 µg/m³2023: 10.7 µg/m³
Change over the period: −10 (−48.42%) Average annual rate: -1.99 %

Comparison, 2023

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

NATO 10.7 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 10.7 −0.9 −7.45%
2022 11.6 −0.1 −0.51%
2021 11.6 +0.6 +5.44%
2020 11 −0.3 −2.83%
2019 11.3 −1 −7.93%
2018 12.3 −0 −0.17%
2017 12.3 +0.4 +3.48%
2016 11.9 −0.9 −7.26%
2015 12.9 −0.2 −1.23%
2014 13 −0.4 −2.66%
2013 13.4 −0.2 −1.14%
2012 13.5 −1.3 −8.87%
2011 14.8 +0.2 +1.28%
2010 14.6 +0.3 +2.13%
2009 14.3 −0.3 −2.06%
2008 14.6 −0.4 −2.95%
2007 15.1 −0.9 −5.38%
2006 15.9 −1.4 −8.22%
2005 17.4 +0.5 +2.87%
2004 16.9 −1.8 −9.6%
2003 18.7 +0.4 +2.46%
2002 18.2 +0.7 +3.7%
2001 17.6 −1 −5.2%
2000 18.5 −0.4 −1.87%
1999 18.9 −0.2 −1.11%
1998 19.1 −0.2 −1.11%
1997 19.3 −0.2 −1.11%
1996 19.5 −0.5 −2.47%
1995 20 +0.1 +0.3%
1994 20 −0.2 −1.08%
1993 20.2 −0.2 −1.08%
1992 20.4 −0.2 −1.09%
1991 20.6 −0.1 −0.41%
1990 20.7 — —

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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