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PM2.5 air pollution — Niger

PM2.5 air pollution in Niger in 2023 — 65.2 µg/m³. Ranked 196 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 17.1%.

2023 65.2 µg/m³ −12.53% vs 2022
World rank 196of 200
Period maximum 82.6 µg/m³2015
Period minimum 50.1 µg/m³2003

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Niger, 1990–202350607080901990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 55.7 µg/m³1991: 54.6 µg/m³1992: 54.9 µg/m³1993: 55.2 µg/m³1994: 55.5 µg/m³1995: 53.1 µg/m³1996: 56 µg/m³1997: 56.3 µg/m³1998: 56.5 µg/m³1999: 56.8 µg/m³2000: 58.4 µg/m³2001: 57.7 µg/m³2002: 58.7 µg/m³2003: 50.1 µg/m³2004: 69.4 µg/m³2005: 60.4 µg/m³2006: 71.9 µg/m³2007: 76.8 µg/m³2008: 75.4 µg/m³2009: 68.3 µg/m³2010: 68.1 µg/m³2011: 68.7 µg/m³2012: 62.4 µg/m³2013: 57.1 µg/m³2014: 60.8 µg/m³2015: 82.6 µg/m³2016: 77.8 µg/m³2017: 70.1 µg/m³2018: 59.8 µg/m³2019: 55.5 µg/m³2020: 65.2 µg/m³2021: 62.7 µg/m³2022: 74.6 µg/m³2023: 65.2 µg/m³
Change over the period: +9.5 (+17.08%) Average annual rate: 0.48 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Niger 65.2 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Western Africa computed 50.9 µg/m³
Low-income countries computed 31.1 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Niger, by year Niger All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 65.2 −9.3 −12.53%
2022 74.6 +11.9 +18.94%
2021 62.7 −2.5 −3.88%
2020 65.2 +9.8 +17.62%
2019 55.5 −4.3 −7.23%
2018 59.8 −10.3 −14.74%
2017 70.1 −7.7 −9.86%
2016 77.8 −4.8 −5.81%
2015 82.6 +21.8 +35.9%
2014 60.8 +3.7 +6.51%
2013 57.1 −5.3 −8.52%
2012 62.4 −6.3 −9.18%
2011 68.7 +0.6 +0.88%
2010 68.1 −0.2 −0.29%
2009 68.3 −7.1 −9.47%
2008 75.4 −1.4 −1.8%
2007 76.8 +4.9 +6.81%
2006 71.9 +11.5 +19.12%
2005 60.4 −9 −13%
2004 69.4 +19.3 +38.54%
2003 50.1 −8.6 −14.69%
2002 58.7 +1 +1.79%
2001 57.7 −0.8 −1.29%
2000 58.4 +1.6 +2.83%
1999 56.8 +0.3 +0.48%
1998 56.5 +0.3 +0.48%
1997 56.3 +0.3 +0.48%
1996 56 +2.9 +5.54%
1995 53.1 −2.4 −4.33%
1994 55.5 +0.3 +0.49%
1993 55.2 +0.3 +0.49%
1992 54.9 +0.3 +0.5%
1991 54.6 −1.1 −1.91%
1990 55.7 — —

Western Africa, 2023

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

LR Liberia 17.9 CV Cabo Verde 20.2 CI Côte d'Ivoire 20.4 SL Sierra Leone 22.5 GN Guinea 27.3 GH Ghana 28.1 GW Guinea-Bissau 32.3 TG Togo 34.3 ML Mali 35.5 BF Burkina Faso 37.3 GM Gambia 38.3 BJ Benin 39.7 SN Senegal 41.6 MR Mauritania 46.5 NE Niger 65.2 NG Nigeria 65.7
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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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