PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — OPEC

PM2.5 air pollution in OPEC in 2023 — 52 µg/m³. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 14.3%.

2023 52 µg/m³ −8.14% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 56.6 µg/m³2022
Period minimum 43.5 µg/m³2003

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — OPEC, 1990–202340455055601990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 45.4 µg/m³1991: 44.9 µg/m³1992: 45.3 µg/m³1993: 45.7 µg/m³1994: 46.1 µg/m³1995: 44.8 µg/m³1996: 46.9 µg/m³1997: 47.3 µg/m³1998: 47.7 µg/m³1999: 48.1 µg/m³2000: 49.4 µg/m³2001: 44.6 µg/m³2002: 45.9 µg/m³2003: 43.5 µg/m³2004: 46.5 µg/m³2005: 45.1 µg/m³2006: 48.4 µg/m³2007: 51.1 µg/m³2008: 51.6 µg/m³2009: 49 µg/m³2010: 48.4 µg/m³2011: 49.3 µg/m³2012: 48.9 µg/m³2013: 45.1 µg/m³2014: 44.7 µg/m³2015: 56.2 µg/m³2016: 52.8 µg/m³2017: 52.3 µg/m³2018: 49.4 µg/m³2019: 46.5 µg/m³2020: 49.6 µg/m³2021: 50.9 µg/m³2022: 56.6 µg/m³2023: 52 µg/m³
Change over the period: +6.5 (+14.34%) Average annual rate: 0.41 %

Comparison, 2023

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

OPEC 52 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 52 −4.6 −8.14%
2022 56.6 +5.7 +11.15%
2021 50.9 +1.3 +2.58%
2020 49.6 +3.1 +6.74%
2019 46.5 −2.9 −5.92%
2018 49.4 −2.9 −5.61%
2017 52.3 −0.5 −0.93%
2016 52.8 −3.3 −5.92%
2015 56.2 +11.4 +25.52%
2014 44.7 −0.4 −0.8%
2013 45.1 −3.8 −7.77%
2012 48.9 −0.4 −0.9%
2011 49.3 +0.9 +1.87%
2010 48.4 −0.6 −1.13%
2009 49 −2.6 −5.02%
2008 51.6 +0.5 +1.04%
2007 51.1 +2.6 +5.45%
2006 48.4 +3.3 +7.4%
2005 45.1 −1.4 −3.04%
2004 46.5 +3 +6.83%
2003 43.5 −2.4 −5.2%
2002 45.9 +1.3 +2.99%
2001 44.6 −4.8 −9.72%
2000 49.4 +1.3 +2.69%
1999 48.1 +0.4 +0.86%
1998 47.7 +0.4 +0.85%
1997 47.3 +0.4 +0.85%
1996 46.9 +2.1 +4.72%
1995 44.8 −1.3 −2.88%
1994 46.1 +0.4 +0.89%
1993 45.7 +0.4 +0.88%
1992 45.3 +0.4 +0.8%
1991 44.9 −0.5 −1.17%
1990 45.4

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.