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PM2.5 air pollution — Panama

PM2.5 air pollution in Panama in 2023 — 15.1 µg/m³. Ranked 84 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 18.1%.

2023 15.1 µg/m³ −0.61% vs 2022
World rank 84of 200
Period maximum 19.4 µg/m³2000
Period minimum 14.8 µg/m³2021

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Panama, 1990–2023141618201990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 18.5 µg/m³1991: 18.2 µg/m³1992: 18.3 µg/m³1993: 18.4 µg/m³1994: 18.5 µg/m³1995: 18 µg/m³1996: 18.7 µg/m³1997: 18.8 µg/m³1998: 18.9 µg/m³1999: 19 µg/m³2000: 19.4 µg/m³2001: 17.9 µg/m³2002: 17.8 µg/m³2003: 19.3 µg/m³2004: 17.3 µg/m³2005: 17.6 µg/m³2006: 16 µg/m³2007: 15 µg/m³2008: 15.2 µg/m³2009: 15.5 µg/m³2010: 15.6 µg/m³2011: 15.2 µg/m³2012: 16 µg/m³2013: 15.4 µg/m³2014: 16 µg/m³2015: 17 µg/m³2016: 15.6 µg/m³2017: 14.8 µg/m³2018: 14.8 µg/m³2019: 15.3 µg/m³2020: 15.2 µg/m³2021: 14.8 µg/m³2022: 15.2 µg/m³2023: 15.1 µg/m³
Change over the period: −3.3 (−18.07%) Average annual rate: -0.6 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Panama 15.1 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Latin America & Caribbean 17.4 µg/m³
Central America computed 19.3 µg/m³
High-income countries computed 12.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Panama, by year Panama All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 15.1 −0.1 −0.61%
2022 15.2 +0.5 +3.11%
2021 14.8 −0.4 −2.87%
2020 15.2 −0.2 −1.04%
2019 15.3 +0.5 +3.42%
2018 14.8 +0.1 +0.54%
2017 14.8 −0.8 −5.33%
2016 15.6 −1.4 −8.15%
2015 17 +1 +6.37%
2014 16 +0.6 +3.86%
2013 15.4 −0.7 −4.15%
2012 16 +0.9 +5.68%
2011 15.2 −0.4 −2.62%
2010 15.6 +0 +0.32%
2009 15.5 +0.3 +2.09%
2008 15.2 +0.2 +1.66%
2007 15 −1 −6.26%
2006 16 −1.7 −9.44%
2005 17.6 +0.3 +1.67%
2004 17.3 −2 −10.16%
2003 19.3 +1.5 +8.24%
2002 17.8 −0.1 −0.65%
2001 17.9 −1.4 −7.42%
2000 19.4 +0.4 +2.15%
1999 19 +0.1 +0.49%
1998 18.9 +0.1 +0.49%
1997 18.8 +0.1 +0.5%
1996 18.7 +0.7 +4.01%
1995 18 −0.5 −2.89%
1994 18.5 +0.1 +0.5%
1993 18.4 +0.1 +0.51%
1992 18.3 +0.1 +0.51%
1991 18.2 −0.2 −1.2%
1990 18.5 — —

Central America, 2023

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

PA Panama 15.1 MX Mexico 16.6 BZ Belize 16.8 CR Costa Rica 17.7 NI Nicaragua 20.4 SV El Salvador 29.6 GT Guatemala 29.7 HN Honduras 30.7
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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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