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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Papua New Guinea

PM2.5 air pollution in Papua New Guinea in 2023 — 14.1 µg/m³. Ranked 75 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 11.9%.

2023 14.1 µg/m³ −12.3% vs 2022
World rank 75of 200
Period maximum 16.5 µg/m³2010
Period minimum 13.3 µg/m³2020

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Papua New Guinea, 1990–202313141516171990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 16 µg/m³1991: 15.7 µg/m³1992: 15.6 µg/m³1993: 15.6 µg/m³1994: 15.5 µg/m³1995: 14.9 µg/m³1996: 15.4 µg/m³1997: 15.3 µg/m³1998: 15.3 µg/m³1999: 15.2 µg/m³2000: 15.4 µg/m³2001: 14.2 µg/m³2002: 13.5 µg/m³2003: 14 µg/m³2004: 13.6 µg/m³2005: 13.5 µg/m³2006: 14.7 µg/m³2007: 15.8 µg/m³2008: 15.9 µg/m³2009: 15.4 µg/m³2010: 16.5 µg/m³2011: 14.4 µg/m³2012: 13.5 µg/m³2013: 15.4 µg/m³2014: 14.9 µg/m³2015: 14.7 µg/m³2016: 13.5 µg/m³2017: 14.6 µg/m³2018: 14.2 µg/m³2019: 14 µg/m³2020: 13.3 µg/m³2021: 14.6 µg/m³2022: 16.1 µg/m³2023: 14.1 µg/m³
Change over the period: −1.9 (−11.92%) Average annual rate: -0.38 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 14.1 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
East Asia & Pacific 27.3 µg/m³
Melanesia computed 13.1 µg/m³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 47.3 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 14.1 −2 −12.3%
2022 16.1 +1.4 +9.85%
2021 14.6 +1.4 +10.39%
2020 13.3 −0.7 −5.03%
2019 14 −0.2 −1.5%
2018 14.2 −0.4 −3.05%
2017 14.6 +1.1 +8.5%
2016 13.5 −1.3 −8.54%
2015 14.7 −0.1 −1%
2014 14.9 −0.5 −3.45%
2013 15.4 +2 +14.63%
2012 13.5 −0.9 −6.54%
2011 14.4 −2.1 −12.73%
2010 16.5 +1.1 +7.22%
2009 15.4 −0.5 −3.17%
2008 15.9 +0.1 +0.38%
2007 15.8 +1.1 +7.6%
2006 14.7 +1.3 +9.29%
2005 13.5 −0.1 −0.79%
2004 13.6 −0.4 −3.08%
2003 14 +0.5 +3.96%
2002 13.5 −0.7 −5.04%
2001 14.2 −1.2 −7.87%
2000 15.4 +0.2 +1.36%
1999 15.2 −0.1 −0.41%
1998 15.3 −0.1 −0.41%
1997 15.3 −0.1 −0.41%
1996 15.4 +0.5 +3.2%
1995 14.9 −0.6 −3.89%
1994 15.5 −0.1 −0.4%
1993 15.6 −0.1 −0.4%
1992 15.6 −0.1 −0.4%
1991 15.7 −0.3 −2.08%
1990 16 — —

Melanesia, 2023

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

FJ Fiji 6.4 VU Vanuatu 7 SB Solomon Islands 9.8 PG Papua New Guinea 14.1
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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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