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PM2.5 air pollution — Paraguay

PM2.5 air pollution in Paraguay in 2023 — 15.3 µg/m³. Ranked 86 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 42.9%.

2023 15.3 µg/m³ +6.47% vs 2022
World rank 86of 200
Period maximum 26.8 µg/m³1990
Period minimum 12.2 µg/m³2013

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Paraguay, 1990–202310152025301990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 26.8 µg/m³1991: 26.5 µg/m³1992: 26.3 µg/m³1993: 26.1 µg/m³1994: 25.9 µg/m³1995: 25.4 µg/m³1996: 25.5 µg/m³1997: 25.3 µg/m³1998: 25.1 µg/m³1999: 24.9 µg/m³2000: 24.9 µg/m³2001: 24.3 µg/m³2002: 23.8 µg/m³2003: 26.5 µg/m³2004: 24.5 µg/m³2005: 23.5 µg/m³2006: 20.9 µg/m³2007: 17.9 µg/m³2008: 17.5 µg/m³2009: 14.9 µg/m³2010: 16.6 µg/m³2011: 14.4 µg/m³2012: 14.1 µg/m³2013: 12.2 µg/m³2014: 14.1 µg/m³2015: 15 µg/m³2016: 14.1 µg/m³2017: 14.3 µg/m³2018: 13 µg/m³2019: 16.4 µg/m³2020: 19.6 µg/m³2021: 15.8 µg/m³2022: 14.4 µg/m³2023: 15.3 µg/m³
Change over the period: −11.5 (−42.86%) Average annual rate: -1.68 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Paraguay 15.3 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Latin America & Caribbean 17.4 µg/m³
South America computed 16.9 µg/m³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 26.6 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 15.3 +0.9 +6.47%
2022 14.4 −1.4 −8.73%
2021 15.8 −3.9 −19.72%
2020 19.6 +3.2 +19.81%
2019 16.4 +3.4 +25.81%
2018 13 −1.3 −8.89%
2017 14.3 +0.2 +1.5%
2016 14.1 −0.9 −6.19%
2015 15 +0.9 +6.54%
2014 14.1 +1.9 +15.38%
2013 12.2 −1.9 −13.32%
2012 14.1 −0.3 −1.79%
2011 14.4 −2.3 −13.56%
2010 16.6 +1.8 +11.8%
2009 14.9 −2.6 −15.03%
2008 17.5 −0.4 −2.34%
2007 17.9 −3 −14.3%
2006 20.9 −2.6 −11.2%
2005 23.5 −1 −4.12%
2004 24.5 −2 −7.55%
2003 26.5 +2.8 +11.68%
2002 23.8 −0.5 −2.05%
2001 24.3 −0.6 −2.57%
2000 24.9 −0 −0.18%
1999 24.9 −0.2 −0.77%
1998 25.1 −0.2 −0.76%
1997 25.3 −0.2 −0.76%
1996 25.5 +0.1 +0.4%
1995 25.4 −0.5 −1.88%
1994 25.9 −0.2 −0.74%
1993 26.1 −0.2 −0.73%
1992 26.3 −0.2 −0.73%
1991 26.5 −0.3 −1.27%
1990 26.8 — —

South America, 2023

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

UY Uruguay 10.9 BR Brazil 13.4 AR Argentina 14.3 PY Paraguay 15.3 SR Suriname 15.7 GY Guyana 16.9 CO Colombia 18.4 EC Ecuador 18.6 VE Venezuela 19.2 CL Chile 23.1 BO Bolivia 28.1 PE Peru 31.1
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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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