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PM2.5 air pollution — Peru

PM2.5 air pollution in Peru in 2023 — 31.1 µg/m³. Ranked 154 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 55.1%.

2023 31.1 µg/m³ −4.26% vs 2022
World rank 154of 200
Period maximum 69.3 µg/m³1990
Period minimum 27.1 µg/m³2014

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Peru, 1990–2023204060801990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 69.3 µg/m³1991: 68.8 µg/m³1992: 67.8 µg/m³1993: 66.9 µg/m³1994: 65.9 µg/m³1995: 65.9 µg/m³1996: 64 µg/m³1997: 63.1 µg/m³1998: 62.1 µg/m³1999: 61.2 µg/m³2000: 59.8 µg/m³2001: 63.7 µg/m³2002: 61 µg/m³2003: 59.6 µg/m³2004: 58.3 µg/m³2005: 58.1 µg/m³2006: 38.4 µg/m³2007: 28.1 µg/m³2008: 27.7 µg/m³2009: 28.8 µg/m³2010: 31.4 µg/m³2011: 29.7 µg/m³2012: 28.7 µg/m³2013: 29.7 µg/m³2014: 27.1 µg/m³2015: 29.3 µg/m³2016: 30.6 µg/m³2017: 31.3 µg/m³2018: 31.1 µg/m³2019: 30.7 µg/m³2020: 29.9 µg/m³2021: 28.9 µg/m³2022: 32.5 µg/m³2023: 31.1 µg/m³
Change over the period: −38.2 (−55.13%) Average annual rate: -2.4 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Peru 31.1 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 — Peru, by year Peru All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 31.1 −1.4 −4.26%
2022 32.5 +3.5 +12.2%
2021 28.9 −0.9 −3.05%
2020 29.9 −0.8 −2.66%
2019 30.7 −0.4 −1.42%
2018 31.1 −0.1 −0.47%
2017 31.3 +0.7 +2.29%
2016 30.6 +1.3 +4.4%
2015 29.3 +2.2 +8%
2014 27.1 −2.6 −8.89%
2013 29.7 +1 +3.63%
2012 28.7 −1 −3.36%
2011 29.7 −1.7 −5.31%
2010 31.4 +2.6 +8.97%
2009 28.8 +1.1 +4.11%
2008 27.7 −0.4 −1.44%
2007 28.1 −10.3 −26.89%
2006 38.4 −19.7 −33.93%
2005 58.1 −0.2 −0.3%
2004 58.3 −1.4 −2.27%
2003 59.6 −1.4 −2.25%
2002 61 −2.7 −4.31%
2001 63.7 +3.9 +6.56%
2000 59.8 −1.4 −2.26%
1999 61.2 −0.9 −1.52%
1998 62.1 −0.9 −1.5%
1997 63.1 −0.9 −1.48%
1996 64 −1.8 −2.77%
1995 65.9 −0.1 −0.11%
1994 65.9 −0.9 −1.42%
1993 66.9 −0.9 −1.4%
1992 67.8 −0.9 −1.38%
1991 68.8 −0.5 −0.74%
1990 69.3 — —

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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