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PM2.5 air pollution — Poland

PM2.5 air pollution in Poland in 2023 — 16.5 µg/m³. Ranked 94 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 48.9%.

2023 16.5 µg/m³ +3.98% vs 2022
World rank 94of 200
Period maximum 32.3 µg/m³1990
Period minimum 15.9 µg/m³2022

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Poland, 1990–202315202530351990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 32.3 µg/m³1991: 32 µg/m³1992: 31.3 µg/m³1993: 30.7 µg/m³1994: 30 µg/m³1995: 30 µg/m³1996: 28.8 µg/m³1997: 28.1 µg/m³1998: 27.5 µg/m³1999: 26.8 µg/m³2000: 25.9 µg/m³2001: 25.8 µg/m³2002: 29.9 µg/m³2003: 30.6 µg/m³2004: 26.6 µg/m³2005: 27.8 µg/m³2006: 26.1 µg/m³2007: 24.3 µg/m³2008: 23 µg/m³2009: 24.4 µg/m³2010: 28 µg/m³2011: 25.8 µg/m³2012: 23.7 µg/m³2013: 22.9 µg/m³2014: 23.6 µg/m³2015: 21.6 µg/m³2016: 20.9 µg/m³2017: 21.5 µg/m³2018: 22 µg/m³2019: 18.1 µg/m³2020: 16.4 µg/m³2021: 18.6 µg/m³2022: 15.9 µg/m³2023: 16.5 µg/m³
Change over the period: −15.8 (−48.9%) Average annual rate: -2.01 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Poland 16.5 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Europe & Central Asia 14.4 µg/m³
Eastern Europe computed 13.3 µg/m³
High-income countries computed 12.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Poland, by year Poland All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 16.5 +0.6 +3.98%
2022 15.9 −2.7 −14.6%
2021 18.6 +2.2 +13.17%
2020 16.4 −1.7 −9.32%
2019 18.1 −3.9 −17.71%
2018 22 +0.5 +2.36%
2017 21.5 +0.6 +2.81%
2016 20.9 −0.7 −3.09%
2015 21.6 −2 −8.49%
2014 23.6 +0.7 +3.2%
2013 22.9 −0.8 −3.37%
2012 23.7 −2.2 −8.37%
2011 25.8 −2.2 −7.87%
2010 28 +3.6 +14.96%
2009 24.4 +1.4 +5.94%
2008 23 −1.3 −5.39%
2007 24.3 −1.7 −6.65%
2006 26.1 −1.7 −6.16%
2005 27.8 +1.2 +4.58%
2004 26.6 −4 −13.11%
2003 30.6 +0.6 +2.16%
2002 29.9 +4.2 +16.2%
2001 25.8 −0.1 −0.49%
2000 25.9 −0.9 −3.49%
1999 26.8 −0.6 −2.35%
1998 27.5 −0.6 −2.29%
1997 28.1 −0.6 −2.24%
1996 28.8 −1.2 −4.09%
1995 30 −0.1 −0.21%
1994 30 −0.6 −2.1%
1993 30.7 −0.6 −2.06%
1992 31.3 −0.6 −2.02%
1991 32 −0.4 −1.1%
1990 32.3 — —

Eastern Europe, 2023

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

RU Russia 11.6 BY Belarus 12 CZ Czechia 12.7 HU Hungary 13.7 SK Slovakia 13.7 UA Ukraine 14.9 MD Moldova 14.9 RO Romania 16 PL Poland 16.5 BG Bulgaria 19.7
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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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