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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Portugal

PM2.5 air pollution in Portugal in 2023 — 8.8 µg/m³. Ranked 37 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 33.8%.

2023 8.8 µg/m³ −5.18% vs 2022
World rank 37of 200
Period maximum 14.1 µg/m³2003
Period minimum 8.2 µg/m³2014

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Portugal, 1990–20238101214161990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 13.2 µg/m³1991: 13.3 µg/m³1992: 13.3 µg/m³1993: 13.4 µg/m³1994: 13.5 µg/m³1995: 13.4 µg/m³1996: 13.6 µg/m³1997: 13.6 µg/m³1998: 13.7 µg/m³1999: 13.8 µg/m³2000: 13.9 µg/m³2001: 13.3 µg/m³2002: 13.3 µg/m³2003: 14.1 µg/m³2004: 12.6 µg/m³2005: 12.9 µg/m³2006: 12.6 µg/m³2007: 11.5 µg/m³2008: 10.4 µg/m³2009: 9.6 µg/m³2010: 9.5 µg/m³2011: 10.3 µg/m³2012: 8.7 µg/m³2013: 9.1 µg/m³2014: 8.2 µg/m³2015: 10.1 µg/m³2016: 8.9 µg/m³2017: 9.8 µg/m³2018: 9.7 µg/m³2019: 8.3 µg/m³2020: 8.7 µg/m³2021: 8.9 µg/m³2022: 9.2 µg/m³2023: 8.8 µg/m³
Change over the period: −4.5 (−33.84%) Average annual rate: -1.24 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Portugal 8.8 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Europe & Central Asia 14.4 µg/m³
Southern Europe computed 13.1 µg/m³
High-income countries computed 12.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Portugal, by year Portugal All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 8.8 −0.5 −5.18%
2022 9.2 +0.3 +3.78%
2021 8.9 +0.2 +1.83%
2020 8.7 +0.5 +5.62%
2019 8.3 −1.4 −14.49%
2018 9.7 −0.2 −1.59%
2017 9.8 +0.9 +10.46%
2016 8.9 −1.1 −11.41%
2015 10.1 +1.9 +23.4%
2014 8.2 −1 −10.48%
2013 9.1 +0.4 +4.32%
2012 8.7 −1.5 −14.94%
2011 10.3 +0.7 +7.61%
2010 9.5 −0 −0.2%
2009 9.6 −0.8 −7.7%
2008 10.4 −1.1 −9.85%
2007 11.5 −1.1 −8.88%
2006 12.6 −0.3 −2.31%
2005 12.9 +0.3 +2.73%
2004 12.6 −1.6 −11.2%
2003 14.1 +0.9 +6.51%
2002 13.3 −0 −0.21%
2001 13.3 −0.6 −4.02%
2000 13.9 +0.1 +0.77%
1999 13.8 +0.1 +0.45%
1998 13.7 +0.1 +0.45%
1997 13.6 +0.1 +0.45%
1996 13.6 +0.2 +1.12%
1995 13.4 −0 −0.2%
1994 13.5 +0.1 +0.46%
1993 13.4 +0.1 +0.46%
1992 13.3 +0.1 +0.46%
1991 13.3 +0 +0.13%
1990 13.2 — —

Southern Europe, 2023

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

PT Portugal 8.8 AD Andorra 8.9 ES Spain 10.1 MT Malta 10.8 MC Monaco 11.4 SI Slovenia 12.6 SM San Marino 12.7 GR Greece 14.1 IT Italy 14.3 AL Albania 15.5 HR Croatia 15.8 ME Montenegro 18.5 RS Serbia 19.3 MK North Macedonia 21.8 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 26.1
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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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