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PM2.5 air pollution — Romania

PM2.5 air pollution in Romania in 2023 — 16 µg/m³. Ranked 92 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 41.9%.

2023 16 µg/m³ −2.45% vs 2022
World rank 92of 200
Period maximum 27.7 µg/m³2003
Period minimum 16 µg/m³2023

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Romania, 1990–2023152025301990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 27.5 µg/m³1991: 27.1 µg/m³1992: 26.8 µg/m³1993: 26.4 µg/m³1994: 26 µg/m³1995: 25.5 µg/m³1996: 25.2 µg/m³1997: 24.9 µg/m³1998: 24.5 µg/m³1999: 24.1 µg/m³2000: 23.8 µg/m³2001: 23.8 µg/m³2002: 27 µg/m³2003: 27.7 µg/m³2004: 24.5 µg/m³2005: 24.9 µg/m³2006: 22.7 µg/m³2007: 21.5 µg/m³2008: 20.4 µg/m³2009: 19.8 µg/m³2010: 18.8 µg/m³2011: 22.3 µg/m³2012: 21.4 µg/m³2013: 18.2 µg/m³2014: 18.3 µg/m³2015: 18.1 µg/m³2016: 18.1 µg/m³2017: 20.3 µg/m³2018: 18.8 µg/m³2019: 16.4 µg/m³2020: 16 µg/m³2021: 16.1 µg/m³2022: 16.4 µg/m³2023: 16 µg/m³
Change over the period: −11.5 (−41.88%) Average annual rate: -1.63 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Romania 16 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 — Romania, by year Romania All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 16 −0.4 −2.45%
2022 16.4 +0.3 +1.92%
2021 16.1 +0.1 +0.36%
2020 16 −0.4 −2.28%
2019 16.4 −2.3 −12.46%
2018 18.8 −1.5 −7.5%
2017 20.3 +2.2 +11.97%
2016 18.1 +0 +0.04%
2015 18.1 −0.2 −0.91%
2014 18.3 +0.1 +0.56%
2013 18.2 −3.2 −14.94%
2012 21.4 −1 −4.33%
2011 22.3 +3.5 +18.43%
2010 18.8 −0.9 −4.69%
2009 19.8 −0.7 −3.23%
2008 20.4 −1 −4.86%
2007 21.5 −1.2 −5.34%
2006 22.7 −2.2 −8.9%
2005 24.9 +0.4 +1.75%
2004 24.5 −3.3 −11.74%
2003 27.7 +0.8 +2.84%
2002 27 +3.2 +13.44%
2001 23.8 +0 +0%
2000 23.8 −0.3 −1.41%
1999 24.1 −0.4 −1.54%
1998 24.5 −0.4 −1.52%
1997 24.9 −0.4 −1.49%
1996 25.2 −0.3 −1.19%
1995 25.5 −0.4 −1.73%
1994 26 −0.4 −1.43%
1993 26.4 −0.4 −1.41%
1992 26.8 −0.4 −1.39%
1991 27.1 −0.4 −1.5%
1990 27.5 — —

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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