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PM2.5 air pollution — Rwanda

PM2.5 air pollution in Rwanda in 2023 — 36 µg/m³. Ranked 171 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 2.8%.

2023 36 µg/m³ −0.31% vs 2022
World rank 171of 200
Period maximum 40.6 µg/m³2013
Period minimum 32.2 µg/m³2018

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Rwanda, 1990–20233032.53537.54042.51990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 37 µg/m³1991: 37.6 µg/m³1992: 37.8 µg/m³1993: 37.9 µg/m³1994: 38 µg/m³1995: 39.1 µg/m³1996: 38.2 µg/m³1997: 38.3 µg/m³1998: 38.4 µg/m³1999: 38.5 µg/m³2000: 38.1 µg/m³2001: 38.5 µg/m³2002: 36.1 µg/m³2003: 36.9 µg/m³2004: 38.9 µg/m³2005: 37.5 µg/m³2006: 37.8 µg/m³2007: 38.7 µg/m³2008: 39.8 µg/m³2009: 36.3 µg/m³2010: 40 µg/m³2011: 40.3 µg/m³2012: 40.3 µg/m³2013: 40.6 µg/m³2014: 36.5 µg/m³2015: 39.1 µg/m³2016: 38.9 µg/m³2017: 32.9 µg/m³2018: 32.2 µg/m³2019: 40.2 µg/m³2020: 38.4 µg/m³2021: 37.1 µg/m³2022: 36.1 µg/m³2023: 36 µg/m³
Change over the period: −1 (−2.77%) Average annual rate: -0.09 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Rwanda 36 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Eastern Africa computed 22 µg/m³
Low-income countries computed 31.1 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 36 −0.1 −0.31%
2022 36.1 −1 −2.63%
2021 37.1 −1.3 −3.41%
2020 38.4 −1.8 −4.41%
2019 40.2 +8 +24.97%
2018 32.2 −0.8 −2.29%
2017 32.9 −6 −15.44%
2016 38.9 −0.2 −0.54%
2015 39.1 +2.6 +7.16%
2014 36.5 −4.1 −10.09%
2013 40.6 +0.4 +0.89%
2012 40.3 −0 −0.12%
2011 40.3 +0.3 +0.86%
2010 40 +3.7 +10.17%
2009 36.3 −3.6 −8.98%
2008 39.8 +1.1 +2.82%
2007 38.7 +1 +2.55%
2006 37.8 +0.2 +0.65%
2005 37.5 −1.4 −3.54%
2004 38.9 +2 +5.47%
2003 36.9 +0.9 +2.36%
2002 36.1 −2.4 −6.33%
2001 38.5 +0.4 +1.15%
2000 38.1 −0.4 −1.07%
1999 38.5 +0.1 +0.27%
1998 38.4 +0.1 +0.27%
1997 38.3 +0.1 +0.27%
1996 38.2 −0.9 −2.37%
1995 39.1 +1.1 +2.98%
1994 38 +0.1 +0.27%
1993 37.9 +0.1 +0.27%
1992 37.8 +0.1 +0.27%
1991 37.6 +0.6 +1.67%
1990 37 — —

Eastern Africa, 2023

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

SC Seychelles 9.3 KM Comoros 10.2 MG Madagascar 12.4 MZ Mozambique 13.7 MU Mauritius 14.1 ZW Zimbabwe 15 MW Malawi 16.7 SO Somalia 18.5 TZ Tanzania 20.2 ZM Zambia 20.2 KE Kenya 20.3 SS South Sudan 23.7 ET Ethiopia 23.8 UG Uganda 31.2 ER Eritrea 33.7 BI Burundi 35.7 RW Rwanda 36 DJ Djibouti 40.3
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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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