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PM2.5 air pollution — Senegal

PM2.5 air pollution in Senegal in 2023 — 41.6 µg/m³. Ranked 180 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 8.3%.

2023 41.6 µg/m³ +5.9% vs 2022
World rank 180of 200
Period maximum 47.7 µg/m³2012
Period minimum 36.1 µg/m³2013

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Senegal, 1990–2023354045501990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 45.4 µg/m³1991: 45.6 µg/m³1992: 45.8 µg/m³1993: 46 µg/m³1994: 46.2 µg/m³1995: 46.4 µg/m³1996: 46.6 µg/m³1997: 46.7 µg/m³1998: 46.9 µg/m³1999: 47.1 µg/m³2000: 47.3 µg/m³2001: 37.4 µg/m³2002: 43.7 µg/m³2003: 41.5 µg/m³2004: 44.6 µg/m³2005: 39.9 µg/m³2006: 40.2 µg/m³2007: 41.9 µg/m³2008: 42.1 µg/m³2009: 37.5 µg/m³2010: 40.6 µg/m³2011: 40.7 µg/m³2012: 47.7 µg/m³2013: 36.1 µg/m³2014: 38.8 µg/m³2015: 47.6 µg/m³2016: 41.9 µg/m³2017: 45.1 µg/m³2018: 41 µg/m³2019: 39.8 µg/m³2020: 40.7 µg/m³2021: 42.4 µg/m³2022: 39.3 µg/m³2023: 41.6 µg/m³
Change over the period: −3.7 (−8.25%) Average annual rate: -0.26 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Senegal 41.6 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Western Africa computed 50.9 µg/m³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 47.3 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 41.6 +2.3 +5.9%
2022 39.3 −3 −7.18%
2021 42.4 +1.7 +4.22%
2020 40.7 +0.8 +2.04%
2019 39.8 −1.2 −2.85%
2018 41 −4.1 −9.09%
2017 45.1 +3.2 +7.57%
2016 41.9 −5.7 −11.96%
2015 47.6 +8.8 +22.73%
2014 38.8 +2.7 +7.42%
2013 36.1 −11.6 −24.24%
2012 47.7 +7 +17.19%
2011 40.7 +0.1 +0.24%
2010 40.6 +3.1 +8.14%
2009 37.5 −4.5 −10.76%
2008 42.1 +0.2 +0.45%
2007 41.9 +1.7 +4.23%
2006 40.2 +0.3 +0.7%
2005 39.9 −4.7 −10.55%
2004 44.6 +3.1 +7.47%
2003 41.5 −2.2 −4.95%
2002 43.7 +6.3 +16.82%
2001 37.4 −9.9 −20.94%
2000 47.3 +0.2 +0.34%
1999 47.1 +0.2 +0.4%
1998 46.9 +0.2 +0.4%
1997 46.7 +0.2 +0.41%
1996 46.6 +0.1 +0.29%
1995 46.4 +0.2 +0.53%
1994 46.2 +0.2 +0.41%
1993 46 +0.2 +0.41%
1992 45.8 +0.2 +0.41%
1991 45.6 +0.2 +0.48%
1990 45.4 — —

Western Africa, 2023

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

LR Liberia 17.9 CV Cabo Verde 20.2 CI Côte d'Ivoire 20.4 SL Sierra Leone 22.5 GN Guinea 27.3 GH Ghana 28.1 GW Guinea-Bissau 32.3 TG Togo 34.3 ML Mali 35.5 BF Burkina Faso 37.3 GM Gambia 38.3 BJ Benin 39.7 SN Senegal 41.6 MR Mauritania 46.5 NE Niger 65.2 NG Nigeria 65.7
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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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