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PM2.5 air pollution — Seychelles

PM2.5 air pollution in the Seychelles in 2023 — 9.3 µg/m³. Ranked 41 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 1.8%.

2023 9.3 µg/m³ −4.14% vs 2022
World rank 41of 200
Period maximum 11 µg/m³2003
Period minimum 8.2 µg/m³2015

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Seychelles, 1990–20238910111990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 9.1 µg/m³1991: 9.4 µg/m³1992: 9.5 µg/m³1993: 9.7 µg/m³1994: 9.9 µg/m³1995: 10.2 µg/m³1996: 10.2 µg/m³1997: 10.4 µg/m³1998: 10.6 µg/m³1999: 10.7 µg/m³2000: 10.8 µg/m³2001: 10.3 µg/m³2002: 10.4 µg/m³2003: 11 µg/m³2004: 10.9 µg/m³2005: 10.4 µg/m³2006: 10.4 µg/m³2007: 10.1 µg/m³2008: 10.2 µg/m³2009: 10.5 µg/m³2010: 9.5 µg/m³2011: 9.4 µg/m³2012: 9.7 µg/m³2013: 10.1 µg/m³2014: 8.8 µg/m³2015: 8.2 µg/m³2016: 10.2 µg/m³2017: 10.2 µg/m³2018: 10.1 µg/m³2019: 10.2 µg/m³2020: 8.6 µg/m³2021: 8.8 µg/m³2022: 9.7 µg/m³2023: 9.3 µg/m³
Change over the period: +0.2 (+1.85%) Average annual rate: 0.06 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Seychelles 9.3 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Eastern Africa computed 22 µg/m³
High-income countries computed 12.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Seychelles, by year Seychelles All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 9.3 −0.4 −4.14%
2022 9.7 +0.9 +9.72%
2021 8.8 +0.2 +2.68%
2020 8.6 −1.6 −15.61%
2019 10.2 +0 +0.47%
2018 10.1 −0.1 −1.33%
2017 10.2 +0 +0.01%
2016 10.2 +2 +24.84%
2015 8.2 −0.6 −7.03%
2014 8.8 −1.3 −12.57%
2013 10.1 +0.4 +4.03%
2012 9.7 +0.3 +3.18%
2011 9.4 −0.1 −0.59%
2010 9.5 −1 −9.79%
2009 10.5 +0.3 +2.83%
2008 10.2 +0.1 +1.49%
2007 10.1 −0.3 −3.26%
2006 10.4 +0 +0.37%
2005 10.4 −0.6 −5.15%
2004 10.9 −0.1 −0.51%
2003 11 +0.6 +5.85%
2002 10.4 +0.1 +0.72%
2001 10.3 −0.5 −4.83%
2000 10.8 +0.1 +0.7%
1999 10.7 +0.2 +1.63%
1998 10.6 +0.2 +1.66%
1997 10.4 +0.2 +1.68%
1996 10.2 −0 −0.21%
1995 10.2 +0.4 +3.71%
1994 9.9 +0.2 +1.77%
1993 9.7 +0.2 +1.81%
1992 9.5 +0.2 +1.84%
1991 9.4 +0.3 +2.96%
1990 9.1 — —

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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