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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Somalia

PM2.5 air pollution in Somalia in 2023 — 18.5 µg/m³. Ranked 105 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 8.7%.

2023 18.5 µg/m³ −7.55% vs 2022
World rank 105of 200
Period maximum 21.1 µg/m³2000
Period minimum 12 µg/m³1995

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Somalia, 1990–20231012.51517.52022.51990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 17.1 µg/m³1991: 15.1 µg/m³1992: 15.5 µg/m³1993: 15.9 µg/m³1994: 16.3 µg/m³1995: 12 µg/m³1996: 17.1 µg/m³1997: 17.5 µg/m³1998: 17.9 µg/m³1999: 18.3 µg/m³2000: 21.1 µg/m³2001: 18.4 µg/m³2002: 19 µg/m³2003: 17.5 µg/m³2004: 17.7 µg/m³2005: 16.8 µg/m³2006: 17.6 µg/m³2007: 18.4 µg/m³2008: 18.5 µg/m³2009: 18.8 µg/m³2010: 17.4 µg/m³2011: 19.9 µg/m³2012: 20.6 µg/m³2013: 19.6 µg/m³2014: 18 µg/m³2015: 17.2 µg/m³2016: 17.4 µg/m³2017: 19.3 µg/m³2018: 20.1 µg/m³2019: 18.2 µg/m³2020: 18.3 µg/m³2021: 16.9 µg/m³2022: 20.1 µg/m³2023: 18.5 µg/m³
Change over the period: +1.5 (+8.73%) Average annual rate: 0.25 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Somalia 18.5 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 — Somalia, by year Somalia All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 18.5 −1.5 −7.55%
2022 20.1 +3.2 +18.72%
2021 16.9 −1.4 −7.67%
2020 18.3 +0.1 +0.41%
2019 18.2 −1.9 −9.52%
2018 20.1 +0.8 +4.14%
2017 19.3 +2 +11.4%
2016 17.4 +0.1 +0.64%
2015 17.2 −0.8 −4.19%
2014 18 −1.6 −8.37%
2013 19.6 −1 −4.64%
2012 20.6 +0.7 +3.61%
2011 19.9 +2.5 +14.53%
2010 17.4 −1.4 −7.5%
2009 18.8 +0.2 +1.31%
2008 18.5 +0.1 +0.47%
2007 18.4 +0.8 +4.72%
2006 17.6 +0.8 +5%
2005 16.8 −0.9 −5.02%
2004 17.7 +0.2 +0.94%
2003 17.5 −1.5 −8.06%
2002 19 +0.6 +3.5%
2001 18.4 −2.7 −12.92%
2000 21.1 +2.8 +15.14%
1999 18.3 +0.4 +2.26%
1998 17.9 +0.4 +2.32%
1997 17.5 +0.4 +2.37%
1996 17.1 +5.1 +42.99%
1995 12 −4.3 −26.58%
1994 16.3 +0.4 +2.55%
1993 15.9 +0.4 +2.62%
1992 15.5 +0.4 +2.69%
1991 15.1 −2 −11.52%
1990 17.1 — —

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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