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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Melanesia

PM2.5 air pollution in Melanesia in 2023 — 13.1 µg/m³. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 5.4%.

2023 13.1 µg/m³ −11.67% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 14.9 µg/m³2010
Period minimum 12.3 µg/m³2020

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Melanesia, 1990–2023121314151990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 13.8 µg/m³1991: 13.6 µg/m³1992: 13.6 µg/m³1993: 13.6 µg/m³1994: 13.6 µg/m³1995: 13.1 µg/m³1996: 13.6 µg/m³1997: 13.6 µg/m³1998: 13.6 µg/m³1999: 13.6 µg/m³2000: 13.8 µg/m³2001: 13 µg/m³2002: 12.4 µg/m³2003: 12.8 µg/m³2004: 12.4 µg/m³2005: 12.4 µg/m³2006: 13.4 µg/m³2007: 14.3 µg/m³2008: 14.4 µg/m³2009: 14 µg/m³2010: 14.9 µg/m³2011: 13.1 µg/m³2012: 12.4 µg/m³2013: 14.1 µg/m³2014: 13.6 µg/m³2015: 13.5 µg/m³2016: 12.5 µg/m³2017: 13.6 µg/m³2018: 13.2 µg/m³2019: 13 µg/m³2020: 12.3 µg/m³2021: 13.4 µg/m³2022: 14.8 µg/m³2023: 13.1 µg/m³
Change over the period: −0.7 (−5.4%) Average annual rate: -0.17 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Melanesia 13.1 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 13.1 −1.7 −11.67%
2022 14.8 +1.5 +10.86%
2021 13.4 +1.1 +8.89%
2020 12.3 −0.7 −5.48%
2019 13 −0.2 −1.53%
2018 13.2 −0.5 −3.42%
2017 13.6 +1.2 +9.51%
2016 12.5 −1.1 −7.91%
2015 13.5 −0.1 −0.44%
2014 13.6 −0.6 −3.9%
2013 14.1 +1.8 +14.24%
2012 12.4 −0.8 −5.75%
2011 13.1 −1.8 −11.96%
2010 14.9 +1 +6.81%
2009 14 −0.4 −3.05%
2008 14.4 +0.1 +0.59%
2007 14.3 +0.9 +6.94%
2006 13.4 +1 +8.23%
2005 12.4 −0 −0.17%
2004 12.4 −0.4 −3.44%
2003 12.8 +0.5 +3.92%
2002 12.4 −0.7 −5.04%
2001 13 −0.8 −5.94%
2000 13.8 +0.3 +1.86%
1999 13.6 −0 −0.06%
1998 13.6 −0 −0.05%
1997 13.6 −0 −0.03%
1996 13.6 +0.5 +4.01%
1995 13.1 −0.5 −3.8%
1994 13.6 +0 +0.05%
1993 13.6 +0 +0.06%
1992 13.6 +0 +0.06%
1991 13.6 −0.3 −1.88%
1990 13.8 — —

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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