PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Micronesia (subregion)

PM2.5 air pollution in Micronesia (subregion) in 2023 — 3.6 µg/m³. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 21.4%.

2023 3.6 µg/m³ −5.58% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 5.1 µg/m³2015
Period minimum 3.5 µg/m³2020

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Micronesia (subregion), 1990–20233.544.555.51990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 4.6 µg/m³1991: 4.6 µg/m³1992: 4.6 µg/m³1993: 4.6 µg/m³1994: 4.6 µg/m³1995: 4.4 µg/m³1996: 4.6 µg/m³1997: 4.6 µg/m³1998: 4.6 µg/m³1999: 4.6 µg/m³2000: 4.6 µg/m³2001: 4.8 µg/m³2002: 5 µg/m³2003: 4.6 µg/m³2004: 4.6 µg/m³2005: 4.4 µg/m³2006: 4.5 µg/m³2007: 4.4 µg/m³2008: 4.4 µg/m³2009: 4.6 µg/m³2010: 4.2 µg/m³2011: 4.5 µg/m³2012: 4.5 µg/m³2013: 4.4 µg/m³2014: 4.6 µg/m³2015: 5.1 µg/m³2016: 3.9 µg/m³2017: 3.8 µg/m³2018: 3.9 µg/m³2019: 4.1 µg/m³2020: 3.5 µg/m³2021: 3.5 µg/m³2022: 3.9 µg/m³2023: 3.6 µg/m³
Change over the period: −1 (−21.35%) Average annual rate: -0.73 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Micronesia (subregion)

Micronesia (subregion) 3.6 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Micronesia (subregion), by year Micronesia (subregion) All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 3.6 −0.2 −5.58%
2022 3.9 +0.3 +8.94%
2021 3.5 +0 +0.69%
2020 3.5 −0.6 −13.94%
2019 4.1 +0.2 +5.74%
2018 3.9 +0.1 +1.54%
2017 3.8 −0.1 −1.32%
2016 3.9 −1.3 −25.02%
2015 5.1 +0.6 +12.88%
2014 4.6 +0.2 +4.27%
2013 4.4 −0.2 −3.67%
2012 4.5 +0.1 +1.6%
2011 4.5 +0.3 +7.04%
2010 4.2 −0.5 −9.89%
2009 4.6 +0.2 +4.75%
2008 4.4 +0 +0.04%
2007 4.4 −0.1 −2.08%
2006 4.5 +0.1 +2.6%
2005 4.4 −0.2 −4.59%
2004 4.6 −0 −0.9%
2003 4.6 −0.4 −7.01%
2002 5 +0.2 +3.58%
2001 4.8 +0.2 +4.38%
2000 4.6 +0.1 +1.55%
1999 4.6 −0 −0.1%
1998 4.6 −0 −0.09%
1997 4.6 −0 −0.08%
1996 4.6 +0.1 +3.28%
1995 4.4 −0.1 −3.18%
1994 4.6 +0 +0.05%
1993 4.6 +0 +0.05%
1992 4.6 +0 +0.06%
1991 4.6 −0.1 −1.53%
1990 4.6

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.