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PM2.5 air pollution — Sudan

PM2.5 air pollution in Sudan in 2023 — 37.6 µg/m³. Ranked 174 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 1%.

2023 37.6 µg/m³ −3.59% vs 2022
World rank 174of 200
Period maximum 42.2 µg/m³2011
Period minimum 30.8 µg/m³1995

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Sudan, 1990–2023303540451990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 37.2 µg/m³1991: 35.1 µg/m³1992: 35.1 µg/m³1993: 35.1 µg/m³1994: 35.1 µg/m³1995: 30.8 µg/m³1996: 35.2 µg/m³1997: 35.2 µg/m³1998: 35.2 µg/m³1999: 35.3 µg/m³2000: 37.5 µg/m³2001: 37.5 µg/m³2002: 37.3 µg/m³2003: 37.7 µg/m³2004: 41.2 µg/m³2005: 38.9 µg/m³2006: 39.2 µg/m³2007: 38.4 µg/m³2008: 39.2 µg/m³2009: 40.6 µg/m³2010: 40.7 µg/m³2011: 42.2 µg/m³2012: 39.6 µg/m³2013: 40.7 µg/m³2014: 35 µg/m³2015: 40.3 µg/m³2016: 41.1 µg/m³2017: 41.6 µg/m³2018: 38.3 µg/m³2019: 37.9 µg/m³2020: 34.3 µg/m³2021: 38.7 µg/m³2022: 39 µg/m³2023: 37.6 µg/m³
Change over the period: +0.4 (+1.05%) Average annual rate: 0.03 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Sudan 37.6 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Northern Africa computed 32.4 µg/m³
Low-income countries computed 31.1 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Sudan, by year Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 37.6 −1.4 −3.59%
2022 39 +0.3 +0.81%
2021 38.7 +4.4 +12.8%
2020 34.3 −3.6 −9.45%
2019 37.9 −0.4 −1.03%
2018 38.3 −3.3 −7.93%
2017 41.6 +0.5 +1.27%
2016 41.1 +0.7 +1.85%
2015 40.3 +5.3 +15.03%
2014 35 −5.6 −13.85%
2013 40.7 +1.1 +2.74%
2012 39.6 −2.6 −6.21%
2011 42.2 +1.6 +3.86%
2010 40.7 +0 +0.02%
2009 40.6 +1.4 +3.56%
2008 39.2 +0.8 +2.07%
2007 38.4 −0.7 −1.87%
2006 39.2 +0.3 +0.74%
2005 38.9 −2.3 −5.54%
2004 41.2 +3.4 +9.1%
2003 37.7 +0.4 +1.15%
2002 37.3 −0.2 −0.56%
2001 37.5 +0 +0.07%
2000 37.5 +2.2 +6.31%
1999 35.3 +0 +0.08%
1998 35.2 +0 +0.08%
1997 35.2 +0 +0.08%
1996 35.2 +4.4 +14.39%
1995 30.8 −4.4 −12.44%
1994 35.1 +0 +0.08%
1993 35.1 +0 +0.08%
1992 35.1 +0 +0.08%
1991 35.1 −2.2 −5.84%
1990 37.2 — —

Northern Africa, 2023

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

DZ Algeria 16.5 MA Morocco 18.7 TN Tunisia 18.9 LY Libya 20 SD Sudan 37.6 EG Egypt 43.1
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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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