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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Suriname

PM2.5 air pollution in Suriname in 2023 — 15.7 µg/m³. Ranked 88 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 38.9%.

2023 15.7 µg/m³ −2.38% vs 2022
World rank 88of 200
Period maximum 27.7 µg/m³2000
Period minimum 15.2 µg/m³2018

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Suriname, 1990–2023152025301990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 25.7 µg/m³1991: 25.7 µg/m³1992: 25.9 µg/m³1993: 26.1 µg/m³1994: 26.3 µg/m³1995: 26.2 µg/m³1996: 26.7 µg/m³1997: 26.9 µg/m³1998: 27.1 µg/m³1999: 27.3 µg/m³2000: 27.7 µg/m³2001: 23.9 µg/m³2002: 22.9 µg/m³2003: 23.7 µg/m³2004: 20.6 µg/m³2005: 23.1 µg/m³2006: 19.3 µg/m³2007: 17.7 µg/m³2008: 17.6 µg/m³2009: 17 µg/m³2010: 16.7 µg/m³2011: 16.4 µg/m³2012: 17.6 µg/m³2013: 15.6 µg/m³2014: 15.4 µg/m³2015: 17.6 µg/m³2016: 16.1 µg/m³2017: 16 µg/m³2018: 15.2 µg/m³2019: 15.8 µg/m³2020: 15.6 µg/m³2021: 17 µg/m³2022: 16.1 µg/m³2023: 15.7 µg/m³
Change over the period: −10 (−38.92%) Average annual rate: -1.48 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Suriname 15.7 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Latin America & Caribbean 17.4 µg/m³
South America computed 16.9 µg/m³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 26.6 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 15.7 −0.4 −2.38%
2022 16.1 −0.9 −5.36%
2021 17 +1.4 +8.92%
2020 15.6 −0.2 −1.43%
2019 15.8 +0.6 +3.89%
2018 15.2 −0.8 −5.13%
2017 16 −0.1 −0.4%
2016 16.1 −1.5 −8.37%
2015 17.6 +2.2 +14.25%
2014 15.4 −0.2 −1.56%
2013 15.6 −1.9 −11.07%
2012 17.6 +1.2 +7.39%
2011 16.4 −0.3 −1.9%
2010 16.7 −0.3 −1.74%
2009 17 −0.7 −3.76%
2008 17.6 −0.1 −0.38%
2007 17.7 −1.6 −8.3%
2006 19.3 −3.8 −16.5%
2005 23.1 +2.5 +12.25%
2004 20.6 −3.1 −12.95%
2003 23.7 +0.8 +3.33%
2002 22.9 −1 −4.14%
2001 23.9 −3.8 −13.84%
2000 27.7 +0.4 +1.39%
1999 27.3 +0.2 +0.76%
1998 27.1 +0.2 +0.77%
1997 26.9 +0.2 +0.77%
1996 26.7 +0.6 +2.12%
1995 26.2 −0.1 −0.54%
1994 26.3 +0.2 +0.79%
1993 26.1 +0.2 +0.8%
1992 25.9 +0.2 +0.8%
1991 25.7 +0 +0.13%
1990 25.7 — —

South America, 2023

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

UY Uruguay 10.9 BR Brazil 13.4 AR Argentina 14.3 PY Paraguay 15.3 SR Suriname 15.7 GY Guyana 16.9 CO Colombia 18.4 EC Ecuador 18.6 VE Venezuela 19.2 CL Chile 23.1 BO Bolivia 28.1 PE Peru 31.1
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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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