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PM2.5 air pollution — Tanzania

PM2.5 air pollution in Tanzania in 2023 — 20.2 µg/m³. Ranked 118 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 19.6%.

2023 20.2 µg/m³ −7.64% vs 2022
World rank 118of 200
Period maximum 24.9 µg/m³2001
Period minimum 16.3 µg/m³1995

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Tanzania, 1990–20231517.52022.5251990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 16.9 µg/m³1991: 16.4 µg/m³1992: 16.8 µg/m³1993: 17.1 µg/m³1994: 17.5 µg/m³1995: 16.3 µg/m³1996: 18.2 µg/m³1997: 18.5 µg/m³1998: 18.9 µg/m³1999: 19.2 µg/m³2000: 20.3 µg/m³2001: 24.9 µg/m³2002: 22.2 µg/m³2003: 21.2 µg/m³2004: 21.1 µg/m³2005: 21.3 µg/m³2006: 22.7 µg/m³2007: 23.7 µg/m³2008: 24.1 µg/m³2009: 22.1 µg/m³2010: 23.4 µg/m³2011: 24 µg/m³2012: 23.3 µg/m³2013: 23.1 µg/m³2014: 20.3 µg/m³2015: 20.9 µg/m³2016: 20.4 µg/m³2017: 18.6 µg/m³2018: 19.7 µg/m³2019: 22 µg/m³2020: 22.5 µg/m³2021: 20.6 µg/m³2022: 21.8 µg/m³2023: 20.2 µg/m³
Change over the period: +3.3 (+19.56%) Average annual rate: 0.54 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Tanzania 20.2 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Eastern Africa computed 22 µg/m³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 47.3 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 20.2 −1.7 −7.64%
2022 21.8 +1.2 +6.02%
2021 20.6 −1.9 −8.49%
2020 22.5 +0.5 +2.29%
2019 22 +2.3 +11.51%
2018 19.7 +1.1 +6.08%
2017 18.6 −1.8 −8.91%
2016 20.4 −0.5 −2.48%
2015 20.9 +0.6 +3.13%
2014 20.3 −2.8 −12.01%
2013 23.1 −0.2 −0.83%
2012 23.3 −0.8 −3.22%
2011 24 +0.6 +2.55%
2010 23.4 +1.3 +6.03%
2009 22.1 −2 −8.16%
2008 24.1 +0.4 +1.74%
2007 23.7 +0.9 +4.18%
2006 22.7 +1.4 +6.44%
2005 21.3 +0.2 +1.17%
2004 21.1 −0.1 −0.52%
2003 21.2 −0.9 −4.29%
2002 22.2 −2.8 −11.17%
2001 24.9 +4.6 +22.62%
2000 20.3 +1.1 +5.86%
1999 19.2 +0.3 +1.84%
1998 18.9 +0.3 +1.87%
1997 18.5 +0.3 +1.91%
1996 18.2 +1.9 +11.71%
1995 16.3 −1.2 −6.93%
1994 17.5 +0.3 +2.02%
1993 17.1 +0.3 +2.07%
1992 16.8 +0.3 +2.11%
1991 16.4 −0.4 −2.56%
1990 16.9 — —

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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