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PM2.5 air pollution — Timor-Leste

PM2.5 air pollution in Timor-Leste in 2023 — 12 µg/m³. Ranked 61 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 27.8%.

2023 12 µg/m³ −5.77% vs 2022
World rank 61of 200
Period maximum 16.9 µg/m³2004
Period minimum 11.2 µg/m³2020

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Timor-Leste, 1990–202310121416181990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 16.6 µg/m³1991: 16.2 µg/m³1992: 16.1 µg/m³1993: 16 µg/m³1994: 15.9 µg/m³1995: 15.2 µg/m³1996: 15.6 µg/m³1997: 15.5 µg/m³1998: 15.4 µg/m³1999: 15.3 µg/m³2000: 15.4 µg/m³2001: 15.8 µg/m³2002: 16.4 µg/m³2003: 15.1 µg/m³2004: 16.9 µg/m³2005: 15.6 µg/m³2006: 13.9 µg/m³2007: 13.1 µg/m³2008: 13.7 µg/m³2009: 14 µg/m³2010: 13.6 µg/m³2011: 15.6 µg/m³2012: 14.9 µg/m³2013: 12 µg/m³2014: 13.6 µg/m³2015: 12.5 µg/m³2016: 11.8 µg/m³2017: 12.8 µg/m³2018: 12.9 µg/m³2019: 13.2 µg/m³2020: 11.2 µg/m³2021: 12.9 µg/m³2022: 12.7 µg/m³2023: 12 µg/m³
Change over the period: −4.6 (−27.81%) Average annual rate: -0.98 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste 12 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
East Asia & Pacific 27.3 µg/m³
South-Eastern Asia computed 22.7 µg/m³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 47.3 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Timor-Leste, by year Timor-Leste All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 12 −0.7 −5.77%
2022 12.7 −0.2 −1.51%
2021 12.9 +1.8 +15.82%
2020 11.2 −2 −15.47%
2019 13.2 +0.3 +2.07%
2018 12.9 +0.1 +0.78%
2017 12.8 +1 +8.29%
2016 11.8 −0.6 −5.17%
2015 12.5 −1.1 −8.05%
2014 13.6 +1.6 +13.06%
2013 12 −2.9 −19.34%
2012 14.9 −0.7 −4.61%
2011 15.6 +2 +15.05%
2010 13.6 −0.4 −2.72%
2009 14 +0.2 +1.56%
2008 13.7 +0.7 +5.16%
2007 13.1 −0.9 −6.16%
2006 13.9 −1.6 −10.47%
2005 15.6 −1.3 −7.82%
2004 16.9 +1.8 +11.61%
2003 15.1 −1.3 −7.93%
2002 16.4 +0.6 +3.96%
2001 15.8 +0.4 +2.3%
2000 15.4 +0.2 +1.09%
1999 15.3 −0.1 −0.76%
1998 15.4 −0.1 −0.75%
1997 15.5 −0.1 −0.75%
1996 15.6 +0.4 +2.95%
1995 15.2 −0.7 −4.3%
1994 15.9 −0.1 −0.73%
1993 16 −0.1 −0.73%
1992 16.1 −0.1 −0.72%
1991 16.2 −0.4 −2.4%
1990 16.6 — —

South-Eastern Asia, 2023

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

BN Brunei Darussalam 7.6 TL Timor-Leste 12 SG Singapore 15.1 MY Malaysia 15.9 KH Cambodia 19.4 ID Indonesia 20.8 PH Philippines 22.2 TH Thailand 23.5 VN Vietnam 24.8 LA Laos 26 MM Myanmar 35.1
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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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