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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Tunisia

PM2.5 air pollution in Tunisia in 2023 — 18.9 µg/m³. Ranked 109 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 10.4%.

2023 18.9 µg/m³ −15.73% vs 2022
World rank 109of 200
Period maximum 22.4 µg/m³2022
Period minimum 16.2 µg/m³1995

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Tunisia, 1990–202316182022241990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 17.1 µg/m³1991: 16.6 µg/m³1992: 16.9 µg/m³1993: 17.3 µg/m³1994: 17.7 µg/m³1995: 16.2 µg/m³1996: 18.4 µg/m³1997: 18.8 µg/m³1998: 19.1 µg/m³1999: 19.5 µg/m³2000: 20.7 µg/m³2001: 20.4 µg/m³2002: 22.2 µg/m³2003: 20.1 µg/m³2004: 19.2 µg/m³2005: 18.8 µg/m³2006: 19.1 µg/m³2007: 19.2 µg/m³2008: 19.6 µg/m³2009: 19.3 µg/m³2010: 19.5 µg/m³2011: 19.2 µg/m³2012: 17.9 µg/m³2013: 17.4 µg/m³2014: 19.3 µg/m³2015: 18.1 µg/m³2016: 19.2 µg/m³2017: 16.5 µg/m³2018: 19 µg/m³2019: 16.9 µg/m³2020: 17 µg/m³2021: 20.1 µg/m³2022: 22.4 µg/m³2023: 18.9 µg/m³
Change over the period: +1.8 (+10.43%) Average annual rate: 0.3 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Tunisia 18.9 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Middle East & North Africa 45.4 µg/m³
Northern Africa computed 32.4 µg/m³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 47.3 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Tunisia, by year Tunisia All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 18.9 −3.5 −15.73%
2022 22.4 +2.3 +11.62%
2021 20.1 +3.1 +17.99%
2020 17 +0.1 +0.43%
2019 16.9 −2 −10.67%
2018 19 +2.4 +14.64%
2017 16.5 −2.6 −13.72%
2016 19.2 +1.1 +6.05%
2015 18.1 −1.2 −6.26%
2014 19.3 +1.9 +11.09%
2013 17.4 −0.5 −2.94%
2012 17.9 −1.3 −6.99%
2011 19.2 −0.2 −1.24%
2010 19.5 +0.2 +0.99%
2009 19.3 −0.3 −1.49%
2008 19.6 +0.4 +2.01%
2007 19.2 +0.1 +0.59%
2006 19.1 +0.3 +1.48%
2005 18.8 −0.4 −2.1%
2004 19.2 −0.9 −4.29%
2003 20.1 −2.2 −9.79%
2002 22.2 +1.8 +8.8%
2001 20.4 −0.3 −1.53%
2000 20.7 +1.3 +6.46%
1999 19.5 +0.4 +1.91%
1998 19.1 +0.4 +1.95%
1997 18.8 +0.4 +1.99%
1996 18.4 +2.2 +13.26%
1995 16.2 −1.4 −8.05%
1994 17.7 +0.4 +2.11%
1993 17.3 +0.4 +2.16%
1992 16.9 +0.4 +2.21%
1991 16.6 −0.5 −3.09%
1990 17.1 — —

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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