PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Tuvalu

PM2.5 air pollution in Tuvalu in 2023 — 5.2 µg/m³. Ranked 15 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 8.1%.

2023 5.2 µg/m³ −3.28% vs 2022
World rank 15of 200
Period maximum 6.4 µg/m³2001
Period minimum 4.5 µg/m³2011

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Tuvalu, 1990–202344.555.566.51990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 5.7 µg/m³1991: 5.6 µg/m³1992: 5.7 µg/m³1993: 5.8 µg/m³1994: 5.9 µg/m³1995: 5.7 µg/m³1996: 6 µg/m³1997: 6.1 µg/m³1998: 6.1 µg/m³1999: 6.2 µg/m³2000: 6.4 µg/m³2001: 6.4 µg/m³2002: 6.2 µg/m³2003: 6.2 µg/m³2004: 5.7 µg/m³2005: 6.1 µg/m³2006: 6 µg/m³2007: 5.8 µg/m³2008: 5.7 µg/m³2009: 5.3 µg/m³2010: 5.5 µg/m³2011: 4.5 µg/m³2012: 5.2 µg/m³2013: 5.9 µg/m³2014: 5.4 µg/m³2015: 5.5 µg/m³2016: 5.2 µg/m³2017: 5 µg/m³2018: 5.3 µg/m³2019: 5.7 µg/m³2020: 5.4 µg/m³2021: 4.8 µg/m³2022: 5.4 µg/m³2023: 5.2 µg/m³
Change over the period: −0.5 (−8.14%) Average annual rate: -0.26 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Tuvalu 5.2 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
East Asia & Pacific 27.3 µg/m³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 26.6 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Tuvalu, by year Tuvalu All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 5.2 −0.2 −3.28%
2022 5.4 +0.6 +12.95%
2021 4.8 −0.6 −11.13%
2020 5.4 −0.3 −4.79%
2019 5.7 +0.3 +6.47%
2018 5.3 +0.4 +7.13%
2017 5 −0.2 −4.52%
2016 5.2 −0.3 −5.74%
2015 5.5 +0.1 +1.64%
2014 5.4 −0.5 −7.83%
2013 5.9 +0.7 +12.61%
2012 5.2 +0.8 +17.23%
2011 4.5 −1.1 −19.25%
2010 5.5 +0.2 +3.2%
2009 5.3 −0.4 −6.22%
2008 5.7 −0.1 −2.05%
2007 5.8 −0.2 −2.76%
2006 6 −0.1 −1.89%
2005 6.1 +0.4 +6.15%
2004 5.7 −0.4 −6.93%
2003 6.2 −0 −0.16%
2002 6.2 −0.3 −3.95%
2001 6.4 +0 +0.69%
2000 6.4 +0.2 +3.03%
1999 6.2 +0.1 +1.15%
1998 6.1 +0.1 +1.16%
1997 6.1 +0.1 +1.17%
1996 6 +0.3 +5.38%
1995 5.7 −0.2 −2.82%
1994 5.9 +0.1 +1.22%
1993 5.8 +0.1 +1.23%
1992 5.7 +0.1 +1.25%
1991 5.6 −0 −0.83%
1990 5.7

Polynesia, 2023

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

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.