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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Uganda

PM2.5 air pollution in Uganda in 2023 — 31.2 µg/m³. Ranked 155 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 13.2%.

2023 31.2 µg/m³ −2.12% vs 2022
World rank 155of 200
Period maximum 34.6 µg/m³2013
Period minimum 27.6 µg/m³1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Uganda, 1990–20232628303234361990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 27.6 µg/m³1991: 27.6 µg/m³1992: 28.1 µg/m³1993: 28.5 µg/m³1994: 28.9 µg/m³1995: 28.6 µg/m³1996: 29.7 µg/m³1997: 30.1 µg/m³1998: 30.6 µg/m³1999: 31 µg/m³2000: 31.7 µg/m³2001: 33.1 µg/m³2002: 30.6 µg/m³2003: 29.6 µg/m³2004: 30.6 µg/m³2005: 29.2 µg/m³2006: 30.9 µg/m³2007: 32.1 µg/m³2008: 32.2 µg/m³2009: 29.1 µg/m³2010: 33 µg/m³2011: 34.1 µg/m³2012: 33.2 µg/m³2013: 34.6 µg/m³2014: 30.8 µg/m³2015: 31.3 µg/m³2016: 31.7 µg/m³2017: 27.8 µg/m³2018: 27.6 µg/m³2019: 32.6 µg/m³2020: 33.4 µg/m³2021: 32.3 µg/m³2022: 31.9 µg/m³2023: 31.2 µg/m³
Change over the period: +3.7 (+13.25%) Average annual rate: 0.38 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Uganda 31.2 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Eastern Africa computed 22 µg/m³
Low-income countries computed 31.1 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 31.2 −0.7 −2.12%
2022 31.9 −0.4 −1.16%
2021 32.3 −1.2 −3.46%
2020 33.4 +0.9 +2.61%
2019 32.6 +5 +18.13%
2018 27.6 −0.2 −0.83%
2017 27.8 −3.9 −12.16%
2016 31.7 +0.3 +1.06%
2015 31.3 +0.5 +1.64%
2014 30.8 −3.7 −10.84%
2013 34.6 +1.3 +4.01%
2012 33.2 −0.9 −2.66%
2011 34.1 +1.1 +3.38%
2010 33 +3.9 +13.51%
2009 29.1 −3.1 −9.74%
2008 32.2 +0.1 +0.43%
2007 32.1 +1.2 +3.86%
2006 30.9 +1.7 +5.71%
2005 29.2 −1.4 −4.61%
2004 30.6 +1 +3.46%
2003 29.6 −0.9 −3.05%
2002 30.6 −2.5 −7.66%
2001 33.1 +1.4 +4.27%
2000 31.7 +0.8 +2.45%
1999 31 +0.4 +1.36%
1998 30.6 +0.4 +1.38%
1997 30.1 +0.4 +1.4%
1996 29.7 +1.1 +3.84%
1995 28.6 −0.3 −0.92%
1994 28.9 +0.4 +1.46%
1993 28.5 +0.4 +1.49%
1992 28.1 +0.4 +1.51%
1991 27.6 +0.1 +0.28%
1990 27.6 — —

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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