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PM2.5 air pollution — Uruguay

PM2.5 air pollution in Uruguay in 2023 — 10.9 µg/m³. Ranked 52 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 18.5%.

2023 10.9 µg/m³ −7.93% vs 2022
World rank 52of 200
Period maximum 13.3 µg/m³1990
Period minimum 10.9 µg/m³2023

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Uruguay, 1990–202310111213141990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 13.3 µg/m³1991: 13.2 µg/m³1992: 13.2 µg/m³1993: 13.1 µg/m³1994: 13.1 µg/m³1995: 12.9 µg/m³1996: 13 µg/m³1997: 13 µg/m³1998: 12.9 µg/m³1999: 12.9 µg/m³2000: 12.9 µg/m³2001: 12.5 µg/m³2002: 12.5 µg/m³2003: 12.5 µg/m³2004: 11.9 µg/m³2005: 11.5 µg/m³2006: 12.5 µg/m³2007: 13 µg/m³2008: 13 µg/m³2009: 13 µg/m³2010: 11.7 µg/m³2011: 12.5 µg/m³2012: 11.7 µg/m³2013: 11.8 µg/m³2014: 11.5 µg/m³2015: 11 µg/m³2016: 11 µg/m³2017: 10.9 µg/m³2018: 10.9 µg/m³2019: 11.2 µg/m³2020: 11.9 µg/m³2021: 11.1 µg/m³2022: 11.8 µg/m³2023: 10.9 µg/m³
Change over the period: −2.5 (−18.54%) Average annual rate: -0.62 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Uruguay 10.9 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Latin America & Caribbean 17.4 µg/m³
South America computed 16.9 µg/m³
High-income countries computed 12.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 10.9 −0.9 −7.93%
2022 11.8 +0.6 +5.77%
2021 11.1 −0.8 −6.61%
2020 11.9 +0.8 +6.72%
2019 11.2 +0.3 +2.84%
2018 10.9 −0.1 −0.48%
2017 10.9 −0.1 −0.73%
2016 11 −0 −0.37%
2015 11 −0.4 −3.68%
2014 11.5 −0.3 −2.46%
2013 11.8 +0.1 +0.93%
2012 11.7 −0.9 −7.14%
2011 12.5 +0.9 +7.54%
2010 11.7 −1.4 −10.52%
2009 13 +0 +0.1%
2008 13 +0 +0.36%
2007 13 +0.5 +4.06%
2006 12.5 +1 +8.54%
2005 11.5 −0.4 −3.1%
2004 11.9 −0.7 −5.23%
2003 12.5 +0.1 +0.48%
2002 12.5 −0.1 −0.63%
2001 12.5 −0.4 −2.94%
2000 12.9 +0 +0.19%
1999 12.9 −0 −0.32%
1998 12.9 −0 −0.32%
1997 13 −0 −0.31%
1996 13 +0.1 +0.7%
1995 12.9 −0.2 −1.31%
1994 13.1 −0 −0.31%
1993 13.1 −0 −0.31%
1992 13.2 −0 −0.31%
1991 13.2 −0.1 −0.8%
1990 13.3 — —

South America, 2023

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

UY Uruguay 10.9 BR Brazil 13.4 AR Argentina 14.3 PY Paraguay 15.3 SR Suriname 15.7 GY Guyana 16.9 CO Colombia 18.4 EC Ecuador 18.6 VE Venezuela 19.2 CL Chile 23.1 BO Bolivia 28.1 PE Peru 31.1
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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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