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PM2.5 air pollution — Uzbekistan

PM2.5 air pollution in Uzbekistan in 2023 — 32.8 µg/m³. Ranked 162 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 11.3%.

2023 32.8 µg/m³ −0.25% vs 2022
World rank 162of 200
Period maximum 40.3 µg/m³1995
Period minimum 29.9 µg/m³2012

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Uzbekistan, 1990–202325303540451990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 37 µg/m³1991: 38.1 µg/m³1992: 38.1 µg/m³1993: 38.1 µg/m³1994: 38.1 µg/m³1995: 40.3 µg/m³1996: 38.1 µg/m³1997: 38.1 µg/m³1998: 38.1 µg/m³1999: 38.1 µg/m³2000: 37 µg/m³2001: 36.6 µg/m³2002: 36.4 µg/m³2003: 33.7 µg/m³2004: 33.1 µg/m³2005: 34.3 µg/m³2006: 33 µg/m³2007: 31.8 µg/m³2008: 32.6 µg/m³2009: 32.5 µg/m³2010: 32.6 µg/m³2011: 33.5 µg/m³2012: 29.9 µg/m³2013: 30.9 µg/m³2014: 32.3 µg/m³2015: 32 µg/m³2016: 30.8 µg/m³2017: 32.4 µg/m³2018: 32.7 µg/m³2019: 32.5 µg/m³2020: 32.4 µg/m³2021: 34.2 µg/m³2022: 32.9 µg/m³2023: 32.8 µg/m³
Change over the period: −4.2 (−11.31%) Average annual rate: -0.36 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Uzbekistan 32.8 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Europe & Central Asia 14.4 µg/m³
Central Asia computed 28.3 µg/m³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 47.3 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Uzbekistan, by year Uzbekistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 32.8 −0.1 −0.25%
2022 32.9 −1.3 −3.94%
2021 34.2 +1.8 +5.6%
2020 32.4 −0.2 −0.48%
2019 32.5 −0.1 −0.34%
2018 32.7 +0.2 +0.67%
2017 32.4 +1.6 +5.28%
2016 30.8 −1.2 −3.79%
2015 32 −0.3 −0.84%
2014 32.3 +1.4 +4.45%
2013 30.9 +1.1 +3.57%
2012 29.9 −3.6 −10.89%
2011 33.5 +0.9 +2.78%
2010 32.6 +0.1 +0.22%
2009 32.5 −0 −0.13%
2008 32.6 +0.8 +2.5%
2007 31.8 −1.3 −3.81%
2006 33 −1.3 −3.68%
2005 34.3 +1.2 +3.53%
2004 33.1 −0.6 −1.7%
2003 33.7 −2.7 −7.33%
2002 36.4 −0.2 −0.61%
2001 36.6 −0.4 −0.99%
2000 37 −1.1 −2.96%
1999 38.1 +0 +0%
1998 38.1 +0 +0%
1997 38.1 +0 +0%
1996 38.1 −2.3 −5.58%
1995 40.3 +2.3 +5.92%
1994 38.1 +0 +0%
1993 38.1 +0 +0%
1992 38.1 +0 +0%
1991 38.1 +1.1 +3.05%
1990 37 — —

Central Asia, 2023

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

KZ Kazakhstan 19.6 KG Kyrgyzstan 20.1 TM Turkmenistan 31.2 UZ Uzbekistan 32.8 TJ Tajikistan 33.3
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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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