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PM2.5 air pollution — Vanuatu

PM2.5 air pollution in Vanuatu in 2023 — 7 µg/m³. Ranked 26 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 24.8%.

2023 7 µg/m³ −4.01% vs 2022
World rank 26of 200
Period maximum 9.6 µg/m³2001
Period minimum 6.1 µg/m³2020

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Vanuatu, 1990–20236789101990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 9.3 µg/m³1991: 9.2 µg/m³1992: 9.2 µg/m³1993: 9.2 µg/m³1994: 9.2 µg/m³1995: 9.1 µg/m³1996: 9.2 µg/m³1997: 9.2 µg/m³1998: 9.2 µg/m³1999: 9.2 µg/m³2000: 9.2 µg/m³2001: 9.6 µg/m³2002: 8.7 µg/m³2003: 9.3 µg/m³2004: 8.1 µg/m³2005: 8.5 µg/m³2006: 7.7 µg/m³2007: 7.6 µg/m³2008: 7.8 µg/m³2009: 7.6 µg/m³2010: 7.9 µg/m³2011: 7.7 µg/m³2012: 7.6 µg/m³2013: 8.5 µg/m³2014: 7.3 µg/m³2015: 7.7 µg/m³2016: 7.5 µg/m³2017: 8.8 µg/m³2018: 8.4 µg/m³2019: 7.2 µg/m³2020: 6.1 µg/m³2021: 6.2 µg/m³2022: 7.3 µg/m³2023: 7 µg/m³
Change over the period: −2.3 (−24.81%) Average annual rate: -0.86 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Vanuatu 7 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
East Asia & Pacific 27.3 µg/m³
Melanesia computed 13.1 µg/m³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 47.3 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Vanuatu, by year Vanuatu All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 7 −0.3 −4.01%
2022 7.3 +1.1 +17.91%
2021 6.2 +0.1 +1.07%
2020 6.1 −1.1 −15.26%
2019 7.2 −1.1 −13.73%
2018 8.4 −0.4 −4.56%
2017 8.8 +1.3 +17.58%
2016 7.5 −0.2 −2.73%
2015 7.7 +0.3 +4.76%
2014 7.3 −1.2 −13.79%
2013 8.5 +0.9 +12.28%
2012 7.6 −0.2 −2.45%
2011 7.7 −0.1 −1.64%
2010 7.9 +0.3 +3.99%
2009 7.6 −0.2 −2.94%
2008 7.8 +0.2 +3.29%
2007 7.6 −0.1 −1.8%
2006 7.7 −0.9 −10.01%
2005 8.5 +0.4 +5.29%
2004 8.1 −1.2 −12.48%
2003 9.3 +0.6 +6.9%
2002 8.7 −1 −9.98%
2001 9.6 +0.4 +4.2%
2000 9.2 +0.1 +0.71%
1999 9.2 −0 −0.06%
1998 9.2 −0 −0.06%
1997 9.2 −0 −0.06%
1996 9.2 +0.1 +1.5%
1995 9.1 −0.1 −1.59%
1994 9.2 −0 −0.06%
1993 9.2 −0 −0.06%
1992 9.2 −0 −0.06%
1991 9.2 −0.1 −0.82%
1990 9.3 — —

Melanesia, 2023

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

FJ Fiji 6.4 VU Vanuatu 7 SB Solomon Islands 9.8 PG Papua New Guinea 14.1
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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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