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PM2.5 air pollution — all countries

PM2.5 air pollution — Venezuela

PM2.5 air pollution in Venezuela in 2023 — 19.2 µg/m³. Ranked 110 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 20.2%.

2023 19.2 µg/m³ +2.37% vs 2022
World rank 110of 200
Period maximum 25.9 µg/m³2003
Period minimum 18.2 µg/m³2021

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Venezuela, 1990–202318202224261990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 24.1 µg/m³1991: 24 µg/m³1992: 24.1 µg/m³1993: 24.1 µg/m³1994: 24.1 µg/m³1995: 24 µg/m³1996: 24.2 µg/m³1997: 24.3 µg/m³1998: 24.3 µg/m³1999: 24.3 µg/m³2000: 24.5 µg/m³2001: 25.8 µg/m³2002: 25.5 µg/m³2003: 25.9 µg/m³2004: 22.1 µg/m³2005: 22.9 µg/m³2006: 22 µg/m³2007: 21.5 µg/m³2008: 21.2 µg/m³2009: 20.3 µg/m³2010: 24.8 µg/m³2011: 22.9 µg/m³2012: 21.7 µg/m³2013: 20.6 µg/m³2014: 19.9 µg/m³2015: 22 µg/m³2016: 23.2 µg/m³2017: 22.2 µg/m³2018: 20 µg/m³2019: 20.7 µg/m³2020: 19.3 µg/m³2021: 18.2 µg/m³2022: 18.8 µg/m³2023: 19.2 µg/m³
Change over the period: −4.9 (−20.24%) Average annual rate: -0.68 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Venezuela 19.2 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Latin America & Caribbean 17.4 µg/m³
South America computed 16.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Venezuela, by year Venezuela All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 19.2 +0.4 +2.37%
2022 18.8 +0.6 +3.21%
2021 18.2 −1.1 −5.94%
2020 19.3 −1.4 −6.55%
2019 20.7 +0.7 +3.41%
2018 20 −2.2 −9.75%
2017 22.2 −1.1 −4.62%
2016 23.2 +1.2 +5.54%
2015 22 +2.2 +10.84%
2014 19.9 −0.8 −3.85%
2013 20.6 −1.1 −4.87%
2012 21.7 −1.2 −5.05%
2011 22.9 −1.9 −7.62%
2010 24.8 +4.5 +22.19%
2009 20.3 −1 −4.53%
2008 21.2 −0.3 −1.35%
2007 21.5 −0.5 −2.25%
2006 22 −0.9 −3.97%
2005 22.9 +0.8 +3.45%
2004 22.1 −3.7 −14.34%
2003 25.9 +0.4 +1.55%
2002 25.5 −0.3 −1.32%
2001 25.8 +1.4 +5.53%
2000 24.5 +0.1 +0.51%
1999 24.3 +0 +0.16%
1998 24.3 +0 +0.16%
1997 24.3 +0 +0.16%
1996 24.2 +0.2 +0.89%
1995 24 −0.1 −0.56%
1994 24.1 +0 +0.16%
1993 24.1 +0 +0.16%
1992 24.1 +0 +0.16%
1991 24 −0 −0.2%
1990 24.1 — —

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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