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PM2.5 air pollution — Zambia

PM2.5 air pollution in Zambia in 2023 — 20.2 µg/m³. Ranked 120 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 6.8%.

2023 20.2 µg/m³ −13.82% vs 2022
World rank 120of 200
Period maximum 25.5 µg/m³2001
Period minimum 19.4 µg/m³2020

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Zambia, 1990–202318202224261990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 21.7 µg/m³1991: 21.3 µg/m³1992: 21.4 µg/m³1993: 21.5 µg/m³1994: 21.6 µg/m³1995: 20.6 µg/m³1996: 21.9 µg/m³1997: 22 µg/m³1998: 22.1 µg/m³1999: 22.2 µg/m³2000: 22.9 µg/m³2001: 25.5 µg/m³2002: 23.1 µg/m³2003: 22.4 µg/m³2004: 21.6 µg/m³2005: 22.7 µg/m³2006: 22.7 µg/m³2007: 23.3 µg/m³2008: 23.8 µg/m³2009: 23.1 µg/m³2010: 24.5 µg/m³2011: 22.5 µg/m³2012: 23 µg/m³2013: 22.1 µg/m³2014: 20.5 µg/m³2015: 22.8 µg/m³2016: 21.2 µg/m³2017: 19.8 µg/m³2018: 21.1 µg/m³2019: 22.1 µg/m³2020: 19.4 µg/m³2021: 19.6 µg/m³2022: 23.5 µg/m³2023: 20.2 µg/m³
Change over the period: −1.5 (−6.84%) Average annual rate: -0.21 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Zambia 20.2 µg/m³
World 32.9 µg/m³
Sub-Saharan Africa 35.4 µg/m³
Eastern Africa computed 22 µg/m³
Lower-middle-income countries computed 47.3 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 20.2 −3.2 −13.82%
2022 23.5 +3.9 +19.89%
2021 19.6 +0.1 +0.74%
2020 19.4 −2.7 −12.08%
2019 22.1 +1 +4.76%
2018 21.1 +1.3 +6.56%
2017 19.8 −1.4 −6.59%
2016 21.2 −1.5 −6.8%
2015 22.8 +2.2 +10.85%
2014 20.5 −1.5 −7.01%
2013 22.1 −0.9 −3.99%
2012 23 +0.5 +2.32%
2011 22.5 −2 −8.17%
2010 24.5 +1.4 +6.1%
2009 23.1 −0.7 −3.1%
2008 23.8 +0.6 +2.39%
2007 23.3 +0.6 +2.43%
2006 22.7 +0 +0.1%
2005 22.7 +1 +4.8%
2004 21.6 −0.7 −3.28%
2003 22.4 −0.7 −3.17%
2002 23.1 −2.4 −9.27%
2001 25.5 +2.6 +11.23%
2000 22.9 +0.7 +3.03%
1999 22.2 +0.1 +0.53%
1998 22.1 +0.1 +0.53%
1997 22 +0.1 +0.53%
1996 21.9 +1.2 +5.96%
1995 20.6 −1 −4.6%
1994 21.6 +0.1 +0.54%
1993 21.5 +0.1 +0.55%
1992 21.4 +0.1 +0.55%
1991 21.3 −0.4 −2.02%
1990 21.7 — —

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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