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PM2.5 air pollution — Zimbabwe

PM2.5 air pollution in Zimbabwe in 2023 — 15 µg/m³. Ranked 82 in the world out of 200. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 7.4%.

2023 15 µg/m³ −13.6% vs 2022
World rank 82of 200
Period maximum 20.5 µg/m³2001
Period minimum 13.7 µg/m³2020

Trend over time

1990–2023 · µg/m³

PM2.5 air pollution — Zimbabwe, 1990–20231214161820221990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 16.2 µg/m³1991: 16 µg/m³1992: 16 µg/m³1993: 16 µg/m³1994: 16.1 µg/m³1995: 15.6 µg/m³1996: 16.1 µg/m³1997: 16.1 µg/m³1998: 16.2 µg/m³1999: 16.2 µg/m³2000: 16.4 µg/m³2001: 20.5 µg/m³2002: 17.7 µg/m³2003: 15.8 µg/m³2004: 14.8 µg/m³2005: 16.6 µg/m³2006: 18.5 µg/m³2007: 19.5 µg/m³2008: 19.6 µg/m³2009: 17.9 µg/m³2010: 20.3 µg/m³2011: 16.8 µg/m³2012: 18.4 µg/m³2013: 17.3 µg/m³2014: 15.3 µg/m³2015: 17.8 µg/m³2016: 15.7 µg/m³2017: 15.6 µg/m³2018: 18 µg/m³2019: 16.5 µg/m³2020: 13.7 µg/m³2021: 15.1 µg/m³2022: 17.4 µg/m³2023: 15 µg/m³
Change over the period: −1.2 (−7.35%) Average annual rate: -0.23 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Zimbabwe 15 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 — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year µg/m³ Change Change, %
2023 15 −2.4 −13.6%
2022 17.4 +2.2 +14.83%
2021 15.1 +1.4 +10.56%
2020 13.7 −2.8 −17.15%
2019 16.5 −1.5 −8.29%
2018 18 +2.4 +15.57%
2017 15.6 −0.1 −0.6%
2016 15.7 −2.1 −11.96%
2015 17.8 +2.5 +16.69%
2014 15.3 −2 −11.48%
2013 17.3 −1.1 −6.09%
2012 18.4 +1.6 +9.6%
2011 16.8 −3.5 −17.39%
2010 20.3 +2.4 +13.11%
2009 17.9 −1.7 −8.44%
2008 19.6 +0.1 +0.44%
2007 19.5 +1 +5.53%
2006 18.5 +1.9 +11.21%
2005 16.6 +1.9 +12.59%
2004 14.8 −1 −6.62%
2003 15.8 −1.9 −10.58%
2002 17.7 −2.9 −13.91%
2001 20.5 +4.1 +25.04%
2000 16.4 +0.3 +1.57%
1999 16.2 +0 +0.13%
1998 16.2 +0 +0.13%
1997 16.1 +0 +0.13%
1996 16.1 +0.5 +3.12%
1995 15.6 −0.4 −2.78%
1994 16.1 +0 +0.13%
1993 16 +0 +0.13%
1992 16 +0 +0.13%
1991 16 −0.2 −1.31%
1990 16.2 — —

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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