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Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (population-weighted), by location (micrograms per cubic meter) by country

Countries reporting
220
Highest
58.09
Qatar
Lowest
4.12
Finland
Median
12.4
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
3,878

What the numbers show

Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (population-weighted), by location (micrograms per cubic meter) is currently reported for 220 countries. The highest value is 58.09 in Qatar; the lowest is 4.12 in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.4, and the mean is 17.09.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 173 fell. The largest increase was in Equatorial Guinea (up 37.0%), and the largest decrease in China (down 49.8%).

Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (population-weighted): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 58.09 2023 up 1.1% flat
2 Nigeria 54.33 2023 up 22.8% rising
3 Egypt 53.52 2023 up 1.5% flat
4 Cameroon 52.97 2023 up 15.4% rising
5 Niger 50.7 2023 up 13.2% rising
6 Afghanistan 49.35 2023 down 33.2% falling
7 Kuwait 48.82 2023 down 6.7% flat
8 Chad 47.98 2023 up 9.0% flat
9 Nepal 46.65 2023 down 25.9% falling
10 Bahrain 46.05 2023 down 3.2% falling
11 Saudi Arabia 43.87 2023 down 3.7% flat
12 Bangladesh 43.85 2023 down 23.0% falling
13 Pakistan 42.86 2023 down 29.8% falling
14 Senegal 42.52 2023 up 6.4% rising
15 India 42.5 2023 down 26.1% falling
16 Ghana 41.51 2023 up 15.9% rising
17 Mauritania 40.57 2023 up 4.9% rising
18 Iraq 39.8 2023 up 4.8% flat
19 Gambia 39.6 2023 up 11.7% rising
20 Burkina Faso 36.21 2023 up 16.3% rising
21 Sierra Leone 35.26 2023 up 12.1% rising
22 Yemen 34.04 2023 down 7.0% flat
23 United Arab Emirates 34.01 2023 up 0.7% flat
24 Guinea-Bissau 33.83 2023 up 13.2% rising
25 Dominican Republic 33.26 2023 down 22.6% falling
26 Mali 33.12 2023 up 12.7% flat
27 Mongolia 33.11 2023 down 24.2% falling
28 Guinea 32.89 2023 up 10.7% flat
29 Togo 32.72 2023 up 16.0% rising
30 China 31.57 2023 down 49.8% falling
31 Tajikistan 31.52 2023 down 35.9% falling
32 Armenia 30.11 2023 down 36.5% falling
33 Oman 30.05 2023 up 1.1% flat
34 Uganda 29.55 2023 down 1.2% flat
35 Liberia 29.54 2023 up 16.8% rising
36 Rwanda 29.34 2023 down 1.7% flat
37 Myanmar 28.8 2023 down 2.7% falling
38 Benin 28.6 2023 up 19.4% rising
39 Sudan 28.45 2023 down 4.5% falling
40 Djibouti 27.63 2023 down 4.1% falling
41 Equatorial Guinea 27.28 2023 up 37.0% rising
42 Lebanon 26.48 2023 up 3.5% flat
43 Sao Tome and Principe 26.09 2023 up 15.2% rising
44 Haiti 25.95 2023 down 22.5% falling
45 Congo 25.79 2023 up 12.7% rising
46 Western Sahara 25.52 2023 up 0.7% flat
47 Central African Republic 25 2023 down 0.7% rising
48 Thailand 24.98 2023 down 13.5% falling
49 El Salvador 24.86 2023 down 13.9% falling
50 Uzbekistan 24.14 2023 down 36.1% falling
51 Bhutan 24.12 2023 down 28.6% falling
52 Libya 24.12 2023 down 6.6% flat
53 Guatemala 24.06 2023 down 13.3% falling
54 Eritrea 23.85 2023 down 3.8% falling
55 Burundi 23.57 2023 down 2.1% flat
56 Azerbaijan 23.56 2023 down 34.7% falling
57 Jordan 23.53 2023 up 11.0% rising
58 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23 2023 down 30.3% falling
59 Honduras 22.54 2023 down 13.6% falling
60 North Macedonia 22.24 2023 down 31.0% falling
61 Gabon 21.98 2023 up 13.6% rising
62 South Sudan 21.83 2023 down 2.8% flat
63 Ethiopia 21.76 2023 down 2.0% flat
64 Tunisia 21.61 2023 up 7.0% rising
65 Chile 21.47 2023 down 17.3% falling
66 Sri Lanka 21.23 2023 down 15.4% falling
67 Angola 21.22 2023 up 10.3% rising
68 Cambodia 20.85 2023 down 18.7% falling
69 Kyrgyzstan 20.56 2023 down 35.3% falling
70 Brazil 20.44 2023 down 24.7% falling
71 Republic of Korea 19.18 2023 down 31.8% falling
72 Algeria 18.58 2023 up 11.7% rising
73 South Africa 18.25 2023 up 12.6% rising
74 Nicaragua 18.12 2023 down 18.4% falling
75 Serbia 18.06 2023 down 29.8% falling
76 Malaysia 17.59 2023 down 21.8% falling
77 Lesotho 17.46 2023 up 7.8% flat
78 Indonesia 17.37 2023 down 7.2% falling
79 Kenya 17.35 2023 down 1.8% flat
80 Georgia 17.06 2023 down 35.9% falling
81 Israel 16.9 2023 down 21.5% falling
82 Philippines 16.73 2023 down 20.0% falling
83 Kazakhstan 16.48 2023 down 33.9% falling
84 Somalia 16.48 2023 up 2.2% flat
85 Paraguay 16.33 2023 down 12.7% falling
86 Peru 16.19 2023 down 25.3% falling
87 Mexico 16.13 2023 down 21.2% falling
88 Turkmenistan 15.96 2023 down 35.7% falling
89 Costa Rica 15.48 2023 down 23.0% falling
90 Zambia 14.81 2023 up 4.6% flat
91 Poland 14.73 2023 down 35.0% falling
92 Eswatini 14.64 2023 up 7.0% flat
93 Malawi 14.58 2023 up 4.4% flat
94 Colombia 14.56 2023 down 19.7% falling
95 Montenegro 14.46 2023 down 31.0% falling
96 Greece 14.38 2023 down 22.4% falling
97 Botswana 14.23 2023 up 10.6% flat
98 Cyprus 14.23 2023 down 20.2% falling
99 Morocco 14.22 2023 up 11.4% rising
100 Curaçao 14.19 2023 down 20.1% falling
101 Holy See 14.17 2023 down 21.5% falling
102 Turks and Caicos Islands 13.94 2023 down 23.1% falling
103 Aruba 13.92 2023 down 20.3% falling
104 Zimbabwe 13.49 2023 up 7.0% flat
105 Italy 13.3 2023 down 21.1% falling
106 Croatia 13.29 2023 down 30.9% falling
107 Albania 13.15 2023 down 26.5% falling
108 Namibia 12.84 2023 up 4.6% flat
109 Bulgaria 12.57 2023 down 33.2% falling
110 Argentina 12.48 2023 down 18.4% falling
111 Slovakia 12.31 2023 down 35.2% falling
112 Cuba 12.16 2023 down 24.1% falling
113 Slovenia 12.12 2023 down 30.1% falling
114 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 11.94 2023 down 20.4% falling
115 Mozambique 11.91 2023 up 2.7% flat
116 Mayotte 11.89 2023 down 0.5% flat
117 Panama 11.87 2023 down 20.8% falling
118 Singapore 11.84 2023 down 40.3% falling
119 Saint Helena 11.77 2023 up 0.2% flat
120 Uruguay 11.54 2023 down 19.9% falling
121 Comoros 11.47 2023 down 1.8% flat
122 Belize 11.37 2023 down 20.9% falling
123 Hungary 11.21 2023 down 33.7% falling
124 Malta 11.19 2023 down 14.5% falling
125 Jamaica 11.11 2023 down 24.9% falling
126 Czechia 10.97 2023 down 36.1% falling
127 Madagascar 10.59 2023 down 1.9% flat
128 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 10.51 2023 down 21.8% falling
129 Romania 10.41 2023 down 35.9% falling
130 Puerto Rico 10.28 2023 down 24.3% falling
131 Maldives 10.08 2023 down 11.2% falling
132 Guyana 9.99 2023 down 17.0% falling
133 Cayman Islands 9.97 2023 down 23.3% falling
134 Barbados 9.77 2023 down 20.5% falling
135 Latvia 9.64 2023 down 36.0% falling
136 Trinidad and Tobago 9.58 2023 down 21.0% falling
137 Seychelles 9.58 2023 down 18.6% falling
138 Belgium 9.56 2023 down 33.6% falling
139 Austria 9.53 2023 down 29.0% falling
140 Suriname 9.47 2023 down 17.5% falling
141 Belarus 9.32 2023 down 34.0% falling
142 Ukraine 9.3 2023 down 32.9% falling
143 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 9.03 2023 down 29.5% falling
144 Grenada 8.9 2023 down 18.9% falling
145 Canada 8.83 2023 up 23.7% flat
146 Martinique 8.81 2023 down 22.5% falling
147 France 8.81 2023 down 29.5% falling
148 Saint Lucia 8.78 2023 down 20.4% falling
149 Monaco 8.72 2023 down 24.6% falling
150 Germany 8.69 2023 down 30.8% falling
151 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 8.65 2023 down 22.9% falling
152 Andorra 8.65 2023 down 24.4% falling
153 San Marino 8.62 2023 down 24.6% falling
154 Antigua and Barbuda 8.61 2023 down 22.7% falling
155 French Guiana 8.6 2023 down 19.1% falling
156 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.57 2023 down 21.4% falling
157 Japan 8.5 2023 down 38.7% falling
158 Gibraltar 8.44 2023 down 20.5% falling
159 Guernsey 8.3 2023 down 24.1% falling
160 United States Virgin Islands 8.22 2023 down 22.4% falling
161 Lithuania 8.17 2023 down 35.3% falling
162 Ecuador 8.14 2023 down 27.0% falling
163 Switzerland 8.13 2023 down 28.1% falling
164 Bahamas 8.07 2023 down 23.0% falling
165 Mauritius 8.06 2023 down 5.3% flat
166 Spain 8.03 2023 down 23.6% falling
167 Jersey 7.99 2023 down 25.3% falling
168 Guadeloupe 7.97 2023 down 22.7% falling
169 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.95 2023 down 32.3% falling
170 British Virgin Islands 7.87 2023 down 21.0% falling
171 Saint Barthélemy 7.82 2023 down 21.0% falling
172 Anguilla 7.72 2023 down 21.9% falling
173 Denmark 7.71 2023 down 25.9% falling
174 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7.69 2023 down 21.7% falling
175 Dominica 7.63 2023 down 22.5% falling
176 Saint Martin (French part) 7.61 2023 down 21.7% falling
177 Russian Federation 7.36 2023 down 30.3% falling
178 Guam 7.3 2023 down 7.2% flat
179 Bermuda 7.28 2023 up 19.3% flat
180 Montserrat 7.23 2023 down 22.5% falling
181 Northern Mariana Islands 7.14 2023 down 1.6% flat
182 Luxembourg 6.97 2023 down 31.4% falling
183 Liechtenstein 6.97 2023 down 27.8% falling
184 Christmas Island 6.68 2023 up 10.5% flat
185 Ireland 6.62 2023 down 31.1% falling
186 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 6.41 2023 down 4.9% falling
187 Marshall Islands 6.37 2023 down 16.0% falling
188 American Samoa 6.32 2023 down 8.6% flat
189 Fiji 6.24 2023 down 11.0% falling
190 Australia 6.23 2023 down 10.3% flat
191 Papua New Guinea 6.22 2023 down 9.5% flat
192 Portugal 6.21 2023 down 32.9% falling
193 Australia and New Zealand 6.2 2023 down 10.0% flat
194 Tonga 6.19 2023 down 9.1% falling
195 Vanuatu 6.15 2023 down 4.5% flat
196 Isle of Man 6.12 2023 down 31.5% falling
197 Palau 5.96 2023 down 8.4% falling
198 Samoa 5.94 2023 down 11.5% falling
199 Réunion 5.92 2023 down 3.0% flat
200 New Zealand 5.9 2023 down 8.7% falling
201 Solomon Islands 5.87 2023 down 6.6% falling
202 Faroe Islands 5.82 2023 down 28.0% falling
203 French Polynesia 5.81 2023 down 10.4% falling
204 New Caledonia 5.81 2023 down 9.3% flat
205 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5.78 2023 up 0.8% falling
206 Niue 5.77 2023 down 7.4% falling
207 Kiribati 5.75 2023 down 20.2% falling
208 Tuvalu 5.75 2023 down 9.3% falling
209 Iceland 5.64 2023 down 13.2% falling
210 Cook Islands 5.62 2023 down 11.2% falling
211 Norfolk Island 5.32 2023 down 8.6% flat
212 Estonia 5.25 2023 down 32.7% falling
213 Nauru 5.2 2023 down 18.9% falling
214 Norway 5.09 2023 down 30.6% falling
215 Tokelau 4.97 2023 down 10.4% flat
216 Brunei Darussalam 4.77 2023 down 43.1% falling
217 Greenland 4.64 2023 down 0.1% falling
218 Sweden 4.62 2023 down 28.8% falling
219 Pitcairn 4.42 2023 down 12.4% falling
220 Finland 4.12 2023 down 27.7% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (population-weighted), by location (micrograms per cubic meter)
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
277 places, 3,878 data points, 2010–2023
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