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Micrograms per cubic metre. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Mean annual exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (micrograms per cubic metre), 1999 to 2023
Period PortugalSpainEuropean Union
2023 8.8 µg/m³ 10.1 µg/m³ 11.0 µg/m³
2022 9.2 µg/m³ 11.9 µg/m³ 12.2 µg/m³
2021 8.9 µg/m³ 10.2 µg/m³ 12.1 µg/m³
2020 8.7 µg/m³ 10.1 µg/m³ 11.4 µg/m³
2019 8.3 µg/m³ 10.4 µg/m³ 12.1 µg/m³
2018 9.7 µg/m³ 10.5 µg/m³ 13.8 µg/m³
2017 9.8 µg/m³ 11.2 µg/m³ 13.8 µg/m³
2016 8.9 µg/m³ 10.3 µg/m³ 13.5 µg/m³
2015 10.1 µg/m³ 11.8 µg/m³ 14.4 µg/m³
2014 8.2 µg/m³ 10.2 µg/m³ 14.4 µg/m³
2013 9.1 µg/m³ 10.3 µg/m³ 15.1 µg/m³
2012 8.7 µg/m³ 11.7 µg/m³ 15.6 µg/m³
2011 10.3 µg/m³ 12.1 µg/m³ 17.5 µg/m³
2010 9.5 µg/m³ 11.5 µg/m³ 17.2 µg/m³
2009 9.6 µg/m³ 13.0 µg/m³ 16.9 µg/m³
2008 10.4 µg/m³ 13.1 µg/m³ 16.7 µg/m³
2007 11.5 µg/m³ 13.5 µg/m³ 17.1 µg/m³
2006 12.6 µg/m³ 14.3 µg/m³ 18.2 µg/m³
2005 12.9 µg/m³ 15.0 µg/m³ 19.8 µg/m³
2004 12.6 µg/m³ 15.0 µg/m³ 19.3 µg/m³
2003 14.1 µg/m³ 16.2 µg/m³ 21.9 µg/m³
2002 13.3 µg/m³ 15.8 µg/m³ 20.8 µg/m³
2001 13.3 µg/m³ 15.6 µg/m³ 19.7 µg/m³
2000 13.9 µg/m³ 16.7 µg/m³ 20.9 µg/m³
1999 13.8 µg/m³ 16.4 µg/m³ 21.3 µg/m³

A dash means no value was published for that period.

Source and dates

Original producer
Global Burden of Disease Study, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EN.ATM.PM25.MC.M3 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2023
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Global Burden of Disease Study, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation