PM2.5 air pollution exposure in Burkina Faso

People in Burkina Faso were exposed to an average PM2.5 concentration of 37.3 µg/m³ in 2023.

Measure: Mean annual exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) Unit: Micrograms per cubic metre Data: 1990 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Burkina Faso, 2023 37.3 Micrograms per cubic metre
Change from 2022 −10.2% 2022: 41.6 µg/m³
World, 2023 32.9 µg/m³ Official aggregate
Position in 2023 28th of 200 See the full ranking

PM2.5 air pollution exposure in Burkina Faso over time

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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 Burkina FasoWorld
2023 37.3 µg/m³ 32.9 µg/m³
2022 41.6 µg/m³ 32.7 µg/m³
2021 37.3 µg/m³ 33.2 µg/m³
2020 38.7 µg/m³ 32.5 µg/m³
2019 34.1 µg/m³ 33.4 µg/m³
2018 35.9 µg/m³ 34.7 µg/m³
2017 41.3 µg/m³ 35.0 µg/m³
2016 43.3 µg/m³ 35.5 µg/m³
2015 48.7 µg/m³ 36.5 µg/m³
2014 37.4 µg/m³ 35.9 µg/m³
2013 35.6 µg/m³ 36.0 µg/m³
2012 42.0 µg/m³ 36.0 µg/m³
2011 42.7 µg/m³ 37.4 µg/m³
2010 41.7 µg/m³ 36.0 µg/m³
2009 42.0 µg/m³ 36.1 µg/m³
2008 46.7 µg/m³ 36.3 µg/m³
2007 46.1 µg/m³ 36.0 µg/m³
2006 44.4 µg/m³ 35.9 µg/m³
2005 43.0 µg/m³ 36.4 µg/m³
2004 50.1 µg/m³ 36.4 µg/m³
2003 34.2 µg/m³ 36.7 µg/m³
2002 42.8 µg/m³ 36.8 µg/m³
2001 38.2 µg/m³ 36.2 µg/m³
2000 42.4 µg/m³ 36.8 µg/m³
1999 40.4 µg/m³ 36.4 µg/m³

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −10.2% from 41.6 µg/m³ in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 35.6 µg/m³, the figure has changed by +4.9%.
  • Among the 200 countries with data for 2023, Burkina Faso has the 28th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 32.9 µg/m³.

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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 for Burkina Faso
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