PM2.5 air pollution exposure in Euro area
People in the euro area were exposed to an average PM2.5 concentration of 10.3 µg/m³ in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Euro area, 2023
10.3
Change from 2022
−12.9%
World, 2023
32.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution exposure in Euro area over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Micrograms per cubic metre. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Euro area | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.3 µg/m³ | 32.9 µg/m³ |
| 2022 | 11.8 µg/m³ | 32.7 µg/m³ |
| 2021 | 11.3 µg/m³ | 33.2 µg/m³ |
| 2020 | 10.8 µg/m³ | 32.5 µg/m³ |
| 2019 | 11.3 µg/m³ | 33.4 µg/m³ |
| 2018 | 12.6 µg/m³ | 34.7 µg/m³ |
| 2017 | 12.8 µg/m³ | 35.0 µg/m³ |
| 2016 | 12.5 µg/m³ | 35.5 µg/m³ |
| 2015 | 13.5 µg/m³ | 36.5 µg/m³ |
| 2014 | 13.2 µg/m³ | 35.9 µg/m³ |
| 2013 | 14.2 µg/m³ | 36.0 µg/m³ |
| 2012 | 14.6 µg/m³ | 36.0 µg/m³ |
| 2011 | 16.4 µg/m³ | 37.4 µg/m³ |
| 2010 | 16.0 µg/m³ | 36.0 µg/m³ |
| 2009 | 16.1 µg/m³ | 36.1 µg/m³ |
| 2008 | 15.9 µg/m³ | 36.3 µg/m³ |
| 2007 | 16.2 µg/m³ | 36.0 µg/m³ |
| 2006 | 17.2 µg/m³ | 35.9 µg/m³ |
| 2005 | 18.7 µg/m³ | 36.4 µg/m³ |
| 2004 | 18.3 µg/m³ | 36.4 µg/m³ |
| 2003 | 20.7 µg/m³ | 36.7 µg/m³ |
| 2002 | 19.6 µg/m³ | 36.8 µg/m³ |
| 2001 | 19.0 µg/m³ | 36.2 µg/m³ |
| 2000 | 20.5 µg/m³ | 36.8 µg/m³ |
| 1999 | 20.8 µg/m³ | 36.4 µg/m³ |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −12.9% from 11.8 µg/m³ in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 14.2 µg/m³, the figure has changed by −27.8%.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 32.9 µg/m³.