PM2.5 air pollution exposure in European Union
People in the European Union were exposed to an average PM2.5 concentration of 11.0 µg/m³ in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2023
11.0
Change from 2022
−9.8%
World, 2023
32.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution exposure in European Union 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 | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11.0 µg/m³ | 32.9 µg/m³ |
| 2022 | 12.2 µg/m³ | 32.7 µg/m³ |
| 2021 | 12.1 µg/m³ | 33.2 µg/m³ |
| 2020 | 11.4 µg/m³ | 32.5 µg/m³ |
| 2019 | 12.1 µg/m³ | 33.4 µg/m³ |
| 2018 | 13.8 µg/m³ | 34.7 µg/m³ |
| 2017 | 13.8 µg/m³ | 35.0 µg/m³ |
| 2016 | 13.5 µg/m³ | 35.5 µg/m³ |
| 2015 | 14.4 µg/m³ | 36.5 µg/m³ |
| 2014 | 14.4 µg/m³ | 35.9 µg/m³ |
| 2013 | 15.1 µg/m³ | 36.0 µg/m³ |
| 2012 | 15.6 µg/m³ | 36.0 µg/m³ |
| 2011 | 17.5 µg/m³ | 37.4 µg/m³ |
| 2010 | 17.2 µg/m³ | 36.0 µg/m³ |
| 2009 | 16.9 µg/m³ | 36.1 µg/m³ |
| 2008 | 16.7 µg/m³ | 36.3 µg/m³ |
| 2007 | 17.1 µg/m³ | 36.0 µg/m³ |
| 2006 | 18.2 µg/m³ | 35.9 µg/m³ |
| 2005 | 19.8 µg/m³ | 36.4 µg/m³ |
| 2004 | 19.3 µg/m³ | 36.4 µg/m³ |
| 2003 | 21.9 µg/m³ | 36.7 µg/m³ |
| 2002 | 20.8 µg/m³ | 36.8 µg/m³ |
| 2001 | 19.7 µg/m³ | 36.2 µg/m³ |
| 2000 | 20.9 µg/m³ | 36.8 µg/m³ |
| 1999 | 21.3 µg/m³ | 36.4 µg/m³ |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −9.8% from 12.2 µg/m³ in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 15.1 µg/m³, the figure has changed by −27.3%.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 32.9 µg/m³.