PM2.5 air pollution exposure in Guinea

People in Guinea were exposed to an average PM2.5 concentration of 27.3 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
Guinea, 2023 27.3 Micrograms per cubic metre
Change from 2022 −1.2% 2022: 27.6 µg/m³
World, 2023 32.9 µg/m³ Official aggregate
Position in 2023 56th of 200 See the full ranking

PM2.5 air pollution exposure in Guinea 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 GuineaWorld
2023 27.3 µg/m³ 32.9 µg/m³
2022 27.6 µg/m³ 32.7 µg/m³
2021 27.1 µg/m³ 33.2 µg/m³
2020 27.2 µg/m³ 32.5 µg/m³
2019 26.6 µg/m³ 33.4 µg/m³
2018 28.9 µg/m³ 34.7 µg/m³
2017 30.6 µg/m³ 35.0 µg/m³
2016 30.4 µg/m³ 35.5 µg/m³
2015 31.5 µg/m³ 36.5 µg/m³
2014 26.0 µg/m³ 35.9 µg/m³
2013 25.0 µg/m³ 36.0 µg/m³
2012 29.5 µg/m³ 36.0 µg/m³
2011 30.5 µg/m³ 37.4 µg/m³
2010 29.9 µg/m³ 36.0 µg/m³
2009 28.8 µg/m³ 36.1 µg/m³
2008 31.3 µg/m³ 36.3 µg/m³
2007 30.0 µg/m³ 36.0 µg/m³
2006 28.8 µg/m³ 35.9 µg/m³
2005 29.1 µg/m³ 36.4 µg/m³
2004 33.4 µg/m³ 36.4 µg/m³
2003 26.3 µg/m³ 36.7 µg/m³
2002 28.3 µg/m³ 36.8 µg/m³
2001 26.7 µg/m³ 36.2 µg/m³
2000 30.2 µg/m³ 36.8 µg/m³
1999 29.7 µg/m³ 36.4 µg/m³

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.2% from 27.6 µg/m³ in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 25.0 µg/m³, the figure has changed by +9.0%.
  • Among the 200 countries with data for 2023, Guinea has the 56th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 32.9 µg/m³.

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 Guinea
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