PM2.5 air pollution exposure in Kuwait

People in Kuwait were exposed to an average PM2.5 concentration of 62.3 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
Kuwait, 2023 62.3 Micrograms per cubic metre
Change from 2022 −16.3% 2022: 74.5 µg/m³
World, 2023 32.9 µg/m³ Official aggregate
Position in 2023 6th of 200 See the full ranking

PM2.5 air pollution exposure in Kuwait 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 KuwaitWorld
2023 62.3 µg/m³ 32.9 µg/m³
2022 74.5 µg/m³ 32.7 µg/m³
2021 62.0 µg/m³ 33.2 µg/m³
2020 56.6 µg/m³ 32.5 µg/m³
2019 57.8 µg/m³ 33.4 µg/m³
2018 64.5 µg/m³ 34.7 µg/m³
2017 61.9 µg/m³ 35.0 µg/m³
2016 57.0 µg/m³ 35.5 µg/m³
2015 66.6 µg/m³ 36.5 µg/m³
2014 50.6 µg/m³ 35.9 µg/m³
2013 63.4 µg/m³ 36.0 µg/m³
2012 66.2 µg/m³ 36.0 µg/m³
2011 64.3 µg/m³ 37.4 µg/m³
2010 63.8 µg/m³ 36.0 µg/m³
2009 67.5 µg/m³ 36.1 µg/m³
2008 61.9 µg/m³ 36.3 µg/m³
2007 57.6 µg/m³ 36.0 µg/m³
2006 58.7 µg/m³ 35.9 µg/m³
2005 67.9 µg/m³ 36.4 µg/m³
2004 58.3 µg/m³ 36.4 µg/m³
2003 66.9 µg/m³ 36.7 µg/m³
2002 56.9 µg/m³ 36.8 µg/m³
2001 62.1 µg/m³ 36.2 µg/m³
2000 61.9 µg/m³ 36.8 µg/m³
1999 58.4 µg/m³ 36.4 µg/m³

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −16.3% from 74.5 µg/m³ in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 63.4 µg/m³, the figure has changed by −1.7%.
  • Among the 200 countries with data for 2023, Kuwait has the 6th 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 Kuwait
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