PM2.5 air pollution exposure in North America
People in North America were exposed to an average PM2.5 concentration of 6.9 µg/m³ in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2023
6.9
Change from 2022
−5.4%
World, 2023
32.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution exposure in North America over time
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The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
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 | North America | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.9 µg/m³ | 32.9 µg/m³ |
| 2022 | 7.3 µg/m³ | 32.7 µg/m³ |
| 2021 | 8.2 µg/m³ | 33.2 µg/m³ |
| 2020 | 7.6 µg/m³ | 32.5 µg/m³ |
| 2019 | 7.2 µg/m³ | 33.4 µg/m³ |
| 2018 | 7.7 µg/m³ | 34.7 µg/m³ |
| 2017 | 7.6 µg/m³ | 35.0 µg/m³ |
| 2016 | 7.3 µg/m³ | 35.5 µg/m³ |
| 2015 | 8.0 µg/m³ | 36.5 µg/m³ |
| 2014 | 8.3 µg/m³ | 35.9 µg/m³ |
| 2013 | 8.3 µg/m³ | 36.0 µg/m³ |
| 2012 | 8.5 µg/m³ | 36.0 µg/m³ |
| 2011 | 9.2 µg/m³ | 37.4 µg/m³ |
| 2010 | 9.1 µg/m³ | 36.0 µg/m³ |
| 2009 | 9.2 µg/m³ | 36.1 µg/m³ |
| 2008 | 10.1 µg/m³ | 36.3 µg/m³ |
| 2007 | 10.6 µg/m³ | 36.0 µg/m³ |
| 2006 | 11.4 µg/m³ | 35.9 µg/m³ |
| 2005 | 12.9 µg/m³ | 36.4 µg/m³ |
| 2004 | 12.1 µg/m³ | 36.4 µg/m³ |
| 2003 | 12.9 µg/m³ | 36.7 µg/m³ |
| 2002 | 13.2 µg/m³ | 36.8 µg/m³ |
| 2001 | 13.3 µg/m³ | 36.2 µg/m³ |
| 2000 | 13.9 µg/m³ | 36.8 µg/m³ |
| 1999 | 14.2 µg/m³ | 36.4 µg/m³ |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −5.4% from 7.3 µg/m³ in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 8.3 µg/m³, the figure has changed by −16.6%.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 32.9 µg/m³.