PM2.5 air pollution exposure in OECD members
People in OECD member countries were exposed to an average PM2.5 concentration of 12.0 µg/m³ in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2023
12.0
Change from 2022
−6.5%
World, 2023
32.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution exposure in OECD members 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 | OECD members | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12.0 µg/m³ | 32.9 µg/m³ |
| 2022 | 12.9 µg/m³ | 32.7 µg/m³ |
| 2021 | 12.6 µg/m³ | 33.2 µg/m³ |
| 2020 | 12.2 µg/m³ | 32.5 µg/m³ |
| 2019 | 12.6 µg/m³ | 33.4 µg/m³ |
| 2018 | 13.1 µg/m³ | 34.7 µg/m³ |
| 2017 | 13.1 µg/m³ | 35.0 µg/m³ |
| 2016 | 13.0 µg/m³ | 35.5 µg/m³ |
| 2015 | 13.8 µg/m³ | 36.5 µg/m³ |
| 2014 | 13.9 µg/m³ | 35.9 µg/m³ |
| 2013 | 14.2 µg/m³ | 36.0 µg/m³ |
| 2012 | 14.1 µg/m³ | 36.0 µg/m³ |
| 2011 | 15.0 µg/m³ | 37.4 µg/m³ |
| 2010 | 14.9 µg/m³ | 36.0 µg/m³ |
| 2009 | 14.9 µg/m³ | 36.1 µg/m³ |
| 2008 | 15.1 µg/m³ | 36.3 µg/m³ |
| 2007 | 15.5 µg/m³ | 36.0 µg/m³ |
| 2006 | 16.0 µg/m³ | 35.9 µg/m³ |
| 2005 | 16.7 µg/m³ | 36.4 µg/m³ |
| 2004 | 16.3 µg/m³ | 36.4 µg/m³ |
| 2003 | 17.9 µg/m³ | 36.7 µg/m³ |
| 2002 | 17.5 µg/m³ | 36.8 µg/m³ |
| 2001 | 17.1 µg/m³ | 36.2 µg/m³ |
| 2000 | 18.3 µg/m³ | 36.8 µg/m³ |
| 1999 | 18.6 µg/m³ | 36.4 µg/m³ |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −6.5% from 12.9 µg/m³ in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 14.2 µg/m³, the figure has changed by −15.2%.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 32.9 µg/m³.