PM2.5 air pollution exposure in Sierra Leone

People in Sierra Leone were exposed to an average PM2.5 concentration of 22.5 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
Sierra Leone, 2023 22.5 Micrograms per cubic metre
Change from 2022 +0.4% 2022: 22.4 µg/m³
World, 2023 32.9 µg/m³ Official aggregate
Position in 2023 69th of 200 See the full ranking

PM2.5 air pollution exposure in Sierra Leone 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 Sierra LeoneWorld
2023 22.5 µg/m³ 32.9 µg/m³
2022 22.4 µg/m³ 32.7 µg/m³
2021 21.4 µg/m³ 33.2 µg/m³
2020 22.7 µg/m³ 32.5 µg/m³
2019 22.5 µg/m³ 33.4 µg/m³
2018 24.1 µg/m³ 34.7 µg/m³
2017 23.2 µg/m³ 35.0 µg/m³
2016 24.7 µg/m³ 35.5 µg/m³
2015 26.7 µg/m³ 36.5 µg/m³
2014 20.4 µg/m³ 35.9 µg/m³
2013 20.7 µg/m³ 36.0 µg/m³
2012 21.9 µg/m³ 36.0 µg/m³
2011 24.9 µg/m³ 37.4 µg/m³
2010 21.8 µg/m³ 36.0 µg/m³
2009 24.1 µg/m³ 36.1 µg/m³
2008 24.6 µg/m³ 36.3 µg/m³
2007 23.0 µg/m³ 36.0 µg/m³
2006 22.6 µg/m³ 35.9 µg/m³
2005 24.0 µg/m³ 36.4 µg/m³
2004 26.7 µg/m³ 36.4 µg/m³
2003 19.8 µg/m³ 36.7 µg/m³
2002 21.9 µg/m³ 36.8 µg/m³
2001 20.8 µg/m³ 36.2 µg/m³
2000 23.5 µg/m³ 36.8 µg/m³
1999 22.7 µg/m³ 36.4 µg/m³

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4% from 22.4 µg/m³ in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 20.7 µg/m³, the figure has changed by +8.7%.
  • Among the 200 countries with data for 2023, Sierra Leone has the 69th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 32.9 µg/m³.

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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 Sierra Leone
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