PM2.5 air pollution exposure in Sub-Saharan Africa
People in Sub-Saharan Africa were exposed to an average PM2.5 concentration of 35.4 µg/m³ in 2023.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2023
35.4
Change from 2022
−5.2%
World, 2023
32.9 µg/m³
PM2.5 air pollution exposure in Sub-Saharan Africa 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 | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 35.4 µg/m³ | 32.9 µg/m³ |
| 2022 | 37.4 µg/m³ | 32.7 µg/m³ |
| 2021 | 35.2 µg/m³ | 33.2 µg/m³ |
| 2020 | 35.4 µg/m³ | 32.5 µg/m³ |
| 2019 | 33.7 µg/m³ | 33.4 µg/m³ |
| 2018 | 34.0 µg/m³ | 34.7 µg/m³ |
| 2017 | 36.3 µg/m³ | 35.0 µg/m³ |
| 2016 | 37.4 µg/m³ | 35.5 µg/m³ |
| 2015 | 39.8 µg/m³ | 36.5 µg/m³ |
| 2014 | 32.4 µg/m³ | 35.9 µg/m³ |
| 2013 | 33.8 µg/m³ | 36.0 µg/m³ |
| 2012 | 36.0 µg/m³ | 36.0 µg/m³ |
| 2011 | 36.3 µg/m³ | 37.4 µg/m³ |
| 2010 | 35.7 µg/m³ | 36.0 µg/m³ |
| 2009 | 35.0 µg/m³ | 36.1 µg/m³ |
| 2008 | 37.5 µg/m³ | 36.3 µg/m³ |
| 2007 | 37.2 µg/m³ | 36.0 µg/m³ |
| 2006 | 35.7 µg/m³ | 35.9 µg/m³ |
| 2005 | 33.9 µg/m³ | 36.4 µg/m³ |
| 2004 | 36.0 µg/m³ | 36.4 µg/m³ |
| 2003 | 31.7 µg/m³ | 36.7 µg/m³ |
| 2002 | 35.1 µg/m³ | 36.8 µg/m³ |
| 2001 | 34.6 µg/m³ | 36.2 µg/m³ |
| 2000 | 36.6 µg/m³ | 36.8 µg/m³ |
| 1999 | 35.5 µg/m³ | 36.4 µg/m³ |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −5.2% from 37.4 µg/m³ in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 33.8 µg/m³, the figure has changed by +4.9%.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 32.9 µg/m³.