Outdoor air pollution exposure in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Outdoor air pollution exposure was 11 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Outdoor air pollution exposure in Papua New Guinea, 1998–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 11 for outdoor air pollution exposure in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, outdoor air pollution exposure in Papua New Guinea peaked at 11.9 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4, in 1998.
That places Papua New Guinea 155th out of 241 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Outdoor air pollution exposure in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | — |
| 1999 | 4.6 | +15.0% |
| 2000 | 8.4 | +82.6% |
| 2001 | 8.6 | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 8.7 | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 8.7 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 11.1 | +27.6% |
| 2005 | 9.3 | -16.2% |
| 2006 | 10.5 | +12.9% |
| 2007 | 10.2 | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 11 | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 10.6 | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 11.2 | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 9.7 | -13.4% |
| 2012 | 9.5 | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 11.1 | +16.8% |
| 2014 | 10.8 | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 11.8 | +9.3% |
| 2016 | 9.2 | -22.0% |
| 2017 | 10.5 | +14.1% |
| 2018 | 10.5 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 10.6 | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 10.5 | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 11.9 | +13.3% |
| 2022 | 11.9 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 11.4 | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 11 | -3.5% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 11 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24.7, 45% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 11 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 8.9, 1.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Outdoor air pollution exposure in Papua New Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +82.6% | 4.6 | 8.4 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.3 | 4 | 4.6 | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.71 | 8.4 | 11.1 | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.49 | 9.2 | 11.8 | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.34 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More environment data for Papua New Guinea
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 0.0177 hectares per person (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.56 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.183 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.834 °C (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 0.4196 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is outdoor air pollution exposure in Papua New Guinea?
- Outdoor air pollution exposure in Papua New Guinea was 11 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest outdoor air pollution exposure recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 11.9 in 2021.
- What is the lowest outdoor air pollution exposure recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 in 1998.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for outdoor air pollution exposure?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 155th out of 241 countries with data for 2024.
- Is outdoor air pollution exposure rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Outdoor air pollution exposure. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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