Mauritius's PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim Target-3 value (% of total) was 60.71% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.07 percentage points from 60.64% in 2012.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 60.71% | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 60.64% | 2012 |
| Highest | 60.81% | 1990 |
| Lowest | 60.39% | 2000 |
| Average since 2010 | 60.67% | 2010–2017 |
| First recorded | 60.81% | 1990 |
Over five years it is up 0.07 percentage points from 60.64% in 2012. Since 1990 it is down 0.09 percentage points from 60.81% in 1990. The World Bank has no value for 16 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
From 2010 to 2017 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.01 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 100% of the movement over 8 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2017, Mauritius had the 130th highest value of the 194 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Mauritius in the 2017 ranking
- Cuba — 126th of 194: 63.81%
- Kyrgyz Republic — 127th of 194: 63.4%
- Slovenia — 128th of 194: 62.72%
- Russian Federation — 130th of 194: 60.05%
- Malta — 131st of 194: 59.05%
- Hungary — 132nd of 194: 58.78%
What this measures
Percent of population exposed to ambient concentrations of PM2.5 that exceed the World Health Organization (WHO) Interim Target 3 (IT-3) is defined as the portion of a country’s population living in places where mean annual concentrations of PM2.5 are greater than 15 micrograms per cubic meter. The Air Quality Guideline (AQG) of 10 micrograms per cubic meter is recommended by the WHO as the lower end of the range of concentrations over which adverse health effects due to PM2.5 exposure have been observed.
Limitations: Pollutant concentrations are sensitive to local conditions, and even monitoring sites in the same city may register different levels. Direct monitoring of PM2.5 is still rare in most parts of the world, and measurement protocols and standards are not the same for all countries. These data should be considered only a general indication of air quality, intended to inform cross-country comparisons of the health risks due to particulate matter pollution. The guideline set by the World Health Organization (WHO) for PM2.5 is that annual mean concentrations should not exceed 10 micrograms per cubic meter, representing the lower range over which adverse health effects have been observed.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 12 values
| Year | PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim Target-3 value (% of total) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 60.71 |
| 2016 | 60.7 |
| 2015 | 60.69 |
| 2014 | 60.68 |
| 2013 | 60.66 |
| 2012 | 60.64 |
| 2011 | 60.63 |
| 2010 | 60.61 |
| 2009 | no data |
| 2008 | no data |
PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim Target-3 value (% of total) in nearby economies
- Angola — 100% (2017)
- Benin — 100% (2017)
- Botswana — 100% (2017)
- Burkina Faso — 100% (2017)
- Burundi — 100% (2017)
- Cabo Verde — 100% (2017)
- Cameroon — 100% (2017)
- Central African Republic
More environment data for Mauritius
- Rural population — 758,222 (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 60.96% (2025)
- Urban population — 485,519 (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 39.04% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 1,888 (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 38,022 (2024)
- Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 39,910 (2024)
- Rural population growth (annual %) — -0.2% (2025)
- Urban population growth (annual %) — -0.11% (2025)
- Fertilizer consumption (kilograms per hectare of arable land)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Mauritius's PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim Target-3 value (% of total)?
- 60.71% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is down 0.09 percentage points from 60.81% in 1990. The highest value was 60.81% in 1990 and the lowest 60.39% in 2000.
- How does Mauritius rank?
- 130th highest of 194 economies with data for 2017.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), uri: https://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-2017, publisher: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), date published: 202112.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EN.ATM.PM25.MC.T3.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), uri: https://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-2017, publisher: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), date published: 202112 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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