PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO in Panama
Panama: PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO was 71.6% in 2017. ▼ Falling
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO in Panama, 1990–2017
Source: Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
In 2017, pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who in Panama stood at 71.6%. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who in Panama peaked at 97.3% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 71.6%, in 2017.
That places Panama 169th out of 194 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO in Panama, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 96.5% | — |
| 1995 | 96.5% | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 97.3% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 96.9% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 96.2% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 97.2% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 96.6% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 93.5% | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 90.5% | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 87.3% | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 72.1% | -17.4% |
| 2017 | 71.6% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 96.5% | 96.5% | 96.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 97.1% | 96.9% | 97.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 88.1% | 71.6% | 97.2% | 8 |
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More urban development data for Panama
- Population in the largest city 67.9% (2025)
- Population density 60.11 people per sq. km of land area (2023)
- PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure 15.12 micrograms per cubic meter (2023)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita 0.4495 units per person (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million 2.05 million (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, annual 1.92 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per unit 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per square 26.65 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Population in largest city 2.05 million (2025)
- Crude steelmaking capacity 0 Tonnes (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who in Panama?
- Pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who in Panama was 71.6% in 2017, according to Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).
- What is the highest pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 97.3% in 2000.
- What is the lowest pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.6% in 2017.
- How does Panama rank for pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who?
- Panama ranks 169th out of 194 countries with data for 2017.
- Is pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), published as part of PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percent of population exposed to ambient concentrations of PM2.5 that exceed the WHO guideline value is defined as the portion of a country’s population living in places where mean annual concentrations of PM2.5 are greater than 10 micrograms per cubic meter, the guideline value recommended by the World Health Organization as the lower end of the range of concentrations over which adverse health effects due to PM2.5 exposure have been observed.