Czech Republic - Particulate matter concentration

PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)

The value for PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter) in Czech Republic was 17.10 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 41.32 in 1990 and a minimum value of 17.10 in 2009.

Definition: Particulate matter concentrations refer to fine suspended particulates less than 10 microns in diameter (PM10) that are capable of penetrating deep into the respiratory tract and causing significant health damage. Data for countries and aggregates for regions and income groups are urban-population weighted PM10 levels in residential areas of cities with more than 100,000 residents. The estimates represent the average annual exposure level of the average urban resident to outdoor particulate matter. The state of a country's technology and pollution controls is an important determinant of particulate matter concentrations.

Source: Kiran Dev Pandey, David Wheeler, Bart Ostro, Uwe Deichmann, Kirk Hamilton, and Katherine Bolt. ""Ambient Particulate Matter Concentrations in Residential and Pollution Hotspot Areas of World Cities: New Estimates Based on the Global Model of Ambient Particulates (GMAPS),"" World Bank, Development Research Group and Environment Department (2006).

See also:

Year Value
1990 41.32
1991 39.40
1992 35.71
1993 33.65
1994 30.68
1995 25.85
1996 26.20
1997 25.62
1998 25.95
1999 25.02
2000 24.85
2001 24.64
2002 23.04
2003 23.06
2004 22.05
2005 21.45
2006 20.24
2007 19.22
2008 18.59
2009 17.10

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions