Iceland - Particulate matter concentration

PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)

The value for PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter) in Iceland was 17.61 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 23.43 in 1990 and a minimum value of 14.07 in 2007.

Definition:

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 23.43
1991 20.96
1992 21.30
1993 21.60
1994 21.64
1995 20.20
1996 20.74
1997 19.90
1998 19.22
1999 18.82
2000 18.67
2001 18.72
2002 18.23
2003 17.05
2004 16.17
2005 14.87
2006 16.20
2007 14.07
2008 16.19
2009 18.20
2010 17.61

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions