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Figure 5: Annual mean concentrations of PM10 in the UK, 1992 to 2023

Updated 30 April 2024
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Site type Year Number of sites Mean PM10 concentration (µg/m3) 95% confidence interval for 'All sites' (+/-)
Urban Background 1992 3 36.14855487 7.167286523
Urban Background 1993 6 35.21320699 4.077449194
Urban Background 1994 13 32.37278515 2.894085281
Urban Background 1995 13 31.25181087 1.910017412
Urban Background 1996 16 32.05014849 1.706548872
Urban Background 1997 26 29.85060698 1.271976973
Urban Background 1998 33 25.93355694 1.006275467
Urban Background 1999 33 24.03211336 0.876389677
Urban Background 2000 34 22.94522233 0.973193823
Urban Background 2001 43 23.29975418 1.208543141
Urban Background 2002 40 22.56919672 0.866704343
Urban Background 2003 39 24.96045759 1.093858308
Urban Background 2004 41 21.74881235 0.945728103
Urban Background 2005 39 22.23843167 1.124045018
Urban Background 2006 41 23.85309727 1.039907482
Urban Background 2007 35 21.6118618 1.044810301
Urban Background 2008 31 18.68472056 0.876027607
Urban Background 2009 22 18.85230064 1.089490511
Urban Background 2010 20 18.69912317 1.363728671
Urban Background 2011 24 19.84286807 1.241151464
Urban Background 2012 25 16.97670136 1.182679142
Urban Background 2013 21 16.87919381 1.278055112
Urban Background 2014 24 16.77320199 0.97998315
Urban Background 2015 23 15.15797749 1.031856479
Urban Background 2016 22 15.57595767 1.132604399
Urban Background 2017 24 14.22653796 1.000065792
Urban Background 2018 22 14.87318998 0.988971283
Urban Background 2019 26 15.02647863 0.844963058
Urban Background 2020 40 13.22185382 0.67568159
Urban Background 2021 38 12.97194545 0.591516901
Urban Background 2022 44 13.95684276 0.587808855
Urban Background 2023 53 12.27537143 0.502961246
Urban Traffic 1997 4 36.7313588 7.629441905
Urban Traffic 1998 7 32.97519491 4.470492439
Urban Traffic 1999 7 31.73610385 6.35042181
Urban Traffic 2000 7 30.83307598 7.576781977
Urban Traffic 2001 7 31.55093257 5.5785046
Urban Traffic 2002 9 29.16747526 5.088923497
Urban Traffic 2003 10 30.47050836 6.489799173
Urban Traffic 2004 10 26.30201534 6.318928492
Urban Traffic 2005 10 27.39191128 6.061087674
Urban Traffic 2006 10 29.89991094 6.906540628
Urban Traffic 2007 9 26.12529625 7.682274634
Urban Traffic 2008 13 22.39409561 3.791473664
Urban Traffic 2009 16 20.26608496 2.680997302
Urban Traffic 2010 16 21.65944271 2.839946996
Urban Traffic 2011 15 22.92418617 3.248864606
Urban Traffic 2012 19 20.04144489 2.007952182
Urban Traffic 2013 16 20.44818411 2.270840887
Urban Traffic 2014 15 18.74021047 2.085249918
Urban Traffic 2015 21 17.2310545 1.350801129
Urban Traffic 2016 25 18.47210531 1.744393122
Urban Traffic 2017 29 17.24844744 1.497477259
Urban Traffic 2018 30 18.54533106 1.157694851
Urban Traffic 2019 37 17.9939806 1.272222821
Urban Traffic 2020 36 16.33014706 1.2164253
Urban Traffic 2021 34 15.89658736 1.189772044
Urban Traffic 2022 35 16.90345904 1.372287959
Urban Traffic 2023 36 15.2394442 1.229532304