Official Belgian data, explained
Particulate matter (PM10) — Annual mean by municipality in Belgium (2024)
This page maps Particulate matter (PM10) — Annual mean for one nationally comparable 2024 slice. Every figure below uses the same disclosed definition, unit, geography and source.
Environment
What this indicator measures
Calendar-year mean of IRCEL-CELINE's daily population-weighted Particulate matter (PM10) municipality concentration.
Indicator dossier
Data passport
- Selected reference period
- 2024
- Geography
- municipalities
- Boundary set
- Statistical sectors 2019
- Measure
- Annual mean
- Unit
- µg/m³
- Comparable areas
- 581
- Coverage
- 100%
Latest published slice
How to read the pattern
- Median
- 13.06µg/m³
- Unweighted area mean
- 12.09µg/m³
- Minimum
- 5.56µg/m³
- Maximum
- 16.83µg/m³
Across the valid national comparison set, the median is 13.06 µg/m³. Values extend from 5.56 to 16.83 µg/m³. This describes geographic variation; it is not a score of local quality.
Geography
Map of Belgium
- 5.56–15.91560 areas
- 15.91–20.5321 areas
- 20.53–24.490 areas
- 24.49–29.60 areas
- 29.6–47.040 areas
Areas
Value distribution
| Value | Areas |
|---|---|
| 5.56–6.81 | 43 |
| 6.81–8.06 | 59 |
| 8.06–9.32 | 50 |
| 9.32–10.57 | 46 |
| 10.57–11.82 | 36 |
| 11.82–13.07 | 58 |
| 13.07–14.33 | 71 |
| 14.33–15.58 | 167 |
| 15.58–16.83 | 51 |
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municipalities
Highest and lowest values
From 581 comparable areas, the table shows a concise descriptive high-and-low sample. Equal values do not imply equal local circumstances.
| Highest | 1 | Antwerpen | 11002 | 16.83 µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | 2 | Zedelgem | 31040 | 16.41 µg/m³ |
| Highest | 3 | Jabbeke | 31012 | 16.36 µg/m³ |
| Highest | 4 | Blankenberge | 31004 | 16.26 µg/m³ |
| Highest | 5 | Oostkamp | 31022 | 16.25 µg/m³ |
| Highest | 5 | Oudenburg | 35014 | 16.25 µg/m³ |
| Highest | 7 | Borsbeek | 11007 | 16.22 µg/m³ |
| Highest | 8 | Maldegem | 43010 | 16.21 µg/m³ |
| Highest | 9 | Arendonk | 13001 | 16.16 µg/m³ |
| Highest | 10 | Aartselaar | 11001 | 16.14 µg/m³ |
| Lowest | 581 | Daverdisse | 84016 | 5.56 µg/m³ |
| Lowest | 580 | Herbeumont | 84029 | 5.8 µg/m³ |
| Lowest | 579 | Vresse-sur-Semois | 91143 | 5.84 µg/m³ |
| Lowest | 578 | Bouillon | 84010 | 5.85 µg/m³ |
| Lowest | 577 | Fauvillers | 82009 | 5.91 µg/m³ |
| Lowest | 576 | Florenville | 85011 | 5.99 µg/m³ |
| Lowest | 575 | Léglise | 84033 | 6.02 µg/m³ |
| Lowest | 574 | Gedinne | 91054 | 6.06 µg/m³ |
| Lowest | 572 | Libin | 84035 | 6.07 µg/m³ |
| Lowest | 572 | Tenneville | 83049 | 6.07 µg/m³ |
Method and limitations
Method and limitations
No missing value is imputed. Where colour classes are used, their breaks and colours come from the catalogue; source-declared suppression remains missing.
The area mean gives every published geographic area equal weight. It is not weighted by population, exposure or area size.
IRCEL-CELINE daily population-weighted RIO 4 x 4 km concentrations, harmonised by the publisher to the municipality status after the 2019 fusion.
Calendar-year mean of daily modelled concentrations.
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