Official Belgian data, explained
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) — Annual mean by municipality in Belgium (2024)
This page maps Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) — 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 Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) 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
- 7.34µg/m³
- Unweighted area mean
- 6.81µg/m³
- Minimum
- 3.4µg/m³
- Maximum
- 9.43µg/m³
Across the valid national comparison set, the median is 7.34 µg/m³. Values extend from 3.4 to 9.43 µg/m³. This describes geographic variation; it is not a score of local quality.
Geography
Map of Belgium
- 3.4–8.09385 areas
- 8.09–10.45196 areas
- 10.45–12.60 areas
- 12.6–15.110 areas
- 15.11–23.280 areas
Areas
Value distribution
| Value | Areas |
|---|---|
| 3.4–4.07 | 45 |
| 4.07–4.74 | 63 |
| 4.74–5.41 | 48 |
| 5.41–6.08 | 48 |
| 6.08–6.75 | 42 |
| 6.75–7.42 | 50 |
| 7.42–8.09 | 89 |
| 8.09–8.76 | 146 |
| 8.76–9.43 | 50 |
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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 | Jabbeke | 31012 | 9.43 µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | 1 | Oudenburg | 35014 | 9.43 µg/m³ |
| Highest | 3 | Blankenberge | 31004 | 9.41 µg/m³ |
| Highest | 4 | Zedelgem | 31040 | 9.4 µg/m³ |
| Highest | 5 | Ichtegem | 35006 | 9.33 µg/m³ |
| Highest | 6 | Oostkamp | 31022 | 9.28 µg/m³ |
| Highest | 7 | Antwerpen | 11002 | 9.24 µg/m³ |
| Highest | 7 | Brugge | 31005 | 9.24 µg/m³ |
| Highest | 9 | Bredene | 35002 | 9.23 µg/m³ |
| Highest | 10 | Arendonk | 13001 | 9.21 µg/m³ |
| Lowest | 581 | Fauvillers | 82009 | 3.4 µg/m³ |
| Lowest | 580 | Sainte-Ode | 82038 | 3.44 µg/m³ |
| Lowest | 579 | Tenneville | 83049 | 3.49 µg/m³ |
| Lowest | 577 | Herbeumont | 84029 | 3.52 µg/m³ |
| Lowest | 577 | Daverdisse | 84016 | 3.52 µg/m³ |
| Lowest | 576 | Léglise | 84033 | 3.53 µg/m³ |
| Lowest | 574 | Saint-Hubert | 84059 | 3.57 µg/m³ |
| Lowest | 574 | Martelange | 81013 | 3.57 µg/m³ |
| Lowest | 572 | La Roche-en-Ardenne | 83031 | 3.58 µg/m³ |
| Lowest | 572 | Houffalize | 82014 | 3.58 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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