, assesses air quality data from monitoring stations across more than 7 300 cities globally. It considers the concentrations of fine particles of an air pollutant– known as PM2.5 – which is the most harmful.
South Africa's PM2.5 concentration was 23.4 µg/m3 in 2022, the country ranked 13th out of the 19 African nations assessed.Concentrations of PM2.5 deteriorated from the 22.7 μg/m3 recorded in 2021. The report, however, noted that there has been an improvement in air quality in most South African cities. For example, PM2.5 concentrations for Johannesburg was 21.7 μg/m3 . Bloemfontein recorded a major improvement from 42.2 μg/m3 recorded last year to 16.2 μg/m3 recorded in 2022.
The report noted that the region experienced"several fire breakouts" and a shortage of firefighting which pushed its PM2.5 concentrations up 50% from 2021 levels.
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_Business Does anyone go there anymore?