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Algeria vs Mexico: Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution

Algeria
16.54 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Mexico
16.61 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Algeria rank
106th
Mexico rank
105th

Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution over time

  • Algeria
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Mexico currently reports 16.61 micrograms per cubic meter against 16.54 micrograms per cubic meter in Algeria, a difference of 0.0705 micrograms per cubic meter.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Mexico ahead.

Algeria ranks 106th and Mexico ranks 105th of 200 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution
Unit
micrograms per cubic meter
Source
Global Burden of Disease Study 2023, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 6,800 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The average level of exposure of the population to suspended particles less than 2.5 microns in diameter, which are capable of penetrating deep into the respiratory tract and damaging health. This is measured in micrograms per cubic meter.