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Australia vs Estonia: Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution

Australia
6.41 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Estonia
5.92 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Australia rank
181st
Estonia rank
182nd

Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution over time

  • Australia
  • Estonia
5101520199020062023

How they compare

Australia currently reports 6.41 micrograms per cubic meter against 5.92 micrograms per cubic meter in Estonia, a difference of 0.4963 micrograms per cubic meter.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Estonia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Estonia ahead.

Australia ranks 181st and Estonia ranks 182nd 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.