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Austria vs Spain: Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution

Austria
10.03 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Spain
10.08 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Austria rank
156th
Spain rank
155th

Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution over time

  • Austria
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 10.08 micrograms per cubic meter against 10.03 micrograms per cubic meter in Austria, a difference of 0.047 micrograms per cubic meter.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Austria ahead.

Austria ranks 156th and Spain ranks 155th 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.