Bahrain vs United Arab Emirates: Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution

Bahrain

56.57 micrograms per cubic meter

in 2023

United Arab Emirates

57.19 micrograms per cubic meter

in 2023

Bahrain rank

9th

United Arab Emirates rank

8th

Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution over time

Bahrain
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 57.19 micrograms per cubic meter against 56.57 micrograms per cubic meter in Bahrain, a difference of 0.6212 micrograms per cubic meter.

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

Bahrain ranks 9th and United Arab Emirates ranks 8th 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: 07 August 2026

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.