Statizoid

Bangladesh vs Nigeria: Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution

Bangladesh
69.25 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Nigeria
65.74 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
3rd
Nigeria rank
4th

Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Nigeria
020406080199020062023

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 69.25 micrograms per cubic meter against 65.74 micrograms per cubic meter in Nigeria, a difference of 3.51 micrograms per cubic meter.

That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Nigeria ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 4th of 200 countries.

Individual pages

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.