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Barbados vs Maldives: Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution

Barbados
10.91 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Maldives
11.16 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Barbados rank
148th
Maldives rank
146th

Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution over time

  • Barbados
  • Maldives
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How they compare

Maldives currently reports 11.16 micrograms per cubic meter against 10.91 micrograms per cubic meter in Barbados, a difference of 0.2544 micrograms per cubic meter.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Maldives ahead.

Barbados ranks 148th and Maldives ranks 146th 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.