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Belgium vs Netherlands: Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution

Belgium
8.45 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Netherlands
8.59 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Belgium rank
166th
Netherlands rank
165th

Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution over time

  • Belgium
  • Netherlands
0510152025199020062023

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 8.59 micrograms per cubic meter against 8.45 micrograms per cubic meter in Belgium, a difference of 0.1384 micrograms per cubic meter.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 166th and Netherlands ranks 165th 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.