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Belize vs Costa Rica: Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution

Belize
16.76 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Costa Rica
17.7 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Belize rank
102nd
Costa Rica rank
100th

Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution over time

  • Belize
  • Costa Rica
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 17.7 micrograms per cubic meter against 16.76 micrograms per cubic meter in Belize, a difference of 0.9333 micrograms per cubic meter.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Belize's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Belize ranks 102nd and Costa Rica ranks 100th 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.