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Burkina Faso vs Rwanda: Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution

Burkina Faso
37.32 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Rwanda
36.01 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Burkina Faso rank
28th
Rwanda rank
30th

Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Rwanda
0204060199020062023

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 37.32 micrograms per cubic meter against 36.01 micrograms per cubic meter in Rwanda, a difference of 1.32 micrograms per cubic meter.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Burkina Faso ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 28th and Rwanda ranks 30th 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.