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Cameroon vs Iraq: Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution

Cameroon
55.6 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Iraq
49.47 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Cameroon rank
10th
Iraq rank
13th

Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution over time

  • Cameroon
  • Iraq
0204060199020062023

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 55.6 micrograms per cubic meter against 49.47 micrograms per cubic meter in Iraq, a difference of 6.13 micrograms per cubic meter.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 10th and Iraq ranks 13th 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.