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Canada vs New Zealand: Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution

Canada
6.55 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
New Zealand
6.88 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Canada rank
179th
New Zealand rank
177th

Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution over time

  • Canada
  • New Zealand
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How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 6.88 micrograms per cubic meter against 6.55 micrograms per cubic meter in Canada, a difference of 0.331 micrograms per cubic meter.

That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.

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

Canada ranks 179th and New Zealand ranks 177th 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.