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Chad vs Yemen: Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution

Chad
42.96 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Yemen
46.84 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Chad rank
18th
Yemen rank
15th

Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution over time

  • Chad
  • Yemen
0204060199020062023

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 46.84 micrograms per cubic meter against 42.96 micrograms per cubic meter in Chad, a difference of 3.88 micrograms per cubic meter.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Chad's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Yemen ahead.

Chad ranks 18th and Yemen ranks 15th 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.