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China vs Syria: Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution

China
31.99 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Syria
32.06 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
China rank
43rd
Syria rank
42nd

Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution over time

  • China
  • Syria
0204060199020062023

How they compare

Syria currently reports 32.06 micrograms per cubic meter against 31.99 micrograms per cubic meter in China, a difference of 0.0636 micrograms per cubic meter.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was China ahead.

China ranks 43rd and Syria ranks 42nd 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.