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

China
31.99 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Turkmenistan
31.25 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
China rank
43rd
Turkmenistan rank
45th

Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution over time

  • China
  • Turkmenistan
0204060199020062023

How they compare

China currently reports 31.99 micrograms per cubic meter against 31.25 micrograms per cubic meter in Turkmenistan, a difference of 0.744 micrograms per cubic meter.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was China ahead.

China ranks 43rd and Turkmenistan ranks 45th 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.