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Costa Rica vs Guyana: Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution

Costa Rica
17.7 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Guyana
16.95 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
100th
Guyana rank
101st

Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Guyana
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 17.7 micrograms per cubic meter against 16.95 micrograms per cubic meter in Guyana, a difference of 0.7518 micrograms per cubic meter.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Guyana ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 100th and Guyana ranks 101st 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.