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Gambia vs Iran: Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution

Gambia
38.27 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Iran
40.25 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Gambia rank
25th
Iran rank
23rd

Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution over time

  • Gambia
  • Iran
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How they compare

Iran currently reports 40.25 micrograms per cubic meter against 38.27 micrograms per cubic meter in Gambia, a difference of 1.98 micrograms per cubic meter.

That makes Iran's figure about 1.1 times Gambia's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Gambia ahead.

Gambia ranks 25th and Iran ranks 23rd 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.