India vs United Arab Emirates: Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution

India

54.05 micrograms per cubic meter

in 2023

United Arab Emirates

57.19 micrograms per cubic meter

in 2023

India rank

11th

United Arab Emirates rank

8th

Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution over time

India
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 57.19 micrograms per cubic meter against 54.05 micrograms per cubic meter in India, a difference of 3.13 micrograms per cubic meter.

That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 1.1 times India's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was United Arab Emirates ahead.

India ranks 11th and United Arab Emirates ranks 8th 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: 07 August 2026

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.