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Ireland vs Vanuatu: Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution

Ireland
7.51 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Vanuatu
6.99 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Ireland rank
172nd
Vanuatu rank
175th

Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution over time

  • Ireland
  • Vanuatu
051015199020062023

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 7.51 micrograms per cubic meter against 6.99 micrograms per cubic meter in Vanuatu, a difference of 0.5183 micrograms per cubic meter.

That makes Ireland's figure about 1.1 times Vanuatu's.

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

Ireland ranks 172nd and Vanuatu ranks 175th of 200 regions.

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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.