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Kuwait vs Pakistan: Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution

Kuwait
62.35 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Pakistan
58.37 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Kuwait rank
6th
Pakistan rank
7th

Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution over time

  • Kuwait
  • Pakistan
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How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 62.35 micrograms per cubic meter against 58.37 micrograms per cubic meter in Pakistan, a difference of 3.97 micrograms per cubic meter.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Pakistan's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Pakistan ahead.

Kuwait ranks 6th and Pakistan ranks 7th 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.