Madagascar vs East Timor: Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution

Madagascar

12.39 micrograms per cubic meter

in 2023

East Timor

11.99 micrograms per cubic meter

in 2023

Madagascar rank

139th

East Timor rank

140th

Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution over time

Madagascar
East Timor

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 12.39 micrograms per cubic meter against 11.99 micrograms per cubic meter in East Timor, a difference of 0.3992 micrograms per cubic meter.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was East Timor ahead.

Madagascar ranks 139th and East Timor ranks 140th 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.