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Mauritania vs Oman: Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution

Mauritania
46.5 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Oman
46.86 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Mauritania rank
16th
Oman rank
14th

Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution over time

  • Mauritania
  • Oman
0204060199020062023

How they compare

Oman currently reports 46.86 micrograms per cubic meter against 46.5 micrograms per cubic meter in Mauritania, a difference of 0.3544 micrograms per cubic meter.

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

Mauritania ranks 16th and Oman ranks 14th 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.