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American Samoa vs Micronesia (country): Particulate matter exposure in 1990 vs. 2017

American Samoa
4.33 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Micronesia (country)
3.52 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
American Samoa rank
194th
Micronesia (country) rank
197th

Particulate matter exposure in 1990 vs. 2017 over time

  • American Samoa
  • Micronesia (country)
0246199020062023

How they compare

American Samoa currently reports 4.33 micrograms per cubic meter against 3.52 micrograms per cubic meter in Micronesia (country), a difference of 0.8093 micrograms per cubic meter.

That makes American Samoa's figure about 1.2 times Micronesia (country)'s.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was American Samoa ahead.

American Samoa ranks 194th and Micronesia (country) ranks 197th of 200 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Particulate matter exposure in 1990 vs. 2017
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

Population-weighted average level of exposure to concentrations of suspended particles measuring less than 2.5 microns in diameter. Exposure is measured in micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m³).