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American Samoa vs Samoa: Particulate matter exposure in 1990 vs. 2017

American Samoa
4.33 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Samoa
4.58 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
American Samoa rank
194th
Samoa rank
192nd

Particulate matter exposure in 1990 vs. 2017 over time

  • American Samoa
  • Samoa
0246199020062023

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 4.58 micrograms per cubic meter against 4.33 micrograms per cubic meter in American Samoa, a difference of 0.2536 micrograms per cubic meter.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times American Samoa's.

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

American Samoa ranks 194th and Samoa ranks 192nd 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).