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Australia vs Norway: Particulate matter exposure in 1990 vs. 2017

Australia
6.41 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Norway
5.52 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Australia rank
181st
Norway rank
183rd

Particulate matter exposure in 1990 vs. 2017 over time

  • Australia
  • Norway
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 6.41 micrograms per cubic meter against 5.52 micrograms per cubic meter in Norway, a difference of 0.8933 micrograms per cubic meter.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times Norway's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Norway ahead.

Australia ranks 181st and Norway ranks 183rd 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).