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Bangladesh vs Kuwait: Particulate matter exposure in 1990 vs. 2017

Bangladesh
69.25 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Kuwait
62.35 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
3rd
Kuwait rank
6th

Particulate matter exposure in 1990 vs. 2017 over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Kuwait
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How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 69.25 micrograms per cubic meter against 62.35 micrograms per cubic meter in Kuwait, a difference of 6.9 micrograms per cubic meter.

That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Bangladesh ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 3rd and Kuwait ranks 6th 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).