Canada vs Estonia: Particulate matter exposure in 1990 vs. 2017

Canada

6.55 micrograms per cubic meter

in 2023

Estonia

5.92 micrograms per cubic meter

in 2023

Canada rank

179th

Estonia rank

182nd

Particulate matter exposure in 1990 vs. 2017 over time

Canada
Estonia

How they compare

Canada currently reports 6.55 micrograms per cubic meter against 5.92 micrograms per cubic meter in Estonia, a difference of 0.6319 micrograms per cubic meter.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Estonia's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Estonia ahead.

Canada ranks 179th and Estonia ranks 182nd 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: 07 August 2026

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).