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Egypt vs Mauritania: Particulate matter exposure in 1990 vs. 2017

Egypt
43.15 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Mauritania
46.5 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Egypt rank
17th
Mauritania rank
16th

Particulate matter exposure in 1990 vs. 2017 over time

  • Egypt
  • Mauritania
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How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 46.5 micrograms per cubic meter against 43.15 micrograms per cubic meter in Egypt, a difference of 3.36 micrograms per cubic meter.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Mauritania ahead.

Egypt ranks 17th and Mauritania ranks 16th 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).