Marshall Islands vs Samoa: Particulate matter exposure in 1990 vs. 2017

Marshall Islands

4.1 micrograms per cubic meter

in 2023

Samoa

4.58 micrograms per cubic meter

in 2023

Marshall Islands rank

195th

Samoa rank

192nd

Particulate matter exposure in 1990 vs. 2017 over time

Marshall Islands
Samoa

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 4.58 micrograms per cubic meter against 4.1 micrograms per cubic meter in Marshall Islands, a difference of 0.4779 micrograms per cubic meter.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Marshall Islands's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Samoa ahead.

Marshall Islands ranks 195th 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: 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).