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Nauru vs Tuvalu: Particulate matter exposure in 1990 vs. 2017

Nauru
4.84 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Tuvalu
5.22 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Nauru rank
189th
Tuvalu rank
186th

Particulate matter exposure in 1990 vs. 2017 over time

  • Nauru
  • Tuvalu
0246199020062023

How they compare

Tuvalu currently reports 5.22 micrograms per cubic meter against 4.84 micrograms per cubic meter in Nauru, a difference of 0.3855 micrograms per cubic meter.

That makes Tuvalu's figure about 1.1 times Nauru's.

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

Nauru ranks 189th and Tuvalu ranks 186th 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).