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Palau vs Sweden: Particulate matter exposure in 1990 vs. 2017

Palau
4.94 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Sweden
5.26 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Palau rank
187th
Sweden rank
185th

Particulate matter exposure in 1990 vs. 2017 over time

  • Palau
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 5.26 micrograms per cubic meter against 4.94 micrograms per cubic meter in Palau, a difference of 0.3183 micrograms per cubic meter.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Palau's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sweden ahead.

Palau ranks 187th and Sweden ranks 185th 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).