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

Palau
4.94 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Tonga
4.69 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Palau rank
187th
Tonga rank
190th

Particulate matter exposure in 1990 vs. 2017 over time

  • Palau
  • Tonga
02468199020062023

How they compare

Palau currently reports 4.94 micrograms per cubic meter against 4.69 micrograms per cubic meter in Tonga, a difference of 0.2519 micrograms per cubic meter.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Palau ahead.

Palau ranks 187th and Tonga ranks 190th 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).