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Australia vs Canada: PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , Australia's PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) was 8.25, compared to Canada's 6.57. That makes Australia's value 25.7% higher than Canada's.

Australia

Rank #183 of 200 globally

Australia trend
Latest (2020)
8.25
Year-over-year
-11.6%
10-year change
+10.8%
Peak
9.33 (2019)
Trough
6.99 (2005)

Canada

Rank #191 of 200 globally

Canada trend
Latest (2020)
6.57
Year-over-year
+5.4%
10-year change
-15.8%
Peak
9.76 (2001)
Trough
6.23 (2019)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (EN.ATM.PM25.MC.M3), CC BY 4.0.