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

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

In , India's PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) was 48.39, compared to Pakistan's 43.00. That makes India's value 12.6% higher than Pakistan's.

India

Rank #19 of 200 globally

India trend
Latest (2020)
48.39
Year-over-year
-19.2%
10-year change
-3.4%
Peak
79.04 (2014)
Trough
48.39 (2020)

Pakistan

Rank #25 of 200 globally

Pakistan trend
Latest (2020)
43.00
Year-over-year
-18.7%
10-year change
-7.7%
Peak
71.71 (2014)
Trough
43.00 (2020)

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