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

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

In , Ireland's PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) was 8.17, compared to Spain's 9.58. That makes Ireland's value 14.7% lower than Spain's.

Ireland

Rank #184 of 200 globally

Ireland trend
Latest (2020)
8.17
Year-over-year
+3.5%
10-year change
-21.0%
Peak
12.43 (2001)
Trough
7.89 (2019)

Spain

Rank #171 of 200 globally

Spain trend
Latest (2020)
9.58
Year-over-year
+2.4%
10-year change
-22.9%
Peak
15.85 (2001)
Trough
9.35 (2019)

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