Nigeria vs South Africa: PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , Nigeria's PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) was 56.53, compared to South Africa's 23.75. That makes Nigeria's value 138.0% higher than South Africa's.
Nigeria
Rank #9 of 200 globally
- Latest (2020)
- 56.53
- Year-over-year
- +9.3%
- 10-year change
- +14.1%
- Peak
- 77.12 (2015)
- Trough
- 48.14 (2013)
South Africa
Rank #81 of 200 globally
- Latest (2020)
- 23.75
- Year-over-year
- +2.4%
- 10-year change
- -4.5%
- Peak
- 25.00 (2011)
- Trough
- 22.50 (2005)
Source: World Bank Open Data (EN.ATM.PM25.MC.M3), CC BY 4.0.