Bhutan vs Peru: Exposure to PM2.5 air pollution vs. GDP per capita

Bhutan
30.07 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Peru
31.09 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Bhutan rank
49th
Peru rank
47th

Exposure to PM2.5 air pollution vs. GDP per capita over time

  • Bhutan
  • Peru
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How they compare

Peru currently reports 31.09 micrograms per cubic meter against 30.07 micrograms per cubic meter in Bhutan, a difference of 1.02 micrograms per cubic meter.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Peru ahead.

Bhutan ranks 49th and Peru ranks 47th of 200 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Exposure to PM2.5 air pollution vs. GDP per capita
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

GDP per capita is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.