El Salvador vs Ghana: Exposure to PM2.5 air pollution vs. GDP per capita

El Salvador
29.59 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
Ghana
28.14 micrograms per cubic meter
in 2023
El Salvador rank
51st
Ghana rank
53rd

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

  • El Salvador
  • Ghana
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 29.59 micrograms per cubic meter against 28.14 micrograms per cubic meter in Ghana, a difference of 1.45 micrograms per cubic meter.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 51st and Ghana ranks 53rd of 200 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Ghana in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Ghana Difference Ahead
1990s 39.71 micrograms per cubic meter 36.09 micrograms per cubic meter 3.62 micrograms per cubic meter El Salvador
2000s 32.89 micrograms per cubic meter 33.33 micrograms per cubic meter 0.441 micrograms per cubic meter Ghana
2010s 29.88 micrograms per cubic meter 27.91 micrograms per cubic meter 1.98 micrograms per cubic meter El Salvador
2020s 29.79 micrograms per cubic meter 29.42 micrograms per cubic meter 0.3726 micrograms per cubic meter El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher exposure to pm2.5 air pollution vs. gdp per capita, El Salvador or Ghana?
El Salvador, at 29.59 micrograms per cubic meter against 28.14 micrograms per cubic meter in Ghana as of 2023.
What is the difference in exposure to pm2.5 air pollution vs. gdp per capita between El Salvador and Ghana?
1.45 micrograms per cubic meter, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Ghana?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Ghana rank globally for exposure to pm2.5 air pollution vs. gdp per capita?
El Salvador ranks 51st and Ghana ranks 53rd of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Global Burden of Disease Study 2023, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Exposure to PM2.5 air pollution vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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.