PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) (World) - 2017


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* Data Description : Percent of population exposed to ambient concentrations of PM2.5 that exceed the WHO guideline value is defined as the portion of a country’s population living in places where mean annual concentrations of PM2.5 are greater than 10 micrograms per cubic meter, the guideline value recommended by the World Health Organization as the lower end of the range of concentrations over which adverse health effects due to PM2.5 exposure have been observed.
* Data Source : Worldbank.org
* By changing the date from the drop-down menu, you can view statistics on maps since 2000.
* Countries with the highest value of "PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)" in the World (2017) : Afghanistan(100), Albania(100), Algeria(100), American Samoa(100), Angola(100), Antigua and Barbuda(100), Armenia(100), Azerbaijan(100), Bahrain(100), Bangladesh(100).


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