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PM25 air pollution population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value percentage of total

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.Source:
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PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)Year
1
Serbia
100%
2017
2
United Arab Emirates
100%
2017
3
Afghanistan
100%
2017
4
Antigua and Barbuda
100%
2017
5
Albania
100%
2017
6
Armenia
100%
2017
7
Angola
100%
2017
8
India
100%
2017
9
Iraq
100%
2017
10
Iran
100%
2017
11
Jamaica
100%
2017
12
Jordan
100%
2017
13
Kenya
100%
2017
14
Cambodia
100%
2017
15
Comoros
100%
2017
16
North Korea
100%
2017
17
South Korea
100%
2017
18
Kuwait
100%
2017
19
Laos
100%
2017
20
Lebanon
100%
2017
21
Saint Lucia
100%
2017
22
Liberia
100%
2017
23
Lesotho
100%
2017
24
Libya
100%
2017
25
Morocco
100%
2017
26
Moldova
100%
2017
27
Montenegro
100%
2017
28
Madagascar
100%
2017
29
Republic of Macedonia
100%
2017
30
Mali
100%
2017
31
Myanmar
100%
2017
32
Mauritania
100%
2017
33
Malta
100%
2017
34
Mauritius
100%
2017
35
Malawi
100%
2017
36
Mozambique
100%
2017
37
Namibia
100%
2017
38
Niger
100%
2017
39
Nigeria
100%
2017
40
Nepal
100%
2017
41
Oman
100%
2017
42
Pakistan
100%
2017
43
Qatar
100%
2017
44
Rwanda
100%
2017
45
Saudi Arabia
100%
2017
46
Seychelles
100%
2017
47
Sudan
100%
2017
48
Singapore
100%
2017
49
Slovakia
100%
2017
50
Sierra Leone
100%
2017
51
Senegal
100%
2017
52
Somalia
100%
2017
53
Suriname
100%
2017
54
São Tomé and Príncipe
100%
2017
55
El Salvador
100%
2017
56
Syria
100%
2017
57
Swaziland
100%
2017
58
Chad
100%
2017
59
Togo
100%
2017
60
Thailand
100%
2017
61
Tajikistan
100%
2017
62
East Timor
100%
2017
63
Turkmenistan
100%
2017
64
Tunisia
100%
2017
65
Turkey
100%
2017
66
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
2017
67
Tanzania
100%
2017
68
Ukraine
100%
2017
69
Uganda
100%
2017
70
Uzbekistan
100%
2017
71
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
2017
72
Vietnam
100%
2017
73
Vanuatu
100%
2017
74
Samoa
100%
2017
75
Yemen
100%
2017
76
South Africa
100%
2017
77
Zambia
100%
2017
78
Zimbabwe
100%
2017
79
South Sudan
100%
2017
80
American Samoa
100%
2017
81
Azerbaijan
100%
2017
82
Barbados
100%
2017
83
Bangladesh
100%
2017
84
Burkina Faso
100%
2017
85
Bahrain
100%
2017
86
Burundi
100%
2017
87
Benin
100%
2017
88
Bermuda
100%
2017
89
The Bahamas
100%
2017
90
Bhutan
100%
2017
91
Botswana
100%
2017
92
Belize
100%
2017
93
Democratic Republic Of Congo
100%
2017
94
Central African Republic
100%
2017
95
Republic of the Congo
100%
2017
96
Ivory Coast
100%
2017
97
Cameroon
100%
2017
98
Cuba
100%
2017
99
Cape Verde
100%
2017
100
Cyprus
100%
2017
101
Djibouti
100%
2017
102
Dominica
100%
2017
103
Algeria
100%
2017
104
Egypt
100%
2017
105
Eritrea
100%
2017
106
Ethiopia
100%
2017
107
Federated States of Micronesia
100%
2017
108
Gabon
100%
2017
109
Grenada
100%
2017
110
Georgia
100%
2017
111
Ghana
100%
2017
112
Gambia
100%
2017
113
Guinea
100%
2017
114
Equatorial Guinea
100%
2017
115
Greece
100%
2017
116
Guatemala
100%
2017
117
Guinea-Bissau
100%
2017
118
Haiti
100%
2017
119
Hungary
100%
2017
120
Israel
100%
2017
121
Kiribati
100%
2017
122
Marshall Islands
100%
2017
123
Bolivia
99.999%
2017
124
China
99.998%
2017
125
Papua New Guinea
99.995%
2017
126
Guyana
99.988%
2017
127
Honduras
99.984%
2017
128
Poland
99.966%
2017
129
Peru
99.963%
2017
130
Bosnia and Herzegovina
99.955%
2017
131
Venezuela
99.934%
2017
132
Belarus
99.931%
2017
133
Solomon Islands
99.918%
2017
134
Dominican Republic
99.913%
2017
135
Nicaragua
99.903%
2017
136
Bulgaria
99.895%
2017
137
Tonga
99.813%
2017
138
Croatia
99.78%
2017
139
Costa Rica
99.689%
2017
140
Czech Republic
99.677%
2017
141
Mexico
99.656%
2017
142
Netherlands
99.598%
2017
143
Slovenia
99.491%
2017
144
Paraguay
99.058%
2017
145
Ecuador
98.316%
2017
146
Romania
98.017%
2017
147
Chile
97.663%
2017
148
Kyrgyzstan
97.433%
2017
149
Mongolia
97.014%
2017
150
Philippines
96.371%
2017
151
Lithuania
96%
2017
152
Indonesia
95.567%
2017
153
Italy
94.777%
2017
154
Argentina
93.853%
2017
155
Colombia
92.105%
2017
156
Belgium
91.949%
2017
157
Russia
91.609%
2017
158
Malaysia
90.537%
2017
159
Germany
89.174%
2017
160
Latvia
89.014%
2017
161
Kazakhstan
87.414%
2017
162
Austria
85.052%
2017
163
Guam
83.333%
2017
164
Fiji
82.803%
2017
165
Greenland
80.016%
2017
166
France
78.214%
2017
167
Japan
76.762%
2017
168
Panama
71.637%
2017
169
Luxembourg
68.776%
2017
170
Brazil
68.135%
2017
171
United Kingdom
66.533%
2017
172
Denmark
56.914%
2017
173
Switzerland
49.3%
2017
174
Sri Lanka
45.538%
2017
175
Spain
41.116%
2017
176
Virgin Islands (US)
40%
2017
177
Northern Mariana Islands
26.923%
2017
178
Australia
24.894%
2017
179
Uruguay
22.386%
2017
180
Andorra
17.824%
2017
181
Portugal
16.008%
2017
182
Iceland
10.285%
2017
183
Puerto Rico
3.67%
2017
184
Sweden
3.636%
2017
185
United States
3.343%
2017
186
Norway
2.044%
2017
187
Republic of Ireland
0.274%
2017
188
Maldives
0%
2017
189
Brunei
0%
2017
190
New Zealand
0%
2017
191
Canada
0%
2017
192
Finland
0%
2017
193
Estonia
0%
2017
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