Bhutan vs Mongolia: PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim
PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim over time
- Bhutan
- Mongolia
How they compare
Mongolia currently reports 63.3% against 54.9% in Bhutan, a difference of 8.4%.
That makes Mongolia's figure about 1.2 times Bhutan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Bhutan ahead.
Bhutan ranks 44th and Mongolia ranks 43rd of 194 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 2 and Mongolia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Mongolia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 67.3% | 56.7% | 10.6% | Bhutan |
| 2000s | 66.3% | 61.6% | 4.6% | Bhutan |
| 2010s | 63.8% | 65.2% | 1.4% | Mongolia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim, Bhutan or Mongolia?
- Mongolia, at 63.3% against 54.9% in Bhutan as of 2017.
- What is the difference in pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim between Bhutan and Mongolia?
- 8.4%, with Mongolia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Mongolia?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2017.
- How do Bhutan and Mongolia rank globally for pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim?
- Bhutan ranks 44th and Mongolia ranks 43rd of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), published as PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim Target-1 value (% of total). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percent of population exposed to ambient concentrations of PM2.5 that exceed the World Health Organization (WHO) Interim Target 1 (IT-1) is defined as the portion of a country’s population living in places where mean annual concentrations of PM2.5 are greater than 35 micrograms per cubic meter. The Air Quality Guideline (AQG) of 10 micrograms per cubic meter is recommended by the WHO as the lower end of the range of concentrations over which adverse health effects due to PM2.5 exposure have been observed.