PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim was 94.4% in 2017. ▼ Falling
PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim in Burkina Faso, 1990–2017
Source: Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 94.4% for pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim in 2017.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim in Burkina Faso peaked at 99.7% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 34.2%, in 2013.
Burkina Faso ranks 30th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 99.7% | — |
| 1995 | 99.6% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 99.5% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 80.2% | -19.3% |
| 2010 | 71.6% | -10.7% |
| 2011 | 74.7% | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 72.9% | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 34.2% | -53.1% |
| 2014 | 43.8% | +28.2% |
| 2015 | 98.0% | +123.6% |
| 2016 | 94.6% | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 94.4% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.6% | 99.6% | 99.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 89.9% | 80.2% | 99.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | 73.0% | 34.2% | 98.0% | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim in Burkina Faso?
- Pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim in Burkina Faso was 94.4% in 2017, according to Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).
- What is the highest pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 99.7% in 1990.
- What is the lowest pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.2% in 2013.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim?
- Burkina Faso ranks 30th out of 194 countries with data for 2017.
- Is pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), published as part of PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim Target-1 value (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.