PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim was 19.3% in 2017. ▼ Falling
PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, 1990–2017
Source: Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
In 2017, pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of stood at 19.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 48.1% on the previous year and down 77.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of peaked at 86.8% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 13.0%, in 2016.
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 60th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 69.7% | — |
| 1995 | 69.1% | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 74.8% | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 86.8% | +16.2% |
| 2010 | 79.0% | -9.1% |
| 2011 | 78.5% | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 53.8% | -31.4% |
| 2013 | 63.5% | +18.0% |
| 2014 | 47.5% | -25.2% |
| 2015 | 57.9% | +21.8% |
| 2016 | 13.0% | -77.5% |
| 2017 | 19.3% | +48.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 69.4% | 69.1% | 69.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 80.8% | 74.8% | 86.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 51.6% | 13.0% | 79.0% | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
- Pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of was 19.3% 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 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 86.8% in 2005.
- What is the lowest pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim recorded in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.0% in 2016.
- How does Korea, Democratic People's Republic of rank for pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim?
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 60th out of 194 countries with data for 2017.
- Is pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim rising or falling in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 77.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 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.