PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim was 57.7% in 2017. ▼ Falling
PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim in Costa Rica, 1990–2017
Source: Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim in Costa Rica is 57.7%, measured in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 38.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim in Costa Rica peaked at 94.4% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 57.7%, in 2017.
That places Costa Rica 135th out of 194 countries with data for 2017, putting it 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 Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 92.6% | — |
| 1995 | 93.8% | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 93.3% | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 93.9% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 93.0% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 94.4% | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 93.3% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 87.6% | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 79.6% | -9.1% |
| 2015 | 72.0% | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 58.4% | -19.0% |
| 2017 | 57.7% | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 93.2% | 92.6% | 93.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 93.6% | 93.3% | 93.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 79.5% | 57.7% | 94.4% | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim in Costa Rica?
- Pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim in Costa Rica was 57.7% 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 Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 94.4% in 2011.
- What is the lowest pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.7% in 2017.
- How does Costa Rica rank for pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim?
- Costa Rica ranks 135th out of 194 countries with data for 2017.
- Is pm2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who interim rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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-3 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 3 (IT-3) is defined as the portion of a country’s population living in places where mean annual concentrations of PM2.5 are greater than 15 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.