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Kuwait: PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim Target-1 value

99.90percent · 2017+0.0% since 1995

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. Annual figures for Kuwait from 1990 to 2017.

19902017

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201799.901
201699.9
201599.898
201499.897
201399.895
201299.893
201199.892
201099.89
200599.882
200099.873
199599.853
199099.852

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Published by World Bank, produced by Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim Target-1 value. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-pm2-5-pollution-population-exposed-to-levels-exceeding (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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