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

63.30percent · 2017+11.6% 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 Mongolia from 1990 to 2017.

19902017

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201763.298
201662.038
201564.9
201460.543
201363.214
201268.598
201170.399
201068.347
200562.903
200060.374
199556.719
199056.7

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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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