PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim Target-3 value
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.
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- World Bank
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- Annual
- Series
- 194
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- Updated
- 2026-09-06
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Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), uri: https://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-2017, publisher: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), date published: 202112
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World Development Indicators
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Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2017 | 100 | percent |
| Albania | 2017 | 84.61 | percent |
| Algeria | 2017 | 100 | percent |
| American Samoa | 2017 | 0 | percent |
| Andorra | 2017 | 0 | percent |
| Angola | 2017 | 100 | percent |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2017 | 100.00 | percent |
| Argentina | 2017 | 20.60 | percent |
| Armenia | 2017 | 100 | percent |
| Australia | 2017 | 9.22 | percent |
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