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Australia vs Japan: PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , Australia's PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) was 24.89, compared to Japan's 76.76. That makes Australia's value 67.6% lower than Japan's.

Australia

Rank #179 of 194 globally

Australia trend
Latest (2017)
24.89
Year-over-year
0.0%
Peak
36.32 (2011)
Trough
24.89 (2017)

Japan

Rank #168 of 194 globally

Japan trend
Latest (2017)
76.76
Year-over-year
+1.8%
Peak
92.59 (2010)
Trough
75.41 (2016)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (EN.ATM.PM25.MC.ZS), CC BY 4.0.