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

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

In , Brazil's PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) was 68.14, compared to United States's 3.34. That makes Brazil's value 1,938.0% higher than United States's.

Brazil

Rank #171 of 194 globally

Brazil trend
Latest (2017)
68.14
Year-over-year
+0.3%
Peak
91.93 (2011)
Trough
67.95 (2016)

United States

Rank #186 of 194 globally

United States trend
Latest (2017)
3.34
Year-over-year
+0.3%
Peak
48.00 (1990)
Trough
3.33 (2016)

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