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China 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 , China's PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) was 100.00, compared to United States's 3.34. That makes China's value 2,891.1% higher than United States's.

China

Rank #125 of 194 globally

China trend
Latest (2017)
100.00
Year-over-year
0.0%
Peak
100.00 (1990)
Trough
100.00 (2017)

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.