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United Kingdom 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 , United Kingdom's PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) was 66.53, compared to United States's 3.34. That makes United Kingdom's value 1,890.1% higher than United States's.

United Kingdom

Rank #172 of 194 globally

United Kingdom trend
Latest (2017)
66.53
Year-over-year
-0.8%
Peak
91.14 (1990)
Trough
66.53 (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.