Brazil vs Japan: PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO over time
- Brazil
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 76.8% against 68.1% in Brazil, a difference of 8.7%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 171st and Japan ranks 168th of 194 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 89.2% | 92.5% | 3.3% | Japan |
| 2000s | 90.3% | 91.9% | 1.6% | Japan |
| 2010s | 80.4% | 86.6% | 6.2% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who, Brazil or Japan?
- Japan, at 76.8% against 68.1% in Brazil as of 2017.
- What is the difference in pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who between Brazil and Japan?
- 8.7%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Japan?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2017.
- How do Brazil and Japan rank globally for pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who?
- Brazil ranks 171st and Japan ranks 168th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), published as PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percent of population exposed to ambient concentrations of PM2.5 that exceed the WHO guideline value is defined as the portion of a country’s population living in places where mean annual concentrations of PM2.5 are greater than 10 micrograms per cubic meter, the guideline value recommended by the World Health Organization as the lower end of the range of concentrations over which adverse health effects due to PM2.5 exposure have been observed.