PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO in Greenland
Greenland: PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO was 80.0% in 2017. ▼ Falling
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO in Greenland, 1990–2017
Source: Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
In 2017, pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who in Greenland stood at 80.0%. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who in Greenland peaked at 100.0% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 80.0%, in 2017.
That places Greenland 166th out of 194 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO in Greenland, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 100.0% | — |
| 1995 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 98.8% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 98.8% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 80.1% | -18.9% |
| 2017 | 80.0% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 94.7% | 80.0% | 100.0% | 8 |
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More urban development data for Greenland
- Population density 0.1385 people per sq. km of land area (2023)
- PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure 1.64 micrograms per cubic meter (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who in Greenland?
- Pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who in Greenland was 80.0% in 2017, according to Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).
- What is the highest pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who recorded in Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1990.
- What is the lowest pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.0% in 2017.
- How does Greenland rank for pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who?
- Greenland ranks 166th out of 194 countries with data for 2017.
- Is pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greenland data come from?
- The figures come from Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), published as part of PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.