PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO in Latvia
Latvia: PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO was 89.0% in 2017. ▼ Falling
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO in Latvia, 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 Latvia stood at 89.0%. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who in Latvia peaked at 100.0% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 89.0%, in 2017.
That places Latvia 161st 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 Latvia, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 100.0% | — |
| 1995 | 99.6% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 99.4% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 99.5% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 99.3% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 98.0% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 96.6% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 96.6% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 92.3% | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 89.4% | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 89.0% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.8% | 99.6% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.4% | 99.4% | 99.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | 95.1% | 89.0% | 99.5% | 8 |
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More urban development data for Latvia
- Population in the largest city 48.6% (2025)
- Population density 30.27 people per sq. km of land area (2023)
- PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure 13.01 micrograms per cubic meter (2023)
- Population in largest city 615,764 (2025)
- Establishments, bedrooms and bed-places in tourist accommodation, by 1,345 Number (2025)
- Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by degree of 4.69 million Number (2024)
- Housing cost overburden rate by NUTS 2 region 5.7% (2025)
- Expenditure on housing function by type of benefit and means-testing 44.99 Million euro (2024)
- Wagons and their load capacity by type of wagons 4,920 Number (2024)
- Road freight transport by load capacity (LC) of vehicle and type of 15,108 Million tonne-kilometre (TKM) (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who in Latvia?
- Pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who in Latvia was 89.0% 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 Latvia?
- 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 Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.0% in 2017.
- How does Latvia rank for pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who?
- Latvia ranks 161st out of 194 countries with data for 2017.
- Is pm2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding who rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latvia 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.