PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)

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/world-development-indicators/en.atm.pm25.mc.zs/

├ README.md

https://datahub.io/world-development-indicators/en.atm.pm25.mc.zs/_r/-/README.md

├ data.csv

https://datahub.io/world-development-indicators/en.atm.pm25.mc.zs/_r/-/data.csv

└ datapackage.json

https://datahub.io/world-development-indicators/en.atm.pm25.mc.zs/_r/-/datapackage.json

Key Files

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datapackage.json— metadata & schema

https://datahub.io/world-development-indicators/en.atm.pm25.mc.zs/_r/-/datapackage.json

README.md— documentation

https://datahub.io/world-development-indicators/en.atm.pm25.mc.zs/_r/-/README.md

Typical Usage

1. Fetch datapackage.json to inspect schema and resources
2. Download data resources listed in datapackage.json
3. Read README.md for full context

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Schema

name	type	description
Country Name	string	Country or Region name
Country Code	string	ISO 3-digit ISO code extended to include regional codes e.g. EUR, ARB etc
Year	year	Year
Value	number	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.

Data Files

File	Description	Size	Last modified	Download
data		80.8 kB	2 months ago	data

Files	Size	Format	Created	Updated	License	Source
1	80.8 kB	csv		4 months ago

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.