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Values among 30 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Exposure to human sources of PM2.5, calculated by using the population-weighted annual average concentration of the PM2.5 pollution at ground level and multiplying that by the fraction of PM2.5 pollution from human sources (and wildfires) in the country. (EPI-Variable HPE).
Year:	2022
Unit:	Standardized Scale
Direction:	Low values translate into high scores
Source 1:	EPI
Data for:
Annotation:	Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy, Environmental Performance Index (EPI): Dataset: Anthropogenic PM2.5 exposure (HPE). URL: https://epi.yale.edu/downloa… extracted 2024/07/03.

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	0
Maximum:	23.64
/	Below/Above IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=10-relative distance*9

Top group

Score

Anthropogenic PM2.5 Exposure

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New Zealand

9.0

2.74

Upper middle group

Australia

8.9

2.83

Norway

8.6

3.60

Finland

8.5

3.88

Sweden

8.3

4.37

Estonia

8.0

5.28

Ireland

7.9

5.57

Canada

7.9

5.59

USA

7.6

6.38

Denmark

7.4

6.79

Portugal

7.2

7.47

6.9

8.02

Netherlands

6.9

8.24

Germany

6.8

8.46

France

6.7

8.67

Spain

6.7

8.71

Belgium

6.7

8.73

Switzerland

6.6

8.83

Austria

6.5

9.30

Lithuania

6.4

9.50

Japan

6.1

10.23

Greece

6.0

10.46

Lower middle group

Latvia

5.7

11.39

Czechia

5.7

11.42

Slovakia

5.5

11.94

Slovenia

5.5

11.94

Hungary

5.4

12.02

Israel

5.2

12.68

Italy

5.0

13.20

Poland

4.6

14.16

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