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Country comparison - Percentage of people exposed to high noise levels by country in 2017

Figure Created 11 Dec 2019 Published 12 Dec 2019 Last modified 12 Dec 2019

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Topics: Environment and health

Data submited by countries up to 01/01/2019

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Methodology:: Based on data officially reported by countries under the EU Environmental Noise Directive (2002/49/EC) up to 01/01/2019. Because of gaps in the reported data, a gap-filling routine is used to estimate the total population exposure to high noise levels (ETC-ATNI (forthcoming, 2019)).
Units:: Number of people exposed to Lden ≥ 55 dB
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Figure type:: Graph

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* Data totally or partially estimated.

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Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom