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Trends in population-weighted average annual concentrations of PM2.5 in the most disadvantaged and least disadvantaged quintiles of EU-27 NUTS 3 regions, 2007-2019

Figure Created 28 Sep 2022 Published 09 Dec 2022 Last modified 09 Dec 2022

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Topics: Environment and health Air pollution

The graph represents the trend of annual average annual concentrations of particles of a diameter of less than 2.5 microns in ambient air concentration, weighted by population, by year and for the entire EU, for the richest quintile (top 20% in terms of GDP, gross domestic product, per capita) and the poorest quintile (bottom 20% in terms of GDP per capita). In the graph, one can see that both the richest regions and the poorest regions in the EU are improving their air quality (i.e. PM₂.₅ concentrations are decreasing), but the richest are doing so from lower starting levels and significantly faster than the poorest.

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Methodology:

The methodology for the estimations of population weighted concentrations at the NUTS3 level is available at https://www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-atni/products/etc-atni-reports/etc-atni-report-1-2021-european-air-quality-maps-for-2019-pm10-pm2-5-ozone-no2-and-nox-spatial-estimates-and-their-uncertainties.

Information on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita at NUTS3 level is available at Eurostat (http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=nama_10r_3gdp)

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µg/m³

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