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Estimated number of people exposed to long-term harmful levels of road, rail and aircraft noise according to END thresholds and WHO recommended noise levels, EEA-32 (excluding Türkiye)
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- Graph partially based on Reported data on noise exposure covered by Directive 2002/49/EC, European Environment Agency (EEA)
- Cyprus
- Portugal
- Spain
- Malta
- Denmark
- Iceland
- United Kingdom
- Switzerland
- Sweden
- Netherlands
- Austria
- Belgium
- Germany
- Luxembourg
- Ireland
- Türkiye
- France
- Liechtenstein
- Slovakia
- Czechia
- Norway
- Italy
- Slovenia
- Greece
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Finland
- Hungary
- Bulgaria
- Poland
- Romania
2010-2024
Operator: Jesús Aguilar, jaaguilar@bilbomatica.es
Units: Number of people above Lden 55 dB (Lden=day-evening-night noise level), Number of people equal and above 50 dB Lnight (nighttime noise levels), Number of people exposed to noise levels above the WHO noise recommended thresholds (i.e. 53 dB Lden and 45 dB Lnight for road traffic, 54 dB Lden and 44 dB Lnight for rail traffic, and 45 dB Lden and 40 dB Lnight for air traffic)