Estimated percentage change in number of people highly annoyed by noise from transport in Europe from the 2017 baseline year to 2030 under conservative and optimistic scenarios

• Noise data reported under Environmental Noise Directive (END), European Environment Agency (EEA)

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

Operator: Sara Sanz, sara.sanz@geograma.com

Units: Estimated percentage change of people highly annoyed due to noise from transport sources

• The estimated number of people highly annoyed is based on functions outlined in the WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines (WHO Europe, 2018) and number of adults exposed to noise levels above WHO thresholds (i.e. 53 dB Lden for road, 54 dB Lden for rail and 45 dB for aircraft noise) in areas covered by the END.

• The full methodology is described in "Methodology for estimating projected health impacts of transportation noise under two scenarios for 2030" (to be published soon) by ETC/HE (2024).

• A 2017 baseline comparable to 2022 has been established using this methodology and is used in the noise outlook assessment: Development of a 2017 baseline to monitor noise under the zero pollution objectives - Methodological document.

• The full methodology is described in "Methodology for estimating projected health impacts of transportation noise under two scenarios for 2030" by ETC/HE (2024): https://www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-he/products/etc-he-products/etc-he-reports/etc-he-report-2024-7-methodology-for-calculating-projected-health-impacts-from-transportation-noise-2013-exploring-two-scenarios-for-2030.
• A 2017 baseline comparable to 2022 has been established using this methodology and is used in the noise outlook assessment: Development of a 2017 baseline to monitor noise under the zero pollution objectives - Methodological document: https://www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-he/products/etc-he-products/etc-he-reports/etc-he-report-2023-9-wp-3-2-5-3-development-of-a-2017-baseline-to-monitor-noise-under-the-zero-pollution-objectives.