Estimated percentage of inhabitants within urban areas across countries exposed to road traffic noise levels using the day-evening-night indicator (Lden), based on END threshold

Unit: Lden (dB)

Methodology: Based on data officially reported by countries under the EU Environmental Noise Directive (2002/49/EC) up to 18/11/2024. Because of gaps in the reported data, a gap-filling routine is used to estimate the total population exposure to high noise levels (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). Countries marked with * are partially or totally modelled.