concentration of particulate matter pollution in Peru stood at 30.8 micrograms per cubic meter. The World Health Organization's air quality standards recommend a maximum concentration of 10 micrograms per cubic meter.
Peru is one of the Latin American and Caribbean countries with the highest ambient particulate matter pollution exposure. In 2019, the population-weighted Ambient particulate matter pollution based on population-weighted concentration in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019, by country (in micrograms per cubic meter)
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Health Effects Institute, & IHME. (October 31, 2020). Ambient particulate matter pollution based on population-weighted concentration in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019, by country (in micrograms per cubic meter) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/869191/particulate-matter-pollution-concentration-latin-america-country/
Health Effects Institute, und IHME. "Ambient particulate matter pollution based on population-weighted concentration in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019, by country (in micrograms per cubic meter)." Chart. October 31, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/869191/particulate-matter-pollution-concentration-latin-america-country/
Health Effects Institute, IHME. (2020). Ambient particulate matter pollution based on population-weighted concentration in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019, by country (in micrograms per cubic meter). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/869191/particulate-matter-pollution-concentration-latin-america-country/
Health Effects Institute, and IHME. "Ambient Particulate Matter Pollution Based on Population-weighted Concentration in Latin America and The Caribbean in 2019, by Country (in Micrograms per Cubic Meter)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Oct 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/869191/particulate-matter-pollution-concentration-latin-america-country/
Health Effects Institute & IHME, Ambient particulate matter pollution based on population-weighted concentration in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019, by country (in micrograms per cubic meter) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/869191/particulate-matter-pollution-concentration-latin-america-country/ (last visited June 18, 2024)
Ambient particulate matter pollution based on population-weighted concentration in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019, by country (in micrograms per cubic meter) [Graph], Health Effects Institute, & IHME, October 31, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/869191/particulate-matter-pollution-concentration-latin-america-country/