Environment Statistics > Emissions > PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter > Laos (historical data)

Date   Amount    Rank   
2006   48.84    #53   
2005   49.94    #59   
2004   53.49    #53   
2003   52.94    #59   
2002   53.27    #63   
2001   52.15    #65   
2000   53.58    #62   
1999   53.44    #66   
1998   53.83    #65   
1997   52.42    #75   
1996   52.59    #82   
1995   52.27    #86   
1994   64.6    #71   
1993   72.17    #64   
1992   70.86    #64   
1991   74.4    #64   
1990   91.15    #56   


DEFINITION: Particulate matter concentrations refer to fine suspended particulates less than 10 microns in diameter (PM10) that are capable of penetrating deep into the respiratory tract and causing significant health damage. Data for countries and aggregates for regions and income groups are urban-population weighted PM10 levels in residential areas of cities with more than 100,000 residents. The estimates represent the average annual exposure level of the average urban resident to outdoor particulate matter. The state of a country's technology and pollution controls is an important determinant of particulate matter concentrations."

SOURCE: Kiren Dev Pandey, David Wheeler, Bart Ostro, Uwe Deichmann, Kirk Hamilton, and Katherine Bolt. "Ambient Particulate Matter Concentrations in Residential and Pollution Hotspot Areas of World Cities: New Estimates Based on the Global Model of Ambient Particulates (GMAPS)," World Bank, Development Research Group and Environment Department (2006). via NationMaster
   
 

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