Air Pollution

Air Pollution

PM2.5 (ANNUAL MEAN)

16.8
  • 10 5 µg/m3 WHO recommended level
  • 20
  • 30 25 µg/m3 EU maximun level
  • 40
  • 50
  • 60
  • 70
  • 80
  • 90
  •  

RANKING POSITION

157/858

DEATHS THAT COULD BE AVOIDED

2,215

IF NEW WHO GUIDELINES (2021)
WERE MET

1,297

IF FORMER WHO GUIDELINES (2005) WERE MET

2,448

IF THE LOWEST LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION WERE MET

NO2 (ANNUAL MEAN)

38.9
  • 10
  • 20 10 µg/m3
    WHO recommended level
  • 30
  • 40
  • 50 40 µg/m3
    EU
    maximun level
  • 60
  • 70
  • 80
  • 90
  •  

RANKING POSITION

6/858

DEATHS THAT COULD BE AVOIDED

1,554

IF NEW WHO GUIDELINES (2021)
WERE MET

82

IF FORMER WHO GUIDELINES (2005) WERE MET

1,883

IF THE LOWEST LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION WERE MET

Green Space

Green Space

Vegetation Index (NDVI)

0.339
  • 0.10
  • 0.20
  • 0.30
  • 0.40
  • 0.50
  • 0.60
  • 0.70
  • 0.80
  • 0.90
  •  
0.324
NDVI goal
(WHO recommendation)

RANKING POSITION

90/866

% OF POPULATION BELOW
TARGET NDVI

81.64%

DEATHS THAT COULD BE AVOIDED

924

IF WHO GUIDELINES WERE MET

Green Area (GA)

29.2%
  • 10%
  • 20%
  • 30% 25%
    GA
    (WHO recommendation)
  • 40%
  • 50%
  • 60%
  • 70%
  • 80%
  • 90%
  •  

RANKING POSITION

82/866

% OF POPULATION BELOW
25% GA

79.80%

DEATHS THAT COULD BE AVOIDED

400

IF WHO GUIDELINES WERE MET

Traffic Noise

Traffic Noise

%

% OF POPULATION EXPOSED TO HARMFUL NOISE LEVELS

%

% OF HIGHLY ANNOYED POPULATION

DEATHS THAT COULD BE AVOIDED

0

EXPOSURE DATA SOURCE

Estimated method GAP FILLING METHOD

Barcelona (metropolitan area) includes the following citites: Badalona, Barcelona, Castelldefels, Cerdanyola del Vallés, Cornellà de Llobregat, Esplugues de Llobregat, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Prat de Llobregat, El, Rubí, Sabadell, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Sant Cugat del Vallés, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Terrassa, Viladecans

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REFERENCES: Khomenko S, Cirach M, Pereira-Barboza E, Mueller N, Barrera-Gómez J, Rojas-Rueda D, de Hoogh K, Hoek G, Nieuwenhuijsen M. Premature mortality due to air pollution in European cities; an Urban Burden of Disease Assessment. The Lancet Planetary Health, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30272-2.

Khomenko S, Cirach M, Pereira-Barboza E, Mueller N, Barrera-Gómez J, Rojas-Rueda D, de Hoogh K, Hoek G, Nieuwenhuijsen M. Health impacts of the new WHO air quality guidelines in European cities, The Lancet Planetary Health, D-21-00431R1, Nov 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00288-6

REFERENCE: Pereira Barboza E, Cirach M, Khomenko S, Iungman S, Mueller N, Barrera-Gómez J, Rojas-Rueda D, Kondo M, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Green space and mortality in European cities: a health impact assessment study, The Lancet Planetary Health 2021; 5: e718–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00229-1

REFERENCE: Sasha Khomenko, Marta Cirach, Jose Barrera-Gómez, Evelise Pereira-Barboza, Tamara Iungman, Natalie Mueller, Maria Foraster, Cathryn Tonne, Meelan Thondoo, Calvin Jephcote, John Gulliver, James Woodcock, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen. Impact of road traffic noise on annoyance and preventable mortality in European cities: a health impact assessment. Environment International, Volume 162, 2022, 107160, ISSN 0160-4120, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107160

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