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The app gives a visual overview of PM2.5 air pollution for different countries over the years and its potential relationship to respiratory diseases and their prevalence.

Please use the slider below to choose the year. The map will reflect data for the input


Dataset Information

For the app, we have chosen data from the World Bank and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Also, for the data regarding the Death Rate, we relied on Our World in Data. References to all three can be found below.

Note: For years 1990 to 2010, the PM2.5 data was collected at every five-year mark. That is, the PM2.5 data is only available for 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2010 onwards.

About


The app gives a visual overview of PM2.5 air pollution for different countries over the years and its potential relationship to respiratory diseases and their prevalence.

Please use the slider below to change the years as well as the dropdown to select the countries to compare. By default, the mean data for the World is plotted.


Dataset Information

For the app, we have chosen data from the World Bank and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Also, for the data regarding the Death Rate, we relied on Our World in Data. References to all three can be found below.

Note: For years 1990 to 2010, the PM2.5 data was collected at every five-year mark. That is, the PM2.5 data is only available for 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2010 onwards.