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Share of population exposed to dangerous levels of road noise (Lden ≥ 55 dB)

Estimated share of people exposed to potentially harmful road-traffic noise (Lden ≥55 dB) by country, based on modeled noise mapping results.

Source: European Environment Agency (EEA)•29 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
14.6%
Median: 12.0%
Countries Covered
29
with available data
Highest
Italy
30.0%
Lowest
Sweden
6.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Italy30.0%
2France28.0%
3Spain27.0%
4United Kingdom25.0%
5Belgium24.0%
By Region
Other16.5%(2 countries)
Europe14.4%(27 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (6.0%)High (30.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 14.6%)

Other (2)
Europe (27)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Estimated share of people exposed to potentially harmful road-traffic noise (Lden ≥55 dB) by country, based on modeled noise mapping results. Source: European Environment Agency (EEA).

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Italy30.0%
2France28.0%
3Spain27.0%
4United Kingdom25.0%
5Belgium24.0%
6Germany22.0%
7Netherlands20.0%
8Malta18.0%
9Austria18.0%
10Portugal17.0%
11Greece16.0%
12Türkiye15.0%
13Ireland14.0%
14Hungary13.0%
15Croatia12.0%
16Luxembourg12.0%
17Poland12.0%
18Czech Republic11.0%
19Bulgaria10.0%
20Romania10.0%
21Slovakia10.0%
22Denmark9.0%
23Slovenia9.0%
24Cyprus8.0%
25Finland7.0%
26Latvia7.0%
27Lithuania7.0%
28Estonia6.0%
29Sweden6.0%
Showing 29 of 29 countries

Topics

#health#%#share#population#exposed#dangerous#levels#road#noise#lden

Data Source

This data comes from European Environment Agency (EEA) (2021).

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