Estimated number of people exposed to unhealthy noise levels, based on Environmental Noise Directive thresholds, in the EU in 2007, 2012 and 2017 | European Environment Agency's home page

Data submited by countries up to 01/01/2021

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Methodology

Based on data officially reported by countries under the EU Environmental Noise Directive (2002/49/EC) up to 01/01/2021 (https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/data-on-noise-exposure-8). Because of gaps in the reported data, a gap-filling routine is used to estimate the number of people exposed to levels above the thresholds set by the Environmental Noise Directive, i.e. 55 dB L_den and 50 dB L_night. (https://www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-atni/products/etc-atni-reports/etc-atni-report-06-2021-noise-indicators-under-the-environmental-noise-directive-2021-methodology-for-estimating-missing-data).There are comparability issues between 2007 and the other reporting years because of different reporting requirements. There may also be comparability issues between 2012 and 2017 because of a lack of consistency in the mapping method employed by countries across years.

Units

Number of people exposed to noise levels >= 55 L_den(dB) and Number of people exposed to noise levels ≥ 50 dB L_night (dB)

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