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Number of people exposed to night-time noise (Lnight) ≥ 50 dB in Europe
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This chart is based on data officially reported by countries under the EU Environmental Noise Directive (2002/49/EC).
The data refer to the most recent country submissions and redeliveries of the 2017 round of noise reporting, which were received by the EEA until 01/01/2019.
Due to gaps in the reported data, a gap-filling routine is used to estimate the total population exposure to high noise levels.
No data are available for Turkey in the EEA-33.
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- Reported data on noise exposure covered by Directive 2002/49/EC, European Environment Agency (EEA)
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
2017
- Urban agglomerations are defined in the Environmental Noise Directive as that part of the territory, delimited by the Member State, having a population in excess of 100 000 persons and a population density such that the Member State considers it to be an urbanised area.
- The numbers of people exposed can only be summed for the same source inside and outside urban areas and not across sources, since the latter could lead to double counting.
- 50 dB Lnight is the EU threshold for excess exposure defined in the Environmental Noise Directive and indicating an annual average level during the night; dB=decibel.
- Total values at EU28 and EEA-33 level level per noise source: gap filled.