Luxembourg was the country with the highest costs per capita associated to air pollution from fossil fuel combustion worldwide as of February 2020, amounting to some 2,600 U.S. dollars. The United States and Switzerland were ranked second, both with an estimated cost of 1,900 U.S. dollars per capita. Most of these costs are associated to impacts on human health due to air pollution.
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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. (February 1, 2020). Per capita cost of air pollution from fossil fuels worldwide as of February 2020, by select country (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098502/cost-per-capita-air-pollution-fossil-fuels-globally-by-country/
Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. "Per capita cost of air pollution from fossil fuels worldwide as of February 2020, by select country (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. February 1, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098502/cost-per-capita-air-pollution-fossil-fuels-globally-by-country/
Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. (2020). Per capita cost of air pollution from fossil fuels worldwide as of February 2020, by select country (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098502/cost-per-capita-air-pollution-fossil-fuels-globally-by-country/
Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. "Per Capita Cost of Air Pollution from Fossil Fuels Worldwide as of February 2020, by Select Country (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098502/cost-per-capita-air-pollution-fossil-fuels-globally-by-country/
Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, Per capita cost of air pollution from fossil fuels worldwide as of February 2020, by select country (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098502/cost-per-capita-air-pollution-fossil-fuels-globally-by-country/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Per capita cost of air pollution from fossil fuels worldwide as of February 2020, by select country (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, February 1, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098502/cost-per-capita-air-pollution-fossil-fuels-globally-by-country/