Emissions to air by the Dutch economy; national accounts
| Dutch economy | Periods | Acidification NOx (mln kgs) | Acidification SO2 (mln kgs) | Acidification NH3 (mln kgs) | Acidification Acidification equivalents (mld acid-equivalents) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Dutch economy | 2022* | 353.3 | 29.1 | 121.2 | 15.7 |
| Total private households | 2022* | 26.9 | 0.5 | 9.7 | 1.2 |
| Transport activity by private households | 2022* | 20.2 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 0.6 |
| Other private households | 2022* | 6.7 | 0.4 | 7.4 | 0.6 |
| A-U All economic activities | 2022* | 326.3 | 28.7 | 111.5 | 14.5 |
| A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2022* | 53.7 | 0.2 | 106.7 | 7.4 |
| B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2022* | 47.1 | 19.5 | 2.7 | 1.8 |
| B Mining and quarrying | 2022* | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| C Manufacturing | 2022* | 29.4 | 16.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages | 2022* | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| 13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts | 2022* | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing | 2022* | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 16 Manufacture of wood products | 2022* | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 17 Manufacture of paper | 2022* | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 18 Printing and reproduction | 2022* | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum | 2022* | 5.1 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| 20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals | 2022* | 8.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| 20 Manufacture of chemicals | 2022* | 7.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| 21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals | 2022* | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod | 2022* | 3.5 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| 22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products | 2022* | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 23 Manufacture of building materials | 2022* | 3.1 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| 24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products | 2022* | 6.1 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| 24 Manufacture of basic metals | 2022* | 5.3 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| 25 Manufacture of metal products | 2022* | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 2022* | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 26 Manufacture of electronic products | 2022* | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 27 Manufacture of electric equipment | 2022* | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. | 2022* | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 29-30 Transport equipment | 2022* | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 31-33 Other manufacturing and repair | 2022* | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| D Electricity and gas supply | 2022* | 10.3 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| E Water supply and waste management | 2022* | 4.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
| F Construction | 2022* | 14.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2022* | 199.8 | 8.7 | 1.0 | 4.7 |
| G Wholesale and retail trade | 2022* | 6.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| H Transportation and storage | 2022* | 192.9 | 8.7 | 0.6 | 4.5 |
| 49 Land transport | 2022* | 17.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| 50 Water transport | 2022* | 136.9 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| 51 Air transport | 2022* | 37.1 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| 52 Warehousing, services for transport | 2022* | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 53 Postal and courier activities | 2022* | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| I Accommodation and food serving | 2022* | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| J Information and communication | 2022* | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| K Financial institutions | 2022* | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2022* | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| M-N Business services | 2022* | 4.9 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| M Other specialised business services | 2022* | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| N Renting and other business support | 2022* | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| O-Q Government and care | 2022* | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| O Public administration and services | 2022* | 3.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| P Education | 2022* | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Q Health and social work activities | 2022* | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2022* | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| R Culture, sports and recreation | 2022* | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| S Other service activities | 2022* | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| T Activities of households | 2022* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| U Extraterritorial organisations | 2022* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Landfill sites (waste dumps) | 2022* | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||
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This table presents the air emission accounts, as a part of the annual environmental accounts compiled by Statistics Netherlands.
The air emission accounts describe the emissions of air pollutants and gases as a result of Dutch economic activities. This is including the emissions of residents abroad and excluding emissions of non-residents in the Netherlands. The emissions of the substances are allocated to the various economic activities. Emissions from natural sources are excluded as these emissions are not related to economic activities. In this table, the emission of pollutants and gases from stationary sources (such as power plants) as well as mobile sources (such as road transport) are allocated to the different industries or households. Included are CO (carbon monoxide); CO2 (carbon dioxide); CH4 (methane); N2O (nitrous oxide also known as laughing gas); NOx (nitrogen oxides (diversity)); SO2 (sulphur dioxide); NH3 (ammonia); PM10 (particulate matter with a diameter less than 10 micrometres); NMVOC (volatile organic compounds excluding methane (CH4)). The environmental accounts are compiled according to the concepts (such as the resident principle) and definitions of the national accounts, making it possible to quantify the environmental effects of the economic activities for the Netherlands in a consistent manner.
Data available from: 1990
Status of the figures:
Figures for the latest year are provisional. In order to obtain a consistent time series, the complete data set is (re)calculated every year.
The air emission accounts data are consistent in time and in compliance with the Dutch national accounts. The alignment between the environmental accounts and the national accounts however, takes place using a wide variety of sources. This means that, although every year the system required to perform the various calculations are similar and consistent, variation can occur due to changes in particular sources. As a result changes in emission factors from the emission inventory (pollutant release and transfer register, PRTR) and changing traffic and transport statistics affect the full time series of the air emission accounts. In order to obtain consistent time series, every year the entire time series are (re)calculated, enabling that latest insights in the data are captured.
Changes as of November 2023:
Data for 2022 have been added. Data for previous years are adjusted according to the revision policy (see: Status of the figures).
When will new figures be published?
New annual figures will be published in November.
Description topics
- Acidification
- Process which causes the acidification of soil and water as a result of the emission of polluting substances like NOx, SO2, NH3 and VOS (volatile organic substances) into the air and their consequent penetration into water and soil. Acidifying substances are included under the environmental theme "large-scale air pollution".
- NOx
- Nitrogen oxides (NOx = NO and NO2, calculated as NO2).
Causes acidification and contributes to generating smog.
- SO2
- Sulphur dioxide (SO2 and SO3, calculated as SO2).
SO2 is formed by the combustion of sulphur in fuels.
SO2 contributes to acidification.
- NH3
- Ammonia (NH3).
NH3 is formed in particular during natural processes and also, to a lesser degree, during the combustion of fuels and during specific industrial processes. The main source is manure.
NH3 contributes to acidification.
- Acidification equivalents
- A measure of the degree to which a substance contributes to the acidification of the environment.The emission of one kg nitrogen oxides (NOx) is equal to 21.7 acidification equivalents, the emission of one 1 kg sulphur dioxide (SO2) is equal to 31.3 acidification equivalents and the emission of one 1 kg ammonia (NH3) is equal to 58.8 acidification equivalents.
One acidification equivalent is equal to one mole H+.