Emissions to air by the Dutch economy; national accounts

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Dutch economy Greenhouse gases (climate change) CO2 Total CO2 (mln kgs)
Total Dutch economy 170,163
Total private households 28,842
Transport activity by private households 15,013
Other private households 13,830
A-U All economic activities 141,049
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 8,742
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 79,416
B Mining and quarrying 1,145
C Manufacturing 38,356
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 3,629
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 120
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 812
16 Manufacture of wood products 57
17 Manufacture of paper 718
18 Printing and reproduction 37
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 10,066
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals 14,961
20 Manufacture of chemicals 14,864
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 97
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 1,342
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 222
23 Manufacture of building materials 1,120
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 6,367
24 Manufacture of basic metals 5,881
25 Manufacture of metal products 486
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 148
26 Manufacture of electronic products 45
27 Manufacture of electric equipment 104
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 260
29-30 Transport equipment 204
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 447
D Electricity and gas supply 31,663
E Water supply and waste management 8,252
F Construction 3,729
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 42,427
G Wholesale and retail trade 3,500
H Transportation and storage 38,067
49 Land transport 5,910
50 Water transport 20,602
51 Air transport 10,687
52 Warehousing, services for transport 610
53 Postal and courier activities 258
I Accommodation and food serving 861
J Information and communication 241
K Financial institutions 366
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 211
M-N Business services 2,277
M Other specialised business services 702
N Renting and other business support 1,574
O-Q Government and care 2,900
O Public administration and services 1,348
P Education 471
Q Health and social work activities 1,081
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 740
R Culture, sports and recreation 386
S Other service activities 354
T Activities of households 0
U Extraterritorial organisations 0
Landfill sites (waste dumps) 272
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


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); Total CO2 (carbon dioxide); CO2 (carbon dioxide) excluding emissions from biomass; CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions from biomass; 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 October 2026:
Data for 2025 have been added. Data for previous years are adjusted according to the revision policy (see: Status of the figures).

The figures for the water transport sector have been revised following the introduction of a new data source. Emissions from maritime shipping by resident operators are now calculated using the public OECD database, which uses AIS data on vessel movements. See chapter 4 for more informtation.

The allocation key used to distribute road transport emissions across industries has also been revised, resulting in shifts between industries.

When will new figures be published?
New annual figures will be published in October.

Description topics

Greenhouse gases (climate change)
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere retain part of the solar heat that reaches the earth. The increased concentration of greenhouse gases means more heat is retained and the temperature of the earth's surface rises.
This is called the 'enhanced greenhouse effect'. The most important greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), laughing gas (N2O), HFCs, PFCs and SF6.
CO2
Total CO2
Carbon dioxide.
Greenhouse gas (causes the temperature of the earth's atmosphere to rise gradually).