Emissions to air on Dutch territory; totals

Emissions to air on Dutch territory; totals

Emission sources Emission to air Periods Emission to air (million kgs)
Total stationary and mobile sources Methane (CH4) 2022 641.6
Stationary sources; total Methane (CH4) 2022 637.7
Energy sector Methane (CH4) 2022 17.9
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas Methane (CH4) 2022 13.2
192 Manufacture of refined petroleum Methane (CH4) 2022 0.8
35 Energy supply Methane (CH4) 2022 3.8
Industry (non energy) Methane (CH4) 2022 15.7
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages Methane (CH4) 2022 0.7
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts Methane (CH4) 2022 0.0
16 Manufacture of wood products Methane (CH4) 2022 0.0
17 Manufacture of paper Methane (CH4) 2022 0.1
18 Printing and reproduction Methane (CH4) 2022 0.0
201 Manufacture of basic chemicals Methane (CH4) 2022 13.6
Chemical and pharmaceutical products Methane (CH4) 2022 0.1
23 Manufacture of building materials Methane (CH4) 2022 0.2
24 Basic metal industry Methane (CH4) 2022 0.3
25-28 Man metal products, machinery Methane (CH4) 2022 0.0
29-30 Transport equipment Methane (CH4) 2022 0.0
22,31-32 Other industry Methane (CH4) 2022 0.6
F Construction Methane (CH4) 2022 0.1
Households in autonomous homes Methane (CH4) 2022 12.7
A,E,G-U Other stationary sources Methane (CH4) 2022 591.5
01 Agriculture (stationary sources) Methane (CH4) 2022 504.2
E Water supply and waste management Methane (CH4) 2022 85.9
G-U Services Methane (CH4) 2022 1.4
Mobile sources; total Methane (CH4) 2022 3.9
Transport Methane (CH4) 2022 3.6
Road transport; total Methane (CH4) 2022 2.0
Road transport: passenger transport Methane (CH4) 2022 1.4
Road transport; motorcycles Methane (CH4) 2022 0.1
Road transport; light freight vehicles Methane (CH4) 2022 0.2
Road transport; heavy freight vehicles Methane (CH4) 2022 0.2
Road transport; buses Methane (CH4) 2022 0.1
Rail transport; total Methane (CH4) 2022 0.0
Inland shipping Methane (CH4) 2022 0.1
Inland shipping: passenger transport Methane (CH4) 2022 0.0
Inland shipping: freight transport Methane (CH4) 2022 0.1
Inland shipping: recreation Methane (CH4) 2022 0.0
Sea-going shipping Methane (CH4) 2022 1.5
Sea shipping; inland Methane (CH4) 2022 0.2
Sea shipping; Dutch Continental Shelf Methane (CH4) 2022 1.3
Air transport Methane (CH4) 2022 0.0
Other mobile sources; total Methane (CH4) 2022 0.2
Non-road mobile machinery Methane (CH4) 2022 0.2
Agriculture (mobile sources) Methane (CH4) 2022 0.0
Non-road mobile machinery const industry Methane (CH4) 2022 0.1
Non-road mobile machinery; industry Methane (CH4) 2022 0.0
Non-road mobile machinery; services Methane (CH4) 2022 0.1
Other sectors (mobile sources) Methane (CH4) 2022 0.1
Fishing Methane (CH4) 2022 0.0
Source: CBS.
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Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has switched to a new classification of emission sources.
This table contains annual figures on emissions of greenhouse gases and pollutants to the air in the Netherlands.
The table shows the factual emissions on or above Dutch territory and the Dutch part of the Continental Shelf (NCP).
This concerns the emissions expressed in kilograms of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) and the emissions of a number of air pollutants, namely sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), ammonia (NH3), volatile organic compounds with the exception of methane (NMVOC), carbon monoxide (CO) and particulate matter PM2.5 and PM10 (particles with a diameter of less than 2.5 and 10 micrometres respectively).
The emissions are broken down into stationary and mobile sources.
The calculation of emissions from stationary sources is based on, among other things, the emission statements in the annual environmental reports of individual companies and production and energy data of Statistics Netherlands.
Emissions from mobile sources have been calculated by multiplying activity data, such as vehicle kilometres and fuel consumption, with associated emission factors.

Data available from: 1990.
Due to insufficient data quality, the years 1991 to 1994 and 1996 to 1999 are not shown.

Status of the figures:
The figures from 1990 to 2022 are final. In order to obtain a consistent time series the complete data set is (re)calculated when necessary, so as to be able to include the latest insights in the survey, especially in the case of emission factors.

Changes as of 23 February 2024:
None, this is a new table. This table is the successor to the tables:
- Emissions to air on Dutch territory; totals, 1990-2021.
- Emissions to air on Dutch territory; stationary sources
- Emissions to air on Dutch territory; mobile sources

When will new figures be available?
Provisional figures for 2023 will be published in September 2024.

Description topics

Emission to air
The emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases in the Netherlands; expressed in kilograms and broken down by emission sources