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)
Road transport; motorcycles Carbon dioxide (CO2) 2022 300.0
Road transport; motorcycles Methane (CH4) 2022 0.1
Road transport; motorcycles Dinitrogen oxide (N2O) 2022 0.0
Road transport; motorcycles Ammonia (NH3) 2022 0.0
Road transport; motorcycles Nitrogen oxides (NOx) 2022 0.7
Road transport; motorcycles Sulphur dioxide (SO2) 2022 0.0
Road transport; motorcycles NMVOC 2022 3.5
Road transport; motorcycles PM10 (Particulate matter) 2022 0.1
Road transport; motorcycles PM2.5 (Particulate matter) 2022 0.1
Road transport; motorcycles Carbon monoxide (CO) 2022 23.1
Road transport; light freight vehicles Carbon dioxide (CO2) 2022 4,000.0
Road transport; light freight vehicles Methane (CH4) 2022 0.2
Road transport; light freight vehicles Dinitrogen oxide (N2O) 2022 0.1
Road transport; light freight vehicles Ammonia (NH3) 2022 0.2
Road transport; light freight vehicles Nitrogen oxides (NOx) 2022 11.1
Road transport; light freight vehicles Sulphur dioxide (SO2) 2022 0.0
Road transport; light freight vehicles NMVOC 2022 1.1
Road transport; light freight vehicles PM10 (Particulate matter) 2022 0.6
Road transport; light freight vehicles PM2.5 (Particulate matter) 2022 0.3
Road transport; light freight vehicles Carbon monoxide (CO) 2022 3.8
Road transport; heavy freight vehicles Carbon dioxide (CO2) 2022 7,000.0
Road transport; heavy freight vehicles Methane (CH4) 2022 0.2
Road transport; heavy freight vehicles Dinitrogen oxide (N2O) 2022 0.4
Road transport; heavy freight vehicles Ammonia (NH3) 2022 0.6
Road transport; heavy freight vehicles Nitrogen oxides (NOx) 2022 24.9
Road transport; heavy freight vehicles Sulphur dioxide (SO2) 2022 0.0
Road transport; heavy freight vehicles NMVOC 2022 5.7
Road transport; heavy freight vehicles PM10 (Particulate matter) 2022 0.9
Road transport; heavy freight vehicles PM2.5 (Particulate matter) 2022 0.4
Road transport; heavy freight vehicles Carbon monoxide (CO) 2022 5.5
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