Air pollutants by source sector aggregated for indicator sets by country

Countries reporting
40
Highest
811,630 Tonne
Spain
Lowest
40 Tonne
Liechtenstein
Median
52,850 Tonne
Years covered
45
1980–2024
Data points
1,545

What the numbers show

Air pollutants by source sector aggregated for indicator sets is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 811,630 Tonne in Spain; the lowest is 40 Tonne in Liechtenstein.

The median across all reporting countries is 52,850 Tonne, and the mean is 125,024 Tonne.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20,291.

Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 63.9%), and the largest decrease in Liechtenstein (down 81.0%).

Air pollutants by source sector aggregated for indicator sets: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Spain 811,630 Tonne 2024 down 6.9% falling
2 Germany 488,690 Tonne 2024 down 46.8% falling
3 France 456,900 Tonne 2024 down 40.8% falling
4 Italy 451,200 Tonne 2024 down 24.5% falling
5 Türkiye 291,710 Tonne 2024 down 12.0% volatile
6 Greece 274,760 Tonne 2024 up 7.2% falling
7 Netherlands 222,280 Tonne 2023 down 17.3% falling
8 Netherlands 212,930 Tonne 2024 down 19.2% falling
9 Poland 194,480 Tonne 2024 down 15.0% flat
10 Poland 189,890 Tonne 2023 down 12.7% flat
11 Malta 131,343 Tonne 2024 up 63.9% volatile
12 Portugal 130,352 Tonne 2024 down 10.1% falling
13 Romania 111,810 Tonne 2024 up 5.4% falling
14 Denmark 109,440 Tonne 2024 down 12.8% falling
15 Sweden 98,891 Tonne 2024 down 47.1% falling
16 Belgium 84,410 Tonne 2024 down 43.4% falling
17 Austria 65,300 Tonne 2024 down 52.5% falling
18 Norway 63,250 Tonne 2024 down 47.4% falling
19 Czechia 53,751 Tonne 2024 down 32.8% falling
20 Ireland 52,970 Tonne 2024 down 19.9% falling
21 Bulgaria 52,730 Tonne 2024 down 3.3% falling
22 Switzerland 52,011 Tonne 2024 down 21.3% falling
23 Finland 50,370 Tonne 2024 down 29.8% falling
24 Hungary 46,098 Tonne 2024 down 24.4% falling
25 Croatia 33,030 Tonne 2024 up 16.7% falling
26 Lithuania 31,954 Tonne 2023 down 7.8% falling
27 Cyprus 28,732 Tonne 2024 up 7.8% rising
28 Croatia 27,990 Tonne 2023 down 3.8% falling
29 Estonia 23,324 Tonne 2024 down 34.6% falling
30 Estonia 23,194 Tonne 2023 down 48.0% falling
31 Lithuania 22,598 Tonne 2024 down 31.5% falling
32 Slovakia 19,163 Tonne 2024 down 26.4% falling
33 Slovakia 17,888 Tonne 2023 down 32.9% falling
34 Latvia 16,635 Tonne 2023 down 56.9% falling
35 Latvia 14,337 Tonne 2024 down 61.7% falling
36 Luxembourg 13,826 Tonne 2024 down 61.8% falling
37 Slovenia 11,412 Tonne 2024 down 52.8% falling
38 Slovenia 9,961 Tonne 2023 down 59.0% falling
39 Iceland 9,663 Tonne 2024 up 47.3% rising
40 Liechtenstein 40 Tonne 2024 down 81.0% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Air pollutants by source sector aggregated for indicator sets
Unit
Tonne
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
41 places, 1,545 data points, 1980–2024
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