Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions in Canada
Canada: Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions was 37.9 Index in 2024. ▼ Falling
Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions in Canada, 1990–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2024, air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in Canada stood at 37.9 Index. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in Canada peaked at 113.2 Index in 1995 and was at its lowest, 37.9 Index, in 2024.
Canada ranks 27th of 44 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions in Canada, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 112.85 Index | — |
| 1991 | 109.8 Index | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 109.1 Index | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 110.41 Index | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 111.15 Index | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 113.2 Index | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 110.36 Index | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 107.46 Index | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 104.46 Index | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 102.33 Index | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 100 Index | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 96.62 Index | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 94.79 Index | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 90.35 Index | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 83.53 Index | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 77.71 Index | -7.0% |
| 2006 | 71.53 Index | -7.9% |
| 2007 | 64.65 Index | -9.6% |
| 2008 | 60.98 Index | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 58.58 Index | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 59.2 Index | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 54.69 Index | -7.6% |
| 2012 | 51.85 Index | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 51.13 Index | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 48.49 Index | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 46.62 Index | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 46.67 Index | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 45.63 Index | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 44.3 Index | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 42.82 Index | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 38.42 Index | -10.3% |
| 2021 | 39.01 Index | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 38.74 Index | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 38.48 Index | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 37.9 Index | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 109.11 Index | 102.33 Index | 113.2 Index | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.87 Index | 58.58 Index | 100 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.14 Index | 42.82 Index | 59.2 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.51 Index | 37.9 Index | 39.01 Index | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in Canada?
- Air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in Canada was 37.9 Index in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 113.2 Index in 1995.
- What is the lowest air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.9 Index in 2024.
- How does Canada rank for air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions?
- Canada ranks 27th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides selected information on national emissions of air pollutants: man-made emissions of sulphur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter (PM), carbon monoxide (CO) and volatile organic compounds (VOC). Categories presented are based on the NFR (nomenclature for reporting) 2014 classification. Details of regroupings can be found in the table of correspondence. Data exclude non man-made emissions and international aviation and maritime transports emissions. For some countries residential mobile emissions (e.g. mowers) are included into “Other combustion” instead of “Other mobile”. Data source(s): (1) The Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP Convention), UNECE-EMEP emissions Database, WebDab. EMEP Official; (2) Common Reporting Tables CRT to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, CRT tables); (3) Replies to the OECD Questionnaire on the State of the Environment and comments from member countries. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: August 2026 Database documentation