Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions in Ireland
Ireland: Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions was 25.46 Index in 2024. ▼ Falling
Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions in Ireland, 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 Ireland stood at 25.46 Index. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 5.2% on the previous year and down 54.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in Ireland peaked at 166.89 Index in 1990 and was at its lowest, 25.46 Index, in 2024.
That places Ireland 40th out of 44 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Ireland, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 166.89 Index | — |
| 1991 | 163.5 Index | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 149.56 Index | -8.5% |
| 1993 | 143.23 Index | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 131.82 Index | -8.0% |
| 1995 | 125.9 Index | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 125.02 Index | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 113.99 Index | -8.8% |
| 1998 | 117.4 Index | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 103.04 Index | -12.2% |
| 2000 | 100 Index | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 96.97 Index | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 93.33 Index | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 89.04 Index | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 87.47 Index | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 87.96 Index | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 83.08 Index | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 78.79 Index | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 78.05 Index | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 73.6 Index | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 68.19 Index | -7.4% |
| 2011 | 62.61 Index | -8.2% |
| 2012 | 60.43 Index | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 60.01 Index | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 55.76 Index | -7.1% |
| 2015 | 55.66 Index | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 54.3 Index | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 46.18 Index | -15.0% |
| 2018 | 44.29 Index | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 38.28 Index | -13.6% |
| 2020 | 36.21 Index | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 36.14 Index | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 30.98 Index | -14.3% |
| 2023 | 26.84 Index | -13.4% |
| 2024 | 25.46 Index | -5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 134.04 Index | 103.04 Index | 166.89 Index | 10 |
| 2000s | 86.83 Index | 73.6 Index | 100 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 54.57 Index | 38.28 Index | 68.19 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.13 Index | 25.46 Index | 36.21 Index | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in Ireland?
- Air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in Ireland was 25.46 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 Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 166.89 Index in 1990.
- What is the lowest air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.46 Index in 2024.
- How does Ireland rank for air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions?
- Ireland ranks 40th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland 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