Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions in Latvia
Latvia: Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions was 39.19 Index in 2024. ▼ Falling
Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions in Latvia, 1990–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 39.19 Index for air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in Latvia peaked at 160.05 Index in 1990 and was at its lowest, 39.19 Index, in 2024.
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 Latvia, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 160.05 Index | — |
| 1991 | 145.89 Index | -8.8% |
| 1992 | 128.9 Index | -11.7% |
| 1993 | 129.78 Index | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 123.1 Index | -5.1% |
| 1995 | 115.76 Index | -6.0% |
| 1996 | 117.04 Index | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 109.73 Index | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 103.27 Index | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 102.2 Index | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 100 Index | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 102.7 Index | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 100.12 Index | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 99.21 Index | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 94.47 Index | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 84.38 Index | -10.7% |
| 2006 | 85.32 Index | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 79.66 Index | -6.6% |
| 2008 | 74.75 Index | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 77.95 Index | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 62.24 Index | -20.2% |
| 2011 | 62.23 Index | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 61.95 Index | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 55.24 Index | -10.8% |
| 2014 | 52.85 Index | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 44.07 Index | -16.6% |
| 2016 | 43.3 Index | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 46.45 Index | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 48.21 Index | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 46.82 Index | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 41.67 Index | -11.0% |
| 2021 | 42.84 Index | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 42.09 Index | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 39.48 Index | -6.2% |
| 2024 | 39.19 Index | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 123.57 Index | 102.2 Index | 160.05 Index | 10 |
| 2000s | 89.86 Index | 74.75 Index | 102.7 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 52.34 Index | 43.3 Index | 62.24 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.05 Index | 39.19 Index | 42.84 Index | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
- 2 Kazakhstan 272.94 Index compare
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- 4 Kyrgyzstan 200.5 Index compare
- 5 Tajikistan 178.71 Index compare
- 6 Costa Rica 166.95 Index compare
- 7 New Zealand 95.58 Index compare
- 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 84.5 Index compare
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- Agricultural greenhouse gases emissions — Carbon dioxide 6,590 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in Latvia?
- Air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in Latvia was 39.19 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 Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 160.05 Index in 1990.
- What is the lowest air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.19 Index in 2024.
- How does Latvia rank for air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions?
- Latvia ranks 5th out of 8 groups with data for 2024.
- Is air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latvia 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