Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions in New Zealand
New Zealand: Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions was 95.58 Index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions in New Zealand, 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 New Zealand stood at 95.58 Index.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in New Zealand peaked at 110.17 Index in 2007 and was at its lowest, 88.75 Index, in 1991.
That places New Zealand 7th out of 44 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 90.06 Index | — |
| 1991 | 88.75 Index | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 89.77 Index | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 90.3 Index | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 94.54 Index | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 95.3 Index | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 95.36 Index | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 97.69 Index | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 98.2 Index | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 100.03 Index | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 100 Index | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 100.94 Index | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 103.75 Index | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 106.23 Index | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 108.87 Index | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 107.77 Index | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 107.93 Index | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 110.17 Index | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 107.24 Index | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 104.98 Index | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 106.87 Index | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 105.03 Index | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 103.94 Index | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 103.69 Index | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 103.18 Index | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 104.45 Index | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 106.68 Index | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 108.16 Index | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 106.82 Index | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 107.4 Index | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 97.83 Index | -8.9% |
| 2021 | 99.23 Index | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 97.07 Index | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 97.61 Index | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 95.58 Index | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 94 Index | 88.75 Index | 100.03 Index | 10 |
| 2000s | 105.79 Index | 100 Index | 110.17 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 105.62 Index | 103.18 Index | 108.16 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.47 Index | 95.58 Index | 99.23 Index | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 4 Lithuania 45.6 Index compare
- 4 Kyrgyzstan 200.5 Index compare
- 5 Latvia 39.19 Index compare
- 5 Tajikistan 178.71 Index compare
- 6 Costa Rica 166.95 Index compare
- 7 Slovenia 35.98 Index compare
- 8 Türkiye 21.11 Index compare
- 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 84.5 Index compare
- 9 Albania 81.29 Index compare
- 10 Serbia 80.54 Index compare
More climate change data for New Zealand
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 113.13 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 46,323 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 11,983 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 34,340 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 45.22 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,226 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 694.4 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 691.2 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 3.2 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 2.61 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in New Zealand?
- Air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in New Zealand was 95.58 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 110.17 Index in 2007.
- What is the lowest air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.75 Index in 1991.
- How does New Zealand rank for air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions?
- New Zealand ranks 7th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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