Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions in OECD Europe
OECD Europe: Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions was 36.16 Index in 2024. ▼ Falling
Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions in OECD Europe, 1990–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
OECD Europe recorded 36.16 Index for air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and down 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in OECD Europe peaked at 140.63 Index in 1990 and was at its lowest, 36.16 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 OECD Europe, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 140.63 Index | — |
| 1991 | 138.23 Index | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 130.67 Index | -5.5% |
| 1993 | 126.48 Index | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 129.97 Index | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 124.98 Index | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 124.3 Index | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 119.71 Index | -3.7% |
| 1998 | 114.89 Index | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 95.98 Index | -16.5% |
| 2000 | 100 Index | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 96.76 Index | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 87.2 Index | -9.9% |
| 2003 | 81.47 Index | -6.6% |
| 2004 | 76.81 Index | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 73.03 Index | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 70.59 Index | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 70.23 Index | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 68.43 Index | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 63.26 Index | -7.6% |
| 2010 | 65.07 Index | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 58.41 Index | -10.2% |
| 2012 | 57.38 Index | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 56.05 Index | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 51.64 Index | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 51.18 Index | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 50.07 Index | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 49.26 Index | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 47.38 Index | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 45.34 Index | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 42.14 Index | -7.1% |
| 2021 | 43.61 Index | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 39.92 Index | -8.5% |
| 2023 | 37.42 Index | -6.3% |
| 2024 | 36.16 Index | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 124.58 Index | 95.98 Index | 140.63 Index | 10 |
| 2000s | 78.78 Index | 63.26 Index | 100 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.18 Index | 45.34 Index | 65.07 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.85 Index | 36.16 Index | 43.61 Index | 5 |
Countries ranked near OECD Europe
- 3 Iceland 208.51 Index compare
- 3 Poland 50.03 Index compare
- 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 New Zealand 95.58 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
More climate change data for OECD Europe
- Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total 70.7 Index (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in OECD Europe?
- Air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in OECD Europe was 36.16 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 OECD Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 140.63 Index in 1990.
- What is the lowest air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions recorded in OECD Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.16 Index in 2024.
- How does OECD Europe rank for air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions?
- OECD Europe ranks 6th out of 8 regions with data for 2024.
- Is air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions rising or falling in OECD Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD Europe 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