Statistical data set

ENV01 - Emissions of air pollutants

Annual update to tables on emissions of important air pollutants in the UK.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
18 December 2012
Last updated
13 February 2025 — See all updates

This publication covers UK emissions of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, non-methane volatile organic compounds, ammonia and particulate matter.

The estimation methodology is regularly developed to take account of new emission factors and modelling methods. This means the whole time series is revised annually. The figures given in this document and the supporting dataset show the revised estimates.

Tables: Emissions of air pollutants in the UK, 1990 to 2023, by pollutant and by major emissions source

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Trends in UK sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, non-methane volatile organic compounds, ammonia and particulate matter (PM10, PM2.5) emissions

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Figure 1: Long term trends in emissions of PM10, PM2.5, nitrogen oxides, ammonia (NH3), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs) and sulphur dioxide in the UK: 1990 to 2023 (CSV, 6.02 KB)

Figure 2: Short term trends in emissions of PM10, PM2.5, nitrogen oxides, ammonia (NH3), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs) and sulphur dioxide in the UK: 2013 to 2023 (CSV, 1.95 KB)

Figure 3: Annual emissions of PM10 and PM2.5 in the UK: 1970-2023 (CSV, 2.81 KB)

Figure 4: UK annual emissions of PM10 by 2023 major emission sources: 1990, 2005, 2022 and 2023 (CSV, 893 Bytes)

Figure 5: UK annual emissions of PM2.5 by 2023 major emission sources: 1990, 2005, 2022 and 2023 (CSV, 896 Bytes)

Figure 6: Annual emissions of nitrogen oxides in the UK: 1970 - 2023 (CSV, 5.27 KB)

Figure 7: UK annual emissions of nitrogen oxides by 2023 major emission sources: 1990, 2005, 2022 and 2023 (CSV, 812 Bytes)

Figure 8: Annual emissions of ammonia in the UK: 1980 to 2023 (CSV, 4.42 KB)

Figure 9: UK annual emissions of ammonia by 2023 major emission sources: 1990, 2005, 2022 and 2023 (CSV, 1.18 KB)

Figure 10: Annual emissions of non-methane volatile organic compounds in the UK: 1970 - 2023 (CSV, 4.52 KB)

Figure 11: UK annual emissions of NMVOCs by 2023 major emission sources: 1990, 2005, 2022 and 2023 (CSV, 1.26 KB)

Figure 12: Annual emissions of sulphur dioxide in the UK: 1970 – 2023 (CSV, 2.14 KB)

Figure 13: UK annual emissions of sulphur dioxide by 2023 major emission sources: 1990, 2005, 2022 and 2023. (CSV, 687 Bytes)

Updates to this page

Published 18 December 2012
Last updated 13 February 2025 + show all updates

  1. Annual update.

  2. Annual update.

  3. The 2021 data is published on the statistical release page

  4. ODS file replaced in the attachment Tables: Emissions of air pollutants in the UK, 1990 to 2020, by pollutant and by major emissions source (instances of year of coverage updated from 2019 to 2020).

  5. Opening paragraph removed.

  6. New annual datasets.

  7. New dataset for 2021 containing data from 1970 to 2019 inclusive.

  8. Annual update to emissions of air pollutants statistics.

  9. Annual update.

  10. Annual update.

  11. Annual update to publication.

  12. Latest statistical dataset 2013.

  13. First published.

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