Statistical data set
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: 2011 to 2022
Updated 14 February 2024
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| pollutant | year | emissions (thousand tonnes) indexed to 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 2012 | 100 |
| Ammonia | 2013 | 98.20674115 |
| Ammonia | 2014 | 102.5524484 |
| Ammonia | 2015 | 103.3698311 |
| Ammonia | 2016 | 104.0088347 |
| Ammonia | 2017 | 105.3474319 |
| Ammonia | 2018 | 103.7915485 |
| Ammonia | 2019 | 103.4796775 |
| Ammonia | 2020 | 100.0995487 |
| Ammonia | 2021 | 102.3269668 |
| Ammonia | 2022 | 99.54005607 |
| Nitrogen oxides as NO2 | 2012 | 100 |
| Nitrogen oxides as NO3 | 2013 | 95.15536862 |
| Nitrogen oxides as NO4 | 2014 | 89.18300411 |
| Nitrogen oxides as NO5 | 2015 | 85.5614053 |
| Nitrogen oxides as NO6 | 2016 | 77.28226895 |
| Nitrogen oxides as NO7 | 2017 | 74.05948075 |
| Nitrogen oxides as NO8 | 2018 | 70.75291547 |
| Nitrogen oxides as NO9 | 2019 | 66.26368829 |
| Nitrogen oxides as NO10 | 2020 | 57.04567053 |
| Nitrogen oxides as NO11 | 2021 | 56.36754238 |
| Nitrogen oxides as NO12 | 2022 | 54.38294587 |
| NMVOCs | 2012 | 100 |
| NMVOCs | 2013 | 96.64972287 |
| NMVOCs | 2014 | 94.64665563 |
| NMVOCs | 2015 | 94.4292477 |
| NMVOCs | 2016 | 92.57532522 |
| NMVOCs | 2017 | 93.54939004 |
| NMVOCs | 2018 | 96.04448404 |
| NMVOCs | 2019 | 94.02901299 |
| NMVOCs | 2020 | 90.60974152 |
| NMVOCs | 2021 | 88.64160421 |
| NMVOCs | 2022 | 84.54670731 |
| PM10 | 2012 | 100 |
| PM10 | 2013 | 104.9092573 |
| PM10 | 2014 | 100.9277064 |
| PM10 | 2015 | 99.75391675 |
| PM10 | 2016 | 100.9573712 |
| PM10 | 2017 | 104.9344682 |
| PM10 | 2018 | 101.9473264 |
| PM10 | 2019 | 99.13801219 |
| PM10 | 2020 | 87.53905542 |
| PM10 | 2021 | 91.98214531 |
| PM10 | 2022 | 92.62705316 |
| PM2.5 | 2012 | 100 |
| PM2.5 | 2013 | 99.75463968 |
| PM2.5 | 2014 | 95.33217522 |
| PM2.5 | 2015 | 94.25660539 |
| PM2.5 | 2016 | 91.85482119 |
| PM2.5 | 2017 | 92.24473234 |
| PM2.5 | 2018 | 92.90337769 |
| PM2.5 | 2019 | 88.5785613 |
| PM2.5 | 2020 | 80.56217911 |
| PM2.5 | 2021 | 83.29890075 |
| PM2.5 | 2022 | 81.85811904 |
| Sulphur dioxide | 2012 | 100 |
| Sulphur dioxide | 2013 | 86.74882624 |
| Sulphur dioxide | 2014 | 71.03293328 |
| Sulphur dioxide | 2015 | 55.77404023 |
| Sulphur dioxide | 2016 | 40.79656189 |
| Sulphur dioxide | 2017 | 39.30908565 |
| Sulphur dioxide | 2018 | 36.2523428 |
| Sulphur dioxide | 2019 | 32.12599671 |
| Sulphur dioxide | 2020 | 27.01267235 |
| Sulphur dioxide | 2021 | 24.69769129 |
| Sulphur dioxide | 2022 | 25.21075773 |