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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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Title: Trends in UK sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, non-methane volatile organic compounds, ammonia and particulate matter (PM10, PM2.5) emissions
Year: 1970-2023 Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
Geography: United Kingdom Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
Units: Thousand tonnes Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
source: National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (https://naei.energysecurity.gov.uk/data) Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env01-emissions-of-air-pollutants Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
Copyright: Copyright of data and/or information presented or attached in this document may not reside solely with this Department. Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
Accredited Official Statistics Yes Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
Custodian Environment Statistics Service, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Ground Floor Seacole, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF, 08459 33 55 77 Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
Contact aqie.correspondance@defra.gov.uk Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
Release Date: 13/03/2025 Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
Notes: Some shorthand is used in this table, [x] = unavailable Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
Year Ammonia Nitrogen oxides as NO2 Non methane VOC Sulphur dioxide PM10 PM2.5 Not set
1970 [x] 2919.9 2414.0 6533.1 689.4 545.8 Not set
1971 [x] 2908.5 2419.4 6189.3 634.2 483.8 Not set
1972 [x] 2898.0 2365.5 5939.1 561.0 424.8 Not set
1973 [x] 3069.9 2498.8 6103.1 584.9 432.2 Not set
1974 [x] 2879.4 2404.3 5592.7 531.7 401.0 Not set
1975 [x] 2796.7 2360.5 5312.6 504.0 354.4 Not set
1976 [x] 2844.5 2416.5 5136.8 492.4 347.7 Not set
1977 [x] 2861.2 2491.7 5129.9 486.6 345.2 Not set
1978 [x] 2905.0 2532.4 5176.7 476.6 331.9 Not set
1979 [x] 3009.5 2599.4 5500.4 479.7 339.5 Not set
1980 309.8 2869.0 2527.4 4868.5 441.6 301.1 Not set
1981 308.7 2758.8 2485.1 4421.2 423.6 286.7 Not set
1982 316.5 2756.2 2503.1 4231.0 414.4 282.0 Not set
1983 317.4 2723.8 2502.0 3905.3 408.6 272.4 Not set
1984 320.5 2690.3 2343.1 3757.6 365.3 245.8 Not set
1985 317.6 2784.3 2514.5 3779.1 403.3 270.7 Not set
1986 316.2 2870.3 2609.8 3924.0 414.8 281.8 Not set
1987 319.7 2943.9 2653.5 3908.1 405.5 259.1 Not set
1988 313.5 3003.4 2714.8 3847.7 397.7 253.9 Not set
1989 309.3 3056.7 2758.9 3732.4 399.6 250.6 Not set
1990 307.3 2825.2 2798.7 3522.9 370.8 228.5 Not set
1991 311.0 2760.1 2762.9 3463.9 368.0 227.0 Not set
1992 297.1 2697.5 2667.9 3359.5 345.0 216.3 Not set
1993 293.1 2561.9 2552.5 3043.4 318.5 200.9 Not set
1994 298.1 2526.0 2433.6 2761.4 299.5 190.7 Not set
1995 293.0 2432.5 2324.4 2474.1 275.2 171.9 Not set
1996 299.1 2338.1 2265.1 2092.1 273.4 168.1 Not set
1997 309.1 2176.0 2169.6 1693.2 254.3 157.1 Not set
1998 308.5 2123.4 2073.7 1699.2 241.8 150.4 Not set
1999 301.6 2020.5 1866.7 1306.0 233.7 145.1 Not set
2000 295.0 1950.3 1734.5 1251.7 220.7 130.9 Not set
2001 292.7 1905.9 1631.6 1183.8 224.8 128.3 Not set
2002 288.2 1813.9 1519.3 1069.1 195.9 112.4 Not set
2003 283.3 1791.1 1445.6 1043.0 208.0 110.9 Not set
2004 288.6 1741.3 1344.2 875.4 191.1 107.1 Not set
2005 281.4 1730.3 1261.2 760.1 185.6 105.1 Not set
2006 277.7 1677.6 1206.5 719.5 180.1 103.0 Not set
2007 273.9 1610.2 1164.8 626.3 169.2 96.9 Not set
2008 257.3 1447.5 1078.8 524.2 154.6 90.1 Not set
2009 260.3 1274.3 975.1 435.6 141.8 81.4 Not set
2010 262.1 1245.3 948.1 443.2 151.1 82.6 Not set
2011 262.2 1163.4 920.3 413.2 140.6 77.5 Not set
2012 261.1 1193.0 906.0 460.9 135.1 77.7 Not set
2013 257.1 1144.2 878.2 406.3 142.2 77.8 Not set
2014 268.7 1063.4 857.0 313.8 136.4 74.0 Not set
2015 271.4 1016.9 855.0 246.3 133.6 72.1 Not set
2016 273.6 916.3 838.2 174.1 134.6 69.5 Not set
2017 276.9 867.9 847.2 167.2 139.9 69.7 Not set
2018 272.5 835.1 869.9 152.6 135.5 69.9 Not set
2019 272.3 778.4 851.6 129.5 131.9 66.8 Not set
2020 263.7 668.0 820.7 109.8 115.6 59.8 Not set
2021 269.5 662.6 801.3 101.2 122.2 61.7 Not set
2022 261.9 637.5 766.4 100.1 122.6 59.6 Not set
2023 265.0 601.9 756.2 95.1 112.5 55.9 Not set
Units: Index (1970 =100) Ammonia (1980=100) Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
Year Ammonia Nitrogen Oxides as NO2 Non Methane VOC Sulphur Dioxide PM10 PM2.5 Index
1970 [x] 100 100 100 100 100 100
1971 [x] 99.6 100.2 94.7 92.0 88.6 100
1972 [x] 99.2 98.0 90.9 81.4 77.8 100
1973 [x] 105.1 103.5 93.4 84.8 79.2 100
1974 [x] 98.6 99.6 85.6 77.1 73.5 100
1975 [x] 95.8 97.8 81.3 73.1 64.9 100
1976 [x] 97.4 100.1 78.6 71.4 63.7 100
1977 [x] 98.0 103.2 78.5 70.6 63.2 100
1978 [x] 99.5 104.9 79.2 69.1 60.8 100
1979 [x] 103.1 107.7 84.2 69.6 62.2 100
1980 100 98.3 104.7 74.5 64.0 55.2 100
1981 99.6 94.5 102.9 67.7 61.4 52.5 100
1982 102.2 94.4 103.7 64.8 60.1 51.7 100
1983 102.5 93.3 103.6 59.8 59.3 49.9 100
1984 103.5 92.1 97.1 57.5 53.0 45.0 100
1985 102.5 95.4 104.2 57.8 58.5 49.6 100
1986 102.1 98.3 108.1 60.1 60.2 51.6 100
1987 103.2 100.8 109.9 59.8 58.8 47.5 100
1988 101.2 102.9 112.5 58.9 57.7 46.5 100
1989 99.8 104.7 114.3 57.1 58.0 45.9 100
1990 99.2 96.8 115.9 53.9 53.8 41.9 100
1991 100.4 94.5 114.5 53.0 53.4 41.6 100
1992 95.9 92.4 110.5 51.4 50.0 39.6 100
1993 94.6 87.7 105.7 46.6 46.2 36.8 100
1994 96.2 86.5 100.8 42.3 43.4 34.9 100
1995 94.6 83.3 96.3 37.9 39.9 31.5 100
1996 96.5 80.1 93.8 32.0 39.7 30.8 100
1997 99.8 74.5 89.9 25.9 36.9 28.8 100
1998 99.6 72.7 85.9 26.0 35.1 27.5 100
1999 97.4 69.2 77.3 20.0 33.9 26.6 100
2000 95.2 66.8 71.9 19.2 32.0 24.0 100
2001 94.5 65.3 67.6 18.1 32.6 23.5 100
2002 93.0 62.1 62.9 16.4 28.4 20.6 100
2003 91.5 61.3 59.9 16.0 30.2 20.3 100
2004 93.2 59.6 55.7 13.4 27.7 19.6 100
2005 90.8 59.3 52.2 11.6 26.9 19.3 100
2006 89.6 57.5 50.0 11.0 26.1 18.9 100
2007 88.4 55.1 48.2 9.6 24.5 17.7 100
2008 83.1 49.6 44.7 8.0 22.4 16.5 100
2009 84.0 43.6 40.4 6.7 20.6 14.9 100
2010 84.6 42.6 39.3 6.8 21.9 15.1 100
2011 84.6 39.8 38.1 6.3 20.4 14.2 100
2012 84.3 40.9 37.5 7.1 19.6 14.2 100
2013 83.0 39.2 36.4 6.2 20.6 14.3 100
2014 86.7 36.4 35.5 4.8 19.8 13.6 100
2015 87.6 34.8 35.4 3.8 19.4 13.2 100
2016 88.3 31.4 34.7 2.7 19.5 12.7 100
2017 89.4 29.7 35.1 2.6 20.3 12.8 100
2018 88.0 28.6 36.0 2.3 19.7 12.8 100
2019 87.9 26.7 35.3 2.0 19.1 12.2 100
2020 85.1 22.9 34.0 1.7 16.8 11.0 100
2021 87.0 22.7 33.2 1.5 17.7 11.3 100
2022 84.5 21.8 31.7 1.5 17.8 10.9 100
2023 85.5 20.6 31.3 1.5 16.3 10.2 100