Emissions to air by the Dutch economy; national accounts

Emissions to air by the Dutch economy; national accounts

Dutch economy Periods Greenhouse gases (climate change) N2O (mln kgs) Greenhouse gases (climate change) CH4 (mln kgs) Greenhouse gases (climate change) Greenhouse gas equivalents (x mln)
Total Dutch economy 2022* 26.9 646.9 195,281
Total private households 2022* 1.2 21.5 31,868
Transport activity by private households 2022* 0.7 2.6 14,749
Other private households 2022* 0.5 18.9 17,119
A-U All economic activities 2022* 25.7 546.4 160,735
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2022* 18.1 495.7 27,560
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2022* 4.0 43.0 92,298
B Mining and quarrying 2022* 0.1 14.7 1,959
C Manufacturing 2022* 2.3 16.6 42,786
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2022* 0.0 0.9 4,352
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2022* 0.0 0.0 145
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 2022* 0.0 0.2 1,055
16 Manufacture of wood products 2022* 0.0 0.0 100
17 Manufacture of paper 2022* 0.0 0.1 897
18 Printing and reproduction 2022* 0.0 0.0 58
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2022* 0.0 0.8 10,525
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals 2022* 2.2 13.8 17,050
20 Manufacture of chemicals 2022* 2.2 13.8 16,933
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2022* 0.0 0.0 117
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2022* 0.0 0.2 1,720
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 2022* 0.0 0.0 282
23 Manufacture of building materials 2022* 0.0 0.2 1,438
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2022* 0.0 0.4 6,637
24 Manufacture of basic metals 2022* 0.0 0.3 6,137
25 Manufacture of metal products 2022* 0.0 0.1 501
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 2022* 0.0 0.0 221
26 Manufacture of electronic products 2022* 0.0 0.0 92
27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2022* 0.0 0.0 129
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 2022* 0.0 0.1 296
29-30 Transport equipment 2022* 0.0 0.0 230
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2022* 0.0 0.1 556
D Electricity and gas supply 2022* 0.5 3.9 37,830
E Water supply and waste management 2022* 1.2 7.8 9,723
F Construction 2022* 0.1 0.2 3,649
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022* 1.0 1.7 28,509
G Wholesale and retail trade 2022* 0.1 0.4 3,508
H Transportation and storage 2022* 0.8 1.1 24,103
49 Land transport 2022* 0.3 0.5 6,252
50 Water transport 2022* 0.2 0.4 7,526
51 Air transport 2022* 0.3 0.1 9,601
52 Warehousing, services for transport 2022* 0.0 0.1 572
53 Postal and courier activities 2022* 0.0 0.0 152
I Accommodation and food serving 2022* 0.0 0.2 898
J Information and communication 2022* 0.0 0.0 170
K Financial institutions 2022* 0.0 0.1 342
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2022* 0.0 0.0 240
M-N Business services 2022* 0.1 0.4 3,343
M Other specialised business services 2022* 0.0 0.1 720
N Renting and other business support 2022* 0.1 0.3 2,624
O-Q Government and care 2022* 2.4 5.2 3,864
O Public administration and services 2022* 2.4 4.8 2,059
P Education 2022* 0.0 0.1 563
Q Health and social work activities 2022* 0.0 0.3 1,241
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2022* 0.0 0.2 760
R Culture, sports and recreation 2022* 0.0 0.1 400
S Other service activities 2022* 0.0 0.1 359
T Activities of households 2022* 0.0 0.0 0
U Extraterritorial organisations 2022* 0.0 0.0 0
Landfill sites (waste dumps) 2022* 0.0 79.0 2,555
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table presents the air emission accounts, as a part of the annual environmental accounts compiled by Statistics Netherlands.
The air emission accounts describe the emissions of air pollutants and gases as a result of Dutch economic activities. This is including the emissions of residents abroad and excluding emissions of non-residents in the Netherlands. The emissions of the substances are allocated to the various economic activities. Emissions from natural sources are excluded as these emissions are not related to economic activities. In this table, the emission of pollutants and gases from stationary sources (such as power plants) as well as mobile sources (such as road transport) are allocated to the different industries or households. Included are CO (carbon monoxide); CO2 (carbon dioxide); CH4 (methane); N2O (nitrous oxide also known as laughing gas); NOx (nitrogen oxides (diversity)); SO2 (sulphur dioxide); NH3 (ammonia); PM10 (particulate matter with a diameter less than 10 micrometres); NMVOC (volatile organic compounds excluding methane (CH4)). The environmental accounts are compiled according to the concepts (such as the resident principle) and definitions of the national accounts, making it possible to quantify the environmental effects of the economic activities for the Netherlands in a consistent manner.

Data available from: 1990

Status of the figures:
Figures for the latest year are provisional. In order to obtain a consistent time series, the complete data set is (re)calculated every year.
The air emission accounts data are consistent in time and in compliance with the Dutch national accounts. The alignment between the environmental accounts and the national accounts however, takes place using a wide variety of sources. This means that, although every year the system required to perform the various calculations are similar and consistent, variation can occur due to changes in particular sources. As a result changes in emission factors from the emission inventory (pollutant release and transfer register, PRTR) and changing traffic and transport statistics affect the full time series of the air emission accounts. In order to obtain consistent time series, every year the entire time series are (re)calculated, enabling that latest insights in the data are captured.

Changes as of November 2023:
Data for 2022 have been added. Data for previous years are adjusted according to the revision policy (see: Status of the figures).

When will new figures be published?
New annual figures will be published in November.

Description topics

Greenhouse gases (climate change)
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere retain part of the solar heat that reaches the earth. The increased concentration of greenhouse gases means more heat is retained and the temperature of the earth's surface rises.
This is called the 'enhanced greenhouse effect'. The most important greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), laughing gas (N2O), HFCs, PFCs and SF6.
N2O
Laughing gas/dinitrogen oxide.
N2O is formed during various chemical conversion processes, among which during the warming up phase of catalytic converters, as a result of incomplete conversion of nitrogen oxides (NOx) into nitrogen (N2).
Greenhouse gas (causes the temperature of the earth's atmosphere to rise gradually).
CH4
Methane (= natural gas).
Among other causes CH4 is formed by incomplete combustion of fuels, leakage from the natural gas network, and by fermentation.
Greenhouse gas (causes the temperature of the earth's atmosphere to rise gradually).
Greenhouse gas equivalents
A measure of the degree to which a substance contributes to the greenhouse effect. A greenhouse gas equivalent equals the effect that the emission of 1 kg of carbon dioxide (CO2) has, as a reference. The emission of 1 kg of methane (CH4) is equal to 25 greenhouse gas equivalents, and the emission of 1 kg of nitrous oxide gas (N2O) equal to 298 greenhouse gas equivalents.
The fluorine (chlorine) gases each have a high CO2 equivalent, but because the emitted quantities are relatively small, their contribution to the national total is small. The fluorine (chlorine) gases are only included in the total, but they are not specified.