5.3.1. Emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases (1985–)*(1/4)

(thousand tons)

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Denomination 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Greenhouse gases
Carbon dioxide (CO2) (gross) 86 503 84 982 85 570 81 410 79 017 73 465 69 785 62 416 63 633
From which:
energy industry 26 099 26 453 25 624 22 357 22 362 20 840 21 711 22 467 23 029
industry 27 041 26 459 26 442 25 146 23 929 21 760 17 816 14 689 14 446
transport 7 966 8 379 8 719 8 763 9 115 8 673 7 608 7 347 7 336
households 16 608 16 018 16 695 17 042 15 589 15 798 16 182 12 999 13 363
Carbon dioxide from biomass (CO2) 2 712 2 361 2 423 2 094 2 263 3 049 3 293 3 329 3 410
Dinitrogen oxide (N2O) 38 37 37 36 34 28 19 15 16
From which:
agricultural soils 17 17 18 17 17 13 9 8 7
nitric acid production 15 14 14 14 13 10 5 3 4
Methane (CH4)a 522 507 502 499 488 469 458 406 384
From which:
waste management 113 118 123 128 133 137 140 142 144
agriculture 228 219 215 212 205 196 184 158 135
fugitive emissions from fuels 132 123 118 112 108 96 95 81 77
Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)b 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 23 27
Perfluorocarbon (PFC)b 371 372 374 364 394 376 324 180 195
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)b 6 5 8 10 11 12 14 21 33
Acidifying gases
Nitrogen oxides (NOX)c .. .. .. .. .. 246 215 193 193
From which:
transport .. .. .. .. .. 83 73 70 68
energy industry .. .. .. .. .. 40 43 44 45
fertilization .. .. .. .. .. 14 6 6 6
Sulphur oxides (SOx) .. .. .. .. .. 830 833 715 720
From which:
households .. .. .. .. .. 249 242 120 152
energy industry .. .. .. .. .. 441 444 478 482
Ammonia (NH3) .. .. .. .. .. 134 110 93 83
From which:
pig production .. .. .. .. .. 26 24 19 18
cattle production .. .. .. .. .. 19 18 15 13
fertilization .. .. .. .. .. 23 10 8 8
Ozone precursors
Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC) .. .. .. .. .. 311 274 246 233
From which:
households .. .. .. .. .. 39 38 24 27
transport .. .. .. .. .. 126 104 99 96
Carbon monoxide (CO) .. .. .. .. .. 1 420 1 305 1 027 1 094
From which:
households .. .. .. .. .. 510 493 289 320
transport .. .. .. .. .. 735 659 608 635
Particulate matter
Particulate matter with a diameter of 10 µm or less (PM10) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
From which:
households .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
agriculture .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Particulate matter with a diameter of 2,5 µm or less (PM2,5) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
From which:
households .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
transport .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
*Source: Hungarian Meteorological Service.  aGreenhouse-gas and also an ozone-precursor.  bCO2 equivalent  cAcidifying gases and also ozone-precursors.  Revised data 

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