5.3.1. Emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases (1985–)*(2/4)

(thousand tons)

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Denomination 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Greenhouse gases
Carbon dioxide (CO2) (gross) 61 974 61 691 63 258 61 813 61 415 61 912 58 608 60 239 59 197
From which:
energy industry 22 228 22 696 23 060 25 064 26 688 26 416 23 796 24 117 22 479
industry 14 670 14 776 14 869 12 089 11 063 10 674 10 422 10 511 10 552
transport 7 151 7 306 7 281 7 691 8 499 8 996 8 910 9 397 10 004
households 11 814 11 126 11 430 10 783 9 147 9 524 9 148 9 763 10 068
Carbon dioxide from biomass (CO2) 3 411 3 641 3 565 3 493 3 499 3 529 6 080 6 805 4 288
Dinitrogen oxide (N2O) 19 16 18 18 18 17 18 20 17
From which:
agricultural soils 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10
nitric acid production 7 4 6 6 5 4 6 6 4
Methane (CH4)a 365 344 346 341 336 339 343 338 336
From which:
waste management 146 148 148 150 152 154 157 157 160
agriculture 120 117 117 114 114 116 115 110 111
fugitive emissions from fuels 77 57 59 55 53 51 48 46 47
Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)b 32 37 39 71 147 302 284 320 425
Perfluorocarbon (PFC)b 212 223 213 212 264 287 283 267 272
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)b 41 55 67 83 97 80 88 87 71
Acidifying gases
Nitrogen oxides (NOX)c 192 190 193 195 195 199 187 187 179
From which:
transport 66 67 66 70 78 81 78 78 78
energy industry 44 44 45 49 45 45 36 36 31
fertilization 9 8 8 8 10 10 10 11 12
Sulphur oxides (SOx) 630 614 612 626 566 559 427 346 272
From which:
households 85 76 77 84 33 33 21 22 17
energy industry 459 470 467 489 496 488 379 300 234
Ammonia (NH3) 78 79 79 77 79 81 84 84 84
From which:
pig production 15 15 16 15 16 17 15 14 15
cattle production 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11
fertilization 9 10 10 10 11 12 12 12 14
Ozone precursors
Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC) 219 214 207 197 191 190 194 196 182
From which:
households 21 20 21 20 16 16 26 29 19
transport 89 87 80 76 73 71 66 64 61
Carbon monoxide (CO) 981 951 924 872 805 790 828 837 688
From which:
households 238 220 230 219 154 155 235 263 177
transport 595 590 557 542 537 519 479 467 433
Particulate matter
Particulate matter with a diameter of 10 µm or less (PM10) .. .. .. .. .. .. 72 79 61
From which:
households .. .. .. .. .. .. 32 36 22
agriculture .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 10 11
Particulate matter with a diameter of 2,5 µm or less (PM2,5) .. .. .. .. .. .. 48 52 37
From which:
households .. .. .. .. .. .. 31 35 21
transport .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 4 4
*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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