5.3.1. Emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases (1985–)*(3/4)

(thousand tons)

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Denomination 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Greenhouse gases
Carbon dioxide (CO2) (gross) 61 981 60 490 60 607 59 915 58 689 57 531 51 775 52 124
From which:
energy industry 23 735 21 919 19 998 20 328 21 463 20 525 17 301 17 866
industry 10 221 10 150 10 748 10 574 10 746 10 352 8 122 8 380
transport 10 478 10 916 11 838 12 606 12 924 12 872 12 837 11 521
households 11 306 10 238 11 139 10 281 8 552 8 908 8 553 8 849
Carbon dioxide from biomass (CO2) 6 164 6 340 7 375 7 385 8 082 8 366 10 920 11 945
Dinitrogen oxide (N2O) 17 20 19 18 16 14 13 13
From which:
agricultural soils 9 11 10 10 10 10 9 9
nitric acid production 4 6 6 5 3 0 0 0
Methane (CH4)a 343 329 320 315 313 307 308 309
From which:
waste management 161 160 159 156 156 156 157 156
agriculture 111 106 104 100 101 99 96 95
fugitive emissions from fuels 48 41 36 35 33 32 30 30
Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)b 505 669 772 898 1 033 1 117 1 105 1 198
Perfluorocarbon (PFC)b 254 269 281 3 5 5 4 2
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)b 83 100 98 114 116 99 86 92
Acidifying gases
Nitrogen oxides (NOX)c 183 181 177 170 166 160 149 146
From which:
transport 78 77 79 77 74 72 68 60
energy industry 34 33 30 26 27 27 25 27
fertilization 12 12 10 12 13 12 11 11
Sulphur oxides (SOx) 246 151 43 39 36 36 30 30
From which:
households 17 16 16 17 11 14 11 13
energy industry 213 123 17 14 18 16 14 12
Ammonia (NH3) 85 83 79 79 79 72 70 71
From which:
pig production 15 13 12 12 12 11 10 10
cattle production 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10
fertilization 13 14 13 15 15 10 10 10
Ozone precursors
Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC) 185 178 178 167 151 142 144 139
From which:
households 26 24 23 24 24 21 30 33
transport 57 50 44 36 33 31 28 25
Carbon monoxide (CO) 814 746 670 578 536 477 518 519
From which:
households 243 223 216 225 217 191 262 291
transport 427 388 352 280 248 228 210 181
Particulate matter
Particulate matter with a diameter of 10 µm or less (PM10) 73 75 72 64 62 65 76 72
From which:
households 32 29 28 29 30 26 37 42
agriculture 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Particulate matter with a diameter of 2,5 µm or less (PM2,5) 46 43 40 40 40 36 47 50
From which:
households 31 28 27 29 29 25 36 41
transport 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3
*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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