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

(thousand tons)

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Denomination 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Greenhouse gases
Carbon dioxide (CO2) (gross) 50 322 46 777 43 705 43 863 46 628 47 396 49 685 49 628
From which:
energy industry 17 211 16 635 13 975 13 310 13 672 13 447 13 762 13 004
industry 8 453 7 583 7 839 8 414 8 994 9 171 10 175 10 689
transport 10 956 10 629 9 911 11 057 12 066 12 338 12 995 13 759
households 8 150 7 381 6 865 6 235 6 913 7 411 7 937 7 399
Carbon dioxide from biomass (CO2) 12 325 12 600 13 269 12 134 12 763 12 567 12 230 11 059
Dinitrogen oxide (N2O) 13 13 14 15 15 16 16 16
From which:
agricultural soils 10 10 11 11 12 13 13 13
nitric acid production 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Methane (CH4)a 305 307 300 293 294 292 295 291
From which:
waste management 152 152 144 140 137 132 132 131
agriculture 95 98 100 103 106 107 107 109
fugitive emissions from fuels 28 25 24 23 22 24 27 26
Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)b 1 288 1 178 1 250 1 683 2 165 1 626 1 801 1 358
Perfluorocarbon (PFC)b 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)b 78 78 98 84 119 130 118 102
Acidifying gases
Nitrogen oxides (NOX)c 137 129 126 124 126 119 121 120
From which:
transport 55 51 48 51 51 47 47 48
energy industry 22 22 20 17 17 13 13 12
fertilization 12 13 14 14 15 16 17 17
Sulphur oxides (SOx) 34 31 29 26 24 23 28 23
From which:
households 14 14 13 11 11 11 12 8
energy industry 15 11 12 11 9 8 12 11
Ammonia (NH3) 72 71 73 74 78 79 80 78
From which:
pig production 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8
cattle production 10 11 11 12 13 13 14 14
fertilization 11 11 13 14 16 17 19 19
Ozone precursors
Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC) 143 144 141 131 133 134 131 125
From which:
households 38 41 42 34 36 34 33 27
transport 22 21 19 18 16 15 14 13
Carbon monoxide (CO) 528 543 537 458 444 435 423 362
From which:
households 336 358 363 294 310 307 297 243
transport 145 140 131 124 89 87 79 73
Particulate matter
Particulate matter with a diameter of 10 µm or less (PM10) 75 74 78 73 74 71 67 62
From which:
households 48 52 52 42 44 43 41 34
agriculture 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10
Particulate matter with a diameter of 2,5 µm or less (PM2,5) 56 58 59 50 52 50 48 42
From which:
households 47 50 51 41 43 42 40 33
transport 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3
*Source: Hungarian Meteorological Service.  aGreenhouse-gas and also an ozone-precursor.  bCO2 equivalent  cAcidifying gases and also ozone-precursors.  Revised data 

© Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2011