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Industrial releases of pollutants to air and economic activity in the EU-27
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Methodology:
Pollutant releases reported under the E-PRTR/LCP dataflow for the relevant pollutant have been aggregated at EU-27 level and the index against the 2010 level has been calculated.
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Units:
Index [2010 = 100]
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Rights:
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Owners:
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
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Figure type:
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Additional information
GVA, gross value added; NMVOC, non-methane volatile organic compound; NOx, nitrogen oxides; PM10, particulate matter with a diameter of less than 10 μm; SOx, sulphur oxides.
EU-27, the Member States of the EU as of 2021.
GVA is used as a proxy for the economic activity of industry in Europe, accounting for inflation and based on 2010 values.
Germany, Lithuania and Slovakia did not report any data from 2017; Italy and Malta did not report any data for 2020. In these cases, the most recent data available have been used to populate the emissions trend.
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