Industrial releases of pollutants to water and economic activity in the EU-27

The figure shows the trend of pollutant releases into water in the EU-27 from 2010 to 2024 by using 2010 releases values as reference. In addition, gross value added (GVA) from the industry sector is presented.

Units

Index (100=2010)

Additional information

GVA, gross value added; TOC - total organic carbon, Total N - total nitrogen, Total P - total phosphorous, Cd - Cadmium, Hg - Mercury, Ni - Nichel, Pb - Lead. GVA is used as a proxy for the economic activity of industry in Europe, accounting for inflation, based on 2010 values.

Methodology

Pollutant releases reported under E-PRTR/LCP dataflow for the relevant pollutant have been aggregated at EU-27 level and index against 2010 level has been calculated.

Czechia, Lithuania, Malta and Slovakia did not report any data from 2023: gap-filling performed with 2022 data. Cyprus did not report data for 2024: gap-filling performed with 2023 data. TOC data reported by France: 2023 data was incomplete, gap-filling performed using 2022 data.

Industrial releases of pollutants to water and economic activity in the EU-27

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