Explore air pollution data
- Air quality status
- Air quality management
- Emissions to air
- Indicators and reports
- Countries and regions
Air quality status
Air quality is the air we breathe. Explore and download EEA’s air quality data via a range of interactive data viewers and services.
Air quality live: European Air Quality Index (EAQI)
EAQI combines information for five different air pollutants to show the current status of Europe’s air quality.
Air quality live: Up-to-date air quality measurements
Latest measurements from Europe's air quality monitoring network.
Air quality in past years
Statistics for air pollutants calculated from officially-verified country data for years until ‘X-2’.
- Key air quality statistics for the main air pollutants: map viewer
- Detailed air quality parameters: advanced map viewer
Data and downloads
- Interactive data table: air quality statistics for past years calculated by EEA (AIDE F)
- Data by country: raw air quality monitoring data reported by countries
- Up-to-date air quality data for external applications and APIs
Air quality management
EEA collects a range of information officially reported by countries following the requirements of the EU’s Air Quality Directives (2004/107/EC and 2008/50/EC) and Implementing Provisions (2011/850/EU). The following links provide access to the data and information that accompanies the reported measurements of air quality.
- Air quality zones – interactive map
- Information on air quality zones and agglomerations (AIDE B)
- Information on assessment regimes (AIDE C)
- Information on assessment methods, including details of monitoring stations and networks (AIDE D)
- Information on the attainment of environmental objectives, including declarations of exceedances (AIDE G)
- Information on air quality plans relating to declared zones (AIDE H)
- Information on air quality source apportionment (AIDE I)
- Information on scenarios for the attainment year (AIDE J)
- Information on measures to improve air quality (AIDE K)
More information on the reporting of air quality information can be found at the European Air Quality Portal
Emissions to air
The EEA maintains a number of datasets containing officially-reported estimates of the amount of air pollutants emitted into the atmosphere from different sources.
EU National Emission Ceilings (NEC) Directive
Air pollutant national emissions inventory and projections data reported by EU Member States. The recommended dataset for users wishing to assess the progress being made by Member States towards meeting their emission reduction commitments under the NEC Directive.
- About the NEC Directive
- Annual NEC Directive reporting status report
- Interactive data viewer
- Download data
Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP)
Emissions data reported by EEA’s member countries and used in the European Union's annual submission to the UNECE LRTAP Convention. This is the dataset used by EEA in its indicators and reports on air pollution.
Emissions from industrial facilities
Emissions data from Europe’s largest industrial facilities, reported under the requirements of the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) Regulation (No 1266/2006) and the Large Combustion Plant Directive (2001/80/EC)
Indicators and reports
EEA’s reports and indicators on air pollution are designed to address key policy questions and to support different phases of environmental policy making: from designing policy frameworks to setting targets, and from policy monitoring and evaluation to communicating to policy-makers and the public.
Reports
Indicators
Emissions to air
- Emissions of the main air pollutants in Europe (CSI040)
- Heavy metal emissions (APE005)
- Persistent organic pollutant (POPs) emissions (APE006)
- Emissions of air pollutants from transport (TERM003)
- Emissions of air pollutants from large combustion plants (INDP002)
Air quality status
- Exceedance of air quality limit values in urban areas (CSI004)
- Exceedances of air quality objectives due to traffic (TERM004)
- Air pollution due to ozone: health impacts and effects of climate change (CLIM006)
Air quality effects on ecosystems
Air pollution country fact sheets
Information on the air quality situation in each of the 32 EEA member countries*, 6 cooperating countries, and the United Kingdom. Explore and download information and key air pollution statistics for each country.
| Cooperating countries | |
|---|---|
| Albania | Montenegro |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | North Macedonia |
| Kosovo* | Serbia |
* The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union did not affect the content of this website. Data reported by the United Kingdom are included in all analyses and assessments contained herein, unless otherwise indicated.
** This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.
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