Australia vs Netherlands: Emissions of air pollutants

Australia
1.04 million tonnes
in 2022
Netherlands
1.09 million tonnes
in 2022
Australia rank
23rd
Netherlands rank
21st

Emissions of air pollutants over time

  • Australia
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 1.09 million tonnes against 1.04 million tonnes in Australia, a difference of 40,320 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 273 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Netherlands ahead.

Australia ranks 23rd and Netherlands ranks 21st of 220 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Emissions of air pollutants
Unit
tonnes
Source
Hoesly et al. (2024) - Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
220 places, 60,060 data points, 1750–2022
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Nitrogen oxides (NOₓ) are gases that are mainly formed during the burning of fossil fuels. Exposure to NOₓ gases can have negative impacts on respiratory health. NOₓ gases can also lead to the formation of ozone – another air pollutant.