Netherlands vs Spain: Emissions of air pollutants

Netherlands
1.09 million tonnes
in 2022
Spain
1.15 million tonnes
in 2022
Netherlands rank
21st
Spain rank
20th

Emissions of air pollutants over time

  • Netherlands
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 1.15 million tonnes against 1.09 million tonnes in Netherlands, a difference of 69,780 tonnes.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 273 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Spain ahead.

Netherlands ranks 21st and Spain ranks 20th 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.