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A1: Emissions for five key air pollutants in England, 2005 to 2023

Updated 1 December 2025
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year pollutant index
2005 NH3 100.0
2005 NMVOCs 100.0
2005 NOx 100.0
2005 PM2.5 100.0
2005 SO2 100.0
2006 NH3 99.55674352556244
2006 NMVOCs 95.22305459352182
2006 NOx 95.95872225953556
2006 PM2.5 97.53770425184402
2006 SO2 90.9648582421336
2007 NH3 97.56036122864091
2007 NMVOCs 91.22329475139944
2007 NOx 93.07989781140331
2007 PM2.5 91.51658012383504
2007 SO2 80.61371768319017
2008 NH3 91.58786388711032
2008 NMVOCs 84.03448298878136
2008 NOx 81.55662004465142
2008 PM2.5 86.38611011289439
2008 SO2 66.58269656985655
2009 NH3 93.07299907182694
2009 NMVOCs 75.50397251793828
2009 NOx 71.37792300857664
2009 PM2.5 77.7392249030771
2009 SO2 54.52149002784599
2010 NH3 93.59257539087724
2010 NMVOCs 72.67341473233749
2010 NOx 69.43807889327842
2010 PM2.5 78.64313223390569
2010 SO2 53.89988935658021
2011 NH3 93.61299052799804
2011 NMVOCs 70.06001808299594
2011 NOx 65.5480282372536
2011 PM2.5 74.02546939139279
2011 SO2 52.96531289674572
2012 NH3 93.02157970411643
2012 NMVOCs 68.11801694250408
2012 NOx 67.36671758905818
2012 PM2.5 75.05640975183907
2012 SO2 62.0086568608633
2013 NH3 91.17040681918594
2013 NMVOCs 66.03984791654413
2013 NOx 64.29645269858887
2013 PM2.5 75.11227234076242
2013 SO2 54.24092167618247
2014 NH3 95.446460105342
2014 NMVOCs 64.31107975883408
2014 NOx 59.58829056463168
2014 PM2.5 71.25076565509113
2014 SO2 41.57448580794817
2015 NH3 95.89898720541828
2015 NMVOCs 63.68712547166284
2015 NOx 55.924827895059245
2015 PM2.5 69.31097145904079
2015 SO2 31.58809131042738
2016 NH3 96.3780522172755
2016 NMVOCs 62.09819228657378
2016 NOx 49.73273400910962
2016 PM2.5 66.75673236187795
2016 SO2 21.90673917511753
2017 NH3 97.79695332040872
2017 NMVOCs 62.17191162950074
2017 NOx 47.85626973896562
2017 PM2.5 66.90574620991359
2017 SO2 21.947479834959346
2018 NH3 96.11109926621124
2018 NMVOCs 62.30112047296609
2018 NOx 46.39221832529296
2018 PM2.5 67.03348660525356
2018 SO2 19.83975541914403
2019 NH3 95.54406331102224
2019 NMVOCs 61.19633010962118
2019 NOx 42.472007645068345
2019 PM2.5 63.719160324042775
2019 SO2 16.24957725807353
2020 NH3 91.42998340441916
2020 NMVOCs 59.21127317125547
2020 NOx 35.91860815056556
2020 PM2.5 56.627388968520506
2020 SO2 14.19745768376778
2021 NH3 93.97881173412284
2021 NMVOCs 58.10695685299086
2021 NOx 36.09411087567333
2021 PM2.5 58.34287080150582
2021 SO2 13.029620901516523
2022 NH3 91.36254951321898
2022 NMVOCs 55.87712365988624
2022 NOx 34.88667144758061
2022 PM2.5 57.43307004889384
2022 SO2 12.943752001163524
2023 NH3 92.48600265545691
2023 NMVOCs 55.03465347427067
2023 NOx 32.983957406771594
2023 PM2.5 53.74297374039525
2023 SO2 12.139013955420603