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Appendix table 3. Nitrous oxide emissions (N2O) 2008-2010, tonnes

Industry (TOL2008) 2008 2009 2010
INDUSTRIES TOTAL 20 721 17 460 16 223
Agriculture, fishing and aquaculture, hunting 12 968 12 446 12 910
Forestry and logging 16 14 15
Mining and quarrying 5 4 4
Manufacturing 5 734 3 102 1 131
     Food industry 9 11 11
     Forest industry 347 292 327
     Petroleum refining and chemical industry 5 316 2 752 738
     Metal industry 34 27 33
     Other industries 28 20 22
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 905 845 1 075
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and
remediation activities
555 514 530
Construction 49 52 63
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles
and motorcycles
4 3 7
Transportation and storage 425 418 414
     Land transport and transport via pipelines 195 197 195
     Water transport 78 82 93
     Air transport 144 133 123
     Postal activities and support activities for transportation 7 6 4
Real estate activities 8 8 9
Accomodation, communication, financial, administrative,
education, social work and other service activities
52 55 64
HOUSEHOLDS TOTAL 388 372 383
     Transport 230 207 200
     Heating 157 163 181
     Other 1 1 1
AIR EMISSIONS TOTAL 21 109 17 832 16 606
(-) Finnish residents' transport emissions abroad 222 216 216
(+) non-residents' transport emissions in Finland 51 52 51
(+/-) other bridging items 793 736 798
Reported emissions as per UNFCCC in 2012 21 731 18 403 17 239

Source: Emissions into air by industry 2010, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Niina Autio 09 1734 3406, Jukka Muukkonen 09 1734 3224, ymparisto.energia@stat.fi

Director in charge: Leena Storgårds


Updated 16.1.2013

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Emissions into air by industry [e-publication].
ISSN=2323-7600. 2010, Appendix table 3. Nitrous oxide emissions (N2O) 2008-2010, tonnes . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 29.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/tilma/2010/tilma_2010_2013-01-16_tau_003_en.html