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Emissions of heavy metals have reduced in Slovenia in the period 1990-2011, which can be attributed to the implementation of EU legislation, improved surveillance and also the use of best available techniques.

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Figure ZR12-1: The movement of metal emissions in Slovenia
Sources:

Airnet, Državne emisijske evidence, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2013. 

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1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
lead (Pb) t 350 305 298 316 315 200 84 74 58 51
cadmium (Cd) t 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
mercury (Hg) t 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
total t 351 306 299 316 315 201 85 75 59 52
lead (Pb) index (1990=100) 100 87 85 90 90 57 24 21 17 15
cadmium (Cd) index (1990=100) 100 80 80 75 59 64 64 61 63 62
mercury (Hg) index (1990=100) 100 87 84 74 71 73 71 80 84 81
total index (1990=100) 100 87 85 90 90 57 24 21 17 15
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
lead (Pb) t 47 30 18 19 17 16 17 17 18 16
cadmium (Cd) t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
mercury (Hg) t 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
total t 48 31 19 20 18 17 18 18 19 17
lead (Pb) index (1990=100) 13 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
cadmium (Cd) index (1990=100) 65 67 67 67 69 67 72 73 76 67
mercury (Hg) index (1990=100) 86 81 80 79 80 76 83 85 85 71
total index (1990=100) 14 9 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
2010 2011
lead (Pb) t 17 17
cadmium (Cd) t 0 0
mercury (Hg) t 0 0
total t 18 18
lead (Pb) index (1990=100) 5 5
cadmium (Cd) index (1990=100) 71 67
mercury (Hg) index (1990=100) 75 70
total index (1990=100) 5 5
Figure ZR12-2: Emission trends for lead (Pb) in Slovenia by sectors
Sources:

Airnet, Državne emisijske evidence, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2013. 

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1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
combustion in energy production t 0.99 0.89 1 0.95 0.92 0.96 0.87 0.96 1.01 0.89
non-industrial combustion t 1.36 1.69 1.48 1.44 1.27 1.24 1.33 1.26 1.24 1.28
combustion in industry t 1.07 0.95 0.8 0.7 0.64 0.68 0.62 0.52 0.6 0.56
technological processes t 11.52 9.22 8.78 8 7.46 8.16 7.78 7.92 8.07 8.42
road transport t 322.52 306.64 340.54 370.8 379.38 245.22 95.49 85.42 66.41 56.2
other transport t 22 11.15 8.64 7.1 7.05 3.22 0.98 0.78 0.8 0.55
waste t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
total t 359.46 330.54 361.24 388.99 396.73 259.47 107.06 96.86 78.14 67.89
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
combustion in energy production t 0.93 1.01 1.07 1.01 1.04 1.04 1.06 1.09 1.1 1.01
non-industrial combustion t 1.18 1.13 1.11 1.1 1.08 1.03 1 0.92 1 1.07
combustion in industry t 0.5 0.59 0.72 0.66 0.64 0.68 0.66 0.67 0.64 0.48
technological processes t 11.38 10.5 9.69 11.03 9.08 8.45 9.69 9.76 10.09 8.77
road transport t 51.21 45.9 2.82 2.93 2.81 2.91 3.34 3.29 3.53 3.25
other transport t 0.31 0.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
waste t 0 0.01 0.01 0.01 0 0 0 0.01 0.01 0.01
total t 65.5 59.18 15.42 16.75 14.65 14.12 15.76 15.73 16.37 14.59
2010 2011
combustion in energy production t 1.04 1.05
non-industrial combustion t 1.11 0.97
combustion in industry t 0.45 0.44
technological processes t 9.39 9.66
road transport t 3.15 4.77
other transport t 0 0
waste t 0.01 0.01
total t 15.15 16.91
Figure ZR12-3: Lead (Pb) emissions in Slovenia and EU countries
Sources:

Air pollutant emissions data viewer (LRTAP Convention), EEA, 2013. 

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1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Austria t 219 180 125 87 60 16 16 14 13 12
Belgium t 491 405 386 310 249 259 238 252 174 141
Bulgaria t 321 189 212 285 290 333 334 255 301 292
Cyprus t 36 37 40 41 43 42 43 43 43 43
Czech Republic t 269 240 247 232 203 180 165 180 169 157
Denmark t 125 103 94 54 23 23 23 20 22 29
Estonia t 205 188 124 102 123 85 66 46 39 39
Finland t 338 258 185 109 68 67 45 29 32 25
France t 4258 2851 2069 1812 1609 1434 1264 1113 994 759
Germany t 2075 1305 989 818 626 693 559 451 436 436
Greece t 470 470 470 470 470 470 470 470 470 470
Hungary t 663 488 208 187 155 130 100 90 82 39
Ireland t 125 113 119 103 91 80 68 71 49 30
Italy t 4414 3361 2486 2303 2124 2028 1915 1738 1599 1434
Latvia t 92 84 77 75 70 63 60 55 50 10
Lithuania t 47 49 32 28 33 30 18 20 22 19
Luxembourg t NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Malta t 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
Netherlands t 336 281 240 214 186 159 110 61 49 41
Poland t 1372 1336 986 997 966 937 960 896 736 745
Portugal t 566 621 697 739 764 785 346 358 376 379
Romania t 206 200 193 187 181 174 168 162 156 149
Slovakia t 150 149 148 116 84 71 73 73 70 58
Slovenia t 359 331 361 389 397 259 107 97 78 68
Spain t 2788 1879 1265 1155 1144 967 948 884 818 758
Sweden t 355 310 290 141 51 37 33 33 32 30
United Kingdom t 2887 2633 2411 2137 1837 1529 1293 1131 829 477
EU-27 t 23214 18011 14369 13015 11778 10798 9424 8535 7632 6617
Austria index (1990 = 100) 100 82 57 40 27 7 7 7 6 6
Belgium index (1990 = 100) 100 82 78 63 51 53 48 51 35 29
Bulgaria index (1990 = 100) 100 59 66 89 90 104 104 80 94 91
Cyprus index (1990 = 100) 100 101 112 113 119 117 118 119 119 119
Czech Republic index (1990 = 100) 100 89 92 86 75 67 61 67 63 58
Denmark index (1990 = 100) 100 82 75 43 18 19 18 16 18 23
Estonia index (1990 = 100) 100 92 60 50 60 42 32 23 19 19
Finland index (1990 = 100) 100 77 55 32 20 20 13 8 10 7
France index (1990 = 100) 100 67 49 43 38 34 30 26 23 18
Germany index (1990 = 100) 100 63 48 39 30 33 27 22 21 21
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Austria t 12 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 15 13
Belgium t 106 87 81 77 86 78 73 64 73 34
Bulgaria t 267 248 209 248 144 127 128 118 225 112
Cyprus t 44 42 42 42 33 29 29 30 31 31
Czech Republic t 108 47 47 39 37 47 43 44 39 40
Denmark t 17 17 16 17 19 16 14 12 12 11
Estonia t 36 36 36 38 36 35 31 40 35 28
Finland t 45 45 46 38 28 22 25 22 20 18
France t 239 205 197 144 128 125 116 112 99 74
Germany t 433 418 397 382 373 352 348 339 199 174
Greece t 470 470 470 470 470 470 470 470 470 470
Hungary t 42 51 34 34 34 38 37 35 36 32
Ireland t 18 17 16 19 19 20 19 19 19 15
Italy t 944 711 251 256 271 280 288 312 301 232
Latvia t 10 11 11 11 11 8 9 9 8 8
Lithuania t 16 15 15 15 5 6 6 7 4 3
Luxembourg t NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Malta t 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Netherlands t 33 37 41 38 39 35 36 41 36 37
Poland t 648 610 588 596 544 536 589 553 510 459
Portugal t 73 88 85 86 172 189 180 139 186 151
Romania t 145 137 130 125 123 107 105 106 92 54
Slovakia t 67 66 63 63 68 70 72 60 61 42
Slovenia t 66 59 15 17 15 14 16 16 16 15
Spain t 627 409 275 271 267 274 277 277 271 237
Sweden t 26 23 20 19 18 14 14 14 9 13
United Kingdom t 149 142 132 116 118 107 88 79 73 63
EU-27 t 4516 3886 3162 3120 3076 3015 3005 2935 2887 2423
Austria index (1990 = 100) 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 6
Belgium index (1990 = 100) 22 18 16 16 17 16 15 13 15 7
Bulgaria index (1990 = 100) 83 77 65 77 45 40 40 37 70 35
Cyprus index (1990 = 100) 122 118 115 116 92 82 81 84 87 86
Czech Republic index (1990 = 100) 40 17 18 14 14 17 16 16 14 15
Denmark index (1990 = 100) 14 13 13 14 15 13 12 10 9 9
Estonia index (1990 = 100) 17 18 17 18 18 17 15 19 17 14
Finland index (1990 = 100) 13 13 14 11 8 7 7 6 6 5
France index (1990 = 100) 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 2
Germany index (1990 = 100) 21 20 19 18 18 17 17 16 10 8
2010 2011
Austria t 15 15
Belgium t 43 33
Bulgaria t 107 112
Cyprus t 31 31
Czech Republic t 26 17
Denmark t 11 10
Estonia t 39 38
Finland t 23 22
France t 83 128
Germany t 191 190
Greece t 470 470
Hungary t 17 9
Ireland t 14 17
Italy t 270 277
Latvia t 8 5
Lithuania t 3 3
Luxembourg t NR NR
Malta t 3 6
Netherlands t 44 28
Poland t 524 559
Portugal t 205 172
Romania t 61 61
Slovakia t 59 59
Slovenia t 15 17
Spain t 247 184
Sweden t 13 11
United Kingdom t 59 59
EU-27 t 2635 2541
Austria index (1990 = 100) 7 7
Belgium index (1990 = 100) 9 7
Bulgaria index (1990 = 100) 33 35
Cyprus index (1990 = 100) 87 85
Czech Republic index (1990 = 100) 10 6
Denmark index (1990 = 100) 9 8
Estonia index (1990 = 100) 19 19
Finland index (1990 = 100) 7 6
France index (1990 = 100) 2 3
Germany index (1990 = 100) 9 9
Figure ZR12-4: Emission trends for cadmium (Cd) in Slovenia by sectors
Sources:

Airnet, Državne emisijske evidence, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2013. 

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1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
combustion in energy production t 0.122 0.109 0.121 0.116 0.112 0.116 0.107 0.116 0.123 0.108
non-industrial combustion t 0.042 0.047 0.045 0.051 0.05 0.053 0.061 0.063 0.063 0.066
combustion in industry t 0.028 0.026 0.023 0.021 0.021 0.021 0.021 0.02 0.021 0.017
technological processes t 0.388 0.279 0.276 0.242 0.149 0.173 0.172 0.147 0.15 0.16
road transport t 0.008 0.008 0.008 0.009 0.01 0.011 0.013 0.013 0.012 0.011
other transport t 0.002 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001
waste t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
total t 0.591 0.472 0.475 0.442 0.344 0.376 0.375 0.361 0.371 0.364
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
combustion in energy production t 0.113 0.124 0.13 0.124 0.126 0.127 0.129 0.132 0.132 0.123
non-industrial combustion t 0.062 0.059 0.058 0.057 0.057 0.053 0.05 0.044 0.048 0.049
combustion in industry t 0.016 0.02 0.022 0.023 0.021 0.023 0.022 0.022 0.021 0.017
technological processes t 0.178 0.179 0.168 0.177 0.186 0.18 0.206 0.215 0.228 0.187
road transport t 0.011 0.012 0.012 0.012 0.013 0.014 0.014 0.016 0.019 0.017
other transport t 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001
waste t 0 0 0.001 0.001 0 0 0 0 0 0.001
total t 0.382 0.396 0.392 0.395 0.403 0.397 0.423 0.431 0.45 0.395
2010 2011
combustion in energy production t 0.126 0.128
non-industrial combustion t 0.052 0.045
combustion in industry t 0.018 0.016
technological processes t 0.183 0.187
road transport t 0.016 0.02
other transport t 0.001 0.001
waste t 0.001 0.001
total t 0.397 0.399
Figure ZR12-5: Cadmium (Cd) emissions in Slovenia and EU countries
Sources:

Air pollutant emissions data viewer (LRTAP Convention), EEA, 2013. 

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1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Austria t 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Belgium t 7 7 8 6 5 5 4 4 3 2
Bulgaria t 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
Cyprus t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech Republic t 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3
Denmark t 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Estonia t 4 4 3 2 3 2 1 1 1 1
Finland t 6 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
France t 21 21 20 19 19 18 17 16 15 14
Germany t 17 14 11 9 9 11 11 11 10 10
Greece t 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Hungary t 6 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3
Ireland t 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Italy t 10 11 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 8
Latvia t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuania t 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2
Luxembourg t NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Malta t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Netherlands t 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Poland t 92 85 84 92 86 83 91 86 55 62
Portugal t 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 6
Romania t 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Slovakia t 9 10 11 9 7 10 9 10 8 7
Slovenia t 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain t 27 26 24 22 23 23 21 21 21 22
Sweden t 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
United Kingdom t 23 23 22 14 13 11 10 9 6 6
EU-27 t 254 237 226 215 204 202 201 195 156 157
Austria index (1990 = 100) 100 97 79 74 67 62 63 61 57 60
Belgium index (1990 = 100) 100 96 105 89 68 73 58 60 39 34
Bulgaria index (1990 = 100) 100 78 64 68 69 70 73 70 66 56
Cyprus index (1990 = 100) 100 101 117 124 130 122 128 132 140 146
Czech Republic index (1990 = 100) 100 90 83 80 81 82 68 69 61 63
Denmark index (1990 = 100) 100 102 85 76 63 50 52 44 42 37
Estonia index (1990 = 100) 100 95 68 50 65 44 24 24 23 21
Finland index (1990 = 100) 100 55 48 44 35 26 23 14 20 9
France index (1990 = 100) 100 100 97 92 92 87 85 80 75 69
Germany index (1990 = 100) 100 79 63 54 50 66 62 65 61 61
Hungary index (1990 = 100) 100 85 73 75 74 68 62 59 56 54
Ireland index (1990 = 100) 100 103 104 102 113 113 108 118 121 120
Italy index (1990 = 100) 100 106 101 97 93 93 90 90 85 84
Latvia index (1990 = 100) 100 87 71 68 65 59 62 67 67 65
Lithuania index (1990 = 100) 100 74 66 61 55 55 58 58 68 53
Malta index (1990 = 100) 100 111 120 131 141 152 160 173 181 193
Netherlands index (1990 = 100) 100 86 77 68 59 51 44 49 54 45
Poland index (1990 = 100) 100 93 92 100 94 90 100 94 60 67
Portugal index (1990 = 100) 100 108 111 98 103 106 91 100 113 112
Romania index (1990 = 100) 100 98 96 95 93 91 90 88 86 84
Slovakia index (1990 = 100) 100 107 115 92 70 106 96 108 82 70
Slovenia index (1990 = 100) 100 80 80 75 58 64 63 61 63 62
Spain index (1990 = 100) 100 97 91 82 86 87 79 79 80 80
Sweden index (1990 = 100) 100 76 60 47 33 32 31 30 27 23
United Kingdom index (1990 = 100) 100 98 96 61 57 49 41 37 28 27
EU-27 index (1990 = 100) 100 93 89 85 80 80 79 77 61 62
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Austria t 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Belgium t 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2
Bulgaria t 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
Cyprus t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech Republic t 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 3
Denmark t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Estonia t 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Finland t 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
France t 14 13 12 9 6 6 5 4 4 3
Germany t 10 10 9 9 8 7 7 6 5 5
Greece t 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Hungary t 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 2 3
Ireland t 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Italy t 9 9 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 7
Latvia t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuania t 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Luxembourg t NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Malta t 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Netherlands t 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Poland t 50 53 49 48 46 46 43 40 40 37
Portugal t 6 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 3
Romania t 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3
Slovakia t 7 7 5 6 7 6 6 1 1 1
Slovenia t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain t 20 20 21 19 19 19 18 15 15 13
Sweden t 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
United Kingdom t 6 5 5 3 4 4 4 3 3 2
EU-27 t 136 131 124 118 117 116 116 105 106 95
Austria index (1990 = 100) 58 60 59 61 62 67 67 69 71 66
Belgium index (1990 = 100) 42 29 27 27 32 37 38 35 39 29
Bulgaria index (1990 = 100) 66 65 59 65 66 56 54 48 62 42
Cyprus index (1990 = 100) 153 150 155 161 167 174 167 169 174 171
Czech Republic index (1990 = 100) 66 60 63 52 55 72 73 67 87 78
Denmark index (1990 = 100) 36 39 34 33 31 26 23 24 23 20
Estonia index (1990 = 100) 13 12 13 14 13 13 12 15 14 11
Finland index (1990 = 100) 20 26 20 19 24 21 20 15 19 20
France index (1990 = 100) 69 63 60 44 32 30 22 21 20 14
Germany index (1990 = 100) 59 56 53 50 46 42 40 37 32 27
Hungary index (1990 = 100) 55 55 51 52 49 28 32 27 30 62
Ireland index (1990 = 100) 127 112 89 83 84 86 76 74 68 50
Italy index (1990 = 100) 87 86 70 72 78 81 82 89 87 71
Latvia index (1990 = 100) 60 65 65 68 70 69 70 70 67 64
Lithuania index (1990 = 100) 36 31 27 24 14 10 10 11 8 12
Malta index (1990 = 100) 197 220 216 235 235 244 247 253 230 230
Netherlands index (1990 = 100) 44 77 104 111 83 80 93 82 90 85
Poland index (1990 = 100) 55 57 53 53 50 50 47 44 43 40
Portugal index (1990 = 100) 102 101 114 100 97 114 95 100 93 63
Romania index (1990 = 100) 83 81 79 78 77 72 73 86 73 66
Slovakia index (1990 = 100) 75 74 52 60 71 63 63 13 13 11
Slovenia index (1990 = 100) 65 67 66 67 68 67 72 73 76 67
Spain index (1990 = 100) 76 76 78 73 71 71 68 57 56 49
Sweden index (1990 = 100) 22 26 23 22 23 23 24 24 22 24
United Kingdom index (1990 = 100) 26 20 20 15 15 16 15 12 12 10
EU-27 index (1990 = 100) 53 52 49 47 46 46 46 41 42 38
2010 2011
Austria t 1 1
Belgium t 3 3
Bulgaria t 2 2
Cyprus t 0 0
Czech Republic t 1 1
Denmark t 0 0
Estonia t 1 1
Finland t 1 1
France t 3 3
Germany t 5 5
Greece t 3 3
Hungary t 1 1
Ireland t 0 0
Italy t 8 7
Latvia t 0 0
Lithuania t 0 0
Luxembourg t NR NR
Malta t 0 0
Netherlands t 3 1
Poland t 44 42
Portugal t 4 2
Romania t 2 2
Slovakia t 1 1
Slovenia t 0 0
Spain t 16 10
Sweden t 1 1
United Kingdom t 2 3
EU-27 t 99 90
Austria index (1990 = 100) 75 73
Belgium index (1990 = 100) 37 35
Bulgaria index (1990 = 100) 36 41
Cyprus index (1990 = 100) 145 151
Czech Republic index (1990 = 100) 20 19
Denmark index (1990 = 100) 20 20
Estonia index (1990 = 100) 15 15
Finland index (1990 = 100) 22 21
France index (1990 = 100) 14 12
Germany index (1990 = 100) 31 31
Hungary index (1990 = 100) 13 13
Ireland index (1990 = 100) 50 39
Italy index (1990 = 100) 81 73
Latvia index (1990 = 100) 71 50
Lithuania index (1990 = 100) 11 3
Malta index (1990 = 100) 17 8
Netherlands index (1990 = 100) 120 54
Poland index (1990 = 100) 48 45
Portugal index (1990 = 100) 69 45
Romania index (1990 = 100) 51 53
Slovakia index (1990 = 100) 13 14
Slovenia index (1990 = 100) 67 68
Spain index (1990 = 100) 58 36
Sweden index (1990 = 100) 26 23
United Kingdom index (1990 = 100) 10 12
EU-27 index (1990 = 100) 39 36
Figure ZR12-6: Emission trends for mercury (Hg) in Slovenia by sectors
Sources:

Airnet, Državne emisijske evidence, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2013. 

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1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
combustion in energy production t 0.203 0.182 0.202 0.193 0.187 0.146 0.13 0.149 0.159 0.133
non-industrial combustion t 0.041 0.051 0.042 0.035 0.026 0.023 0.021 0.017 0.016 0.017
combustion in industry t 0.054 0.049 0.039 0.033 0.028 0.031 0.029 0.025 0.031 0.029
technological processes t 0.324 0.26 0.243 0.199 0.202 0.255 0.262 0.307 0.313 0.324
road transport t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
other transport t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
waste t 0 0 0 0 0.001 0 0 0.002 0.002 0.001
total t 0.623 0.543 0.526 0.46 0.444 0.455 0.442 0.499 0.52 0.504
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
combustion in energy production t 0.129 0.101 0.113 0.096 0.09 0.086 0.068 0.071 0.068 0.06
non-industrial combustion t 0.014 0.012 0.012 0.012 0.012 0.011 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.012
combustion in industry t 0.027 0.031 0.04 0.036 0.036 0.037 0.037 0.039 0.038 0.027
technological processes t 0.366 0.359 0.33 0.346 0.359 0.341 0.399 0.405 0.411 0.341
road transport t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
other transport t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
waste t 0.001 0.002 0.004 0.005 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.002 0.002
total t 0.537 0.505 0.498 0.495 0.498 0.476 0.515 0.527 0.528 0.443
2010 2011
combustion in energy production t 0.063 0.063
non-industrial combustion t 0.012 0.011
combustion in industry t 0.027 0.027
technological processes t 0.308 0.33
road transport t 0 0
other transport t 0 0
waste t 0.006 0.006
total t 0.415 0.437
Figure ZR12-7: Mercury (Hg) emissions in Slovenia and EU countries
Sources:

Air pollutant emissions data viewer (LRTAP Convention), EEA, 2013. 

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1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Austria t 2.1 2 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.9
Belgium t 6.8 5.5 5.6 3.7 4 3.5 3.5 3.4 2.9 3
Bulgaria t 2.4 2 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 2 1.8 1.6
Cyprus t 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Czech Republic t 7.5 7.4 7.3 7.5 7.2 7.4 5.9 5.5 5.2 3.7
Denmark t 3.1 3.2 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.4 1.9 1.6 1.4
Estonia t 1.1 1 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
Finland t 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 1.2
France t 24 23.7 23 21.5 20.8 19.6 18.7 14.5 12.9 11.6
Germany t 28.3 22.2 17.8 15.1 13.5 13.9 13.7 13.8 13.8 13.8
Greece t 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
Hungary t 6.3 5.8 5 5 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.3 4.2
Ireland t 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6
Italy t 11.5 11.1 10.7 10.1 10 10.3 9.7 9.8 9.4 8.7
Latvia t 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Lithuania t 3.5 3.1 2.7 2.3 2 1.6 1.4 1.2 1 0.9
Luxembourg t NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Malta t 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Netherlands t 3.5 2.9 2.5 2.1 1.6 1.4 1.2 1 0.8 0.9
Poland t 33.3 32.7 31.9 32.5 32.4 32.3 33.6 33 29.5 27.1
Portugal t 3.8 3.9 4.3 3.9 3.7 4 3.6 3.9 4.1 4.1
Romania t 9.4 9.3 9.1 9 8.9 8.8 8.6 8.5 8.4 8.3
Slovakia t 12.5 9.3 6.2 5 3.9 3.9 3.4 3.7 4.1 3.7
Slovenia t 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
Spain t 14.6 15.2 16.4 14.9 14.8 14.7 13.4 11.5 12.1 13
Sweden t 1.6 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9
United Kingdom t 37.6 37.8 36 22.2 20.5 19.7 14.6 11.8 10.4 8.1
EU-27 t 231.1 213.9 201.1 176.6 170.1 169.8 158.4 147.8 139.4 131.4
Austria index (1990 = 100) 100 95.2 76.6 65 55.1 56.1 54.1 52.8 44.3 43.6
Belgium index (1990 = 100) 100 80.9 83.1 55.2 59.3 51.6 51.5 49.5 42.5 44.7
Bulgaria index (1990 = 100) 100 82.2 72.8 74.6 76 79.6 76.7 81.9 74.7 65.8
Cyprus index (1990 = 100) 100 94.8 103.6 112.6 117.9 112.9 121.5 117.6 112.6 113.1
Czech Republic index (1990 = 100) 100 98.7 96.8 99.2 95.3 98.4 77.9 73.7 68.6 48.7
Denmark index (1990 = 100) 100 103.7 94.6 92.1 83.9 76.7 78.7 61.1 52.2 46.7
Estonia index (1990 = 100) 100 91.1 74.1 57.1 57.1 53.6 53.6 53.6 47.3 44.6
Finland index (1990 = 100) 100 77 65.8 54.5 58.7 63.6 68.1 51.2 49.3 101.9
France index (1990 = 100) 100 98.7 95.8 89.6 86.9 81.8 78.1 60.6 53.8 48.4
Germany index (1990 = 100) 100 78.4 63 53.3 47.6 49 48.6 48.9 48.8 48.8
Hungary index (1990 = 100) 100 93 79.7 79.8 75.4 77.6 74.5 71.4 68.3 67.8
Ireland index (1990 = 100) 100 106.9 90.1 89.2 87.4 89.4 84.4 96.2 68.2 64.2
Italy index (1990 = 100) 100 97 93.1 88.2 87.1 89.6 84 85.7 81.6 75.8
Latvia index (1990 = 100) 100 86.9 73.9 65.4 50.8 36.9 38.1 34.5 32 30
Lithuania index (1990 = 100) 100 89.1 78.3 67.4 56.5 45.6 40.4 35.2 30 24.7
Malta index (1990 = 100) 100 110.2 119.3 129.1 138.5 149.4 156.4 168.7 177 188.1
Netherlands index (1990 = 100) 100 82.6 70.7 58.7 46.8 40.1 34.2 28.4 22.5 25.4
Poland index (1990 = 100) 100 98.2 95.8 97.6 97.3 97 100.9 99.1 88.6 81.4
Portugal index (1990 = 100) 100 102.5 114 102.2 98.3 105.4 94.4 101.6 107.4 109.2
Romania index (1990 = 100) 100 98.7 97.4 96.1 94.8 93.4 92.2 90.9 89.5 88.1
Slovakia index (1990 = 100) 100 74.7 49.3 40.2 31 31.5 27.1 29.8 32.9 29.9
Slovenia index (1990 = 100) 100 87.1 84.5 73.8 71.2 73.1 71 80.1 83.5 80.9
Spain index (1990 = 100) 100 104.2 112.8 102 101.9 100.9 92 78.8 82.9 89
Sweden index (1990 = 100) 100 80.9 76.8 68.5 69.8 65.9 68.7 58.8 57.3 56
United Kingdom index (1990 = 100) 100 100.6 95.8 59 54.6 52.3 38.9 31.3 27.7 21.7
EU-27 index (1990 = 100) 100 92.6 87.1 76.4 73.6 73.5 68.6 64 60.3 56.9
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Austria t 0.9 1 0.9 1 0.9 1 1 1 1 0.9
Belgium t 3.3 2.3 3.3 3.1 3 2.5 2.3 3.4 3.8 2
Bulgaria t 1.5 1.4 1.3 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.4 1
Cyprus t 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Czech Republic t 3.8 3.3 2.8 1.8 2.1 3.8 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.3
Denmark t 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5
Estonia t 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.4
Finland t 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 1 0.8 0.8 0.8
France t 11 9.7 8.9 6.4 6.1 6.2 6.2 4.5 4.3 3.9
Germany t 13.9 13.6 13 12.8 12.4 11.7 11.4 11 9.8 8.9
Greece t 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
Hungary t 4.4 4.4 4 4 3.8 4.1 3.2 2.8 3 2.8
Ireland t 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.5
Italy t 9.1 9.3 9.2 9.1 9.8 9.9 10.2 10.8 10.4 8.6
Latvia t 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Lithuania t 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.6
Luxembourg t NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Malta t 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Netherlands t 1 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6
Poland t 25.6 23.2 19.8 20.2 19.8 20.1 16.1 16.1 15.7 14.2
Portugal t 3.7 3.5 3.8 3.1 3.1 3.3 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.5
Romania t 8.2 8 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.4 7.6 10.6 8.3 4.5
Slovakia t 5.2 3.6 3 2.7 3 2.8 3.3 2.4 2.7 1
Slovenia t 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
Spain t 12.7 12.8 13.4 12.1 12.1 12.1 11.2 10.4 9.5 8
Sweden t 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6
United Kingdom t 8.1 7.9 7 7.5 6.5 7.2 7.3 6.8 6.5 7.4
EU-27 t 117 111.1 107 102.8 101.4 101.9 100.2 100 95.3 82.2
Austria index (1990 = 100) 41.5 44.5 42.7 44.7 43.4 46.1 47 47.1 47.9 41.6
Belgium index (1990 = 100) 48.5 33.7 48.1 45.4 44.1 36.6 34.1 50 56.5 29.9
Bulgaria index (1990 = 100) 60.9 56.8 53.4 89.3 84.2 63.7 69.9 62.7 56.9 41.1
Cyprus index (1990 = 100) 116.8 114.1 117.3 113.8 121.2 119 123.5 121.8 123 103.6
Czech Republic index (1990 = 100) 51.1 43.4 36.6 23.8 27.8 50.1 51.2 52.2 54.7 57.1
Denmark index (1990 = 100) 34.3 34.4 28.9 30.2 26.1 26.6 23 22.3 22.2 17
Estonia index (1990 = 100) 45.1 44.6 44.6 51.8 48.2 46.4 46.4 58 51.1 39.5
Finland index (1990 = 100) 51.7 65.4 59.1 69.6 64.9 74.3 87 72.6 68.3 67.2
France index (1990 = 100) 45.9 40.4 37 26.5 25.4 25.9 26.1 18.6 17.9 16.1
Germany index (1990 = 100) 49.1 48.1 45.9 45.3 43.7 41.3 40.3 39 34.7 31.4
Hungary index (1990 = 100) 69.6 69.5 63.8 63.7 60.3 66.2 50.5 45.2 48 45
Ireland index (1990 = 100) 83.4 98.7 89.7 97.4 93.2 98.2 90.9 100.1 88.5 56.1
Italy index (1990 = 100) 79.6 81.3 80.1 79.2 85.6 86.4 88.6 93.9 90.4 75
Latvia index (1990 = 100) 24.2 27.6 25.5 25.5 26.3 27.6 29.5 31.6 29.3 27.9
Lithuania index (1990 = 100) 19.5 11.6 9 10.1 12 11.9 12 12.3 7.8 17.9
Malta index (1990 = 100) 191.7 213.8 209.7 227.8 227.9 235.8 238.7 245 219.5 219.5
Netherlands index (1990 = 100) 28.7 23.6 20.4 19 23.9 24.3 22.6 21.9 18.7 18.1
Poland index (1990 = 100) 76.9 69.7 59.4 60.6 59.5 60.3 48.3 48.4 47 42.7
Portugal index (1990 = 100) 98.1 93.2 100.1 81.5 81 87.1 76.1 71 67.4 64.9
Romania index (1990 = 100) 87.3 85.6 84 83.2 82.6 79 81.2 113.5 88.3 48.1
Slovakia index (1990 = 100) 41.7 29.2 24.2 22 24.2 22.4 26.5 19.2 21.3 8.3
Slovenia index (1990 = 100) 86.2 81.1 80 79.4 80 76.4 82.7 84.5 84.8 71.1
Spain index (1990 = 100) 86.9 87.6 91.8 83.3 83.3 82.8 77.2 71.2 65.2 54.9
Sweden index (1990 = 100) 46 38.8 40 45.6 46.8 43.6 34.9 37 33.8 37
United Kingdom index (1990 = 100) 21.6 21 18.5 19.8 17.3 19.1 19.4 18.2 17.3 19.7
EU-27 index (1990 = 100) 50.7 48.1 46.3 44.5 43.9 44.1 43.4 43.3 41.2 35.6
2010 2011
Austria t 1 1
Belgium t 2.1 1.9
Bulgaria t 0.9 0.9
Cyprus t 0.1 0.1
Czech Republic t 3.5 3.3
Denmark t 0.4 0.4
Estonia t 0.6 0.6
Finland t 0.9 0.7
France t 4.2 4.7
Germany t 9.3 9.5
Greece t 13 13
Hungary t 0.8 0.8
Ireland t 0.4 0.3
Italy t 9.5 9.2
Latvia t 0.1 0.1
Lithuania t 0.4 0.2
Luxembourg t NR NR
Malta t 0 0
Netherlands t 0.7 0.8
Poland t 14.8 10
Portugal t 2.1 2
Romania t 5.3 5
Slovakia t 1.2 1.2
Slovenia t 0.4 0.4
Spain t 7.8 6.7
Sweden t 0.6 0.5
United Kingdom t 6.3 5.6
EU-27 t 79.9 79
Austria index (1990 = 100) 46 46.9
Belgium index (1990 = 100) 30.2 27.4
Bulgaria index (1990 = 100) 36.3 38.8
Cyprus index (1990 = 100) 85.4 97.7
Czech Republic index (1990 = 100) 46.3 43.4
Denmark index (1990 = 100) 14.4 12.9
Estonia index (1990 = 100) 56.4 56.3
Finland index (1990 = 100) 78.4 57
France index (1990 = 100) 17.4 19.6
Germany index (1990 = 100) 32.9 33.6
Hungary index (1990 = 100) 12.5 13.1
Ireland index (1990 = 100) 48.9 40.1
Italy index (1990 = 100) 82.9 79.7
Latvia index (1990 = 100) 31.3 33.1
Lithuania index (1990 = 100) 11.1 5
Malta index (1990 = 100) 4.4 1.9
Netherlands index (1990 = 100) 19.5 23.4
Poland index (1990 = 100) 44.6 30.1
Portugal index (1990 = 100) 54.1 51.4
Romania index (1990 = 100) 56.9 53.2
Slovakia index (1990 = 100) 9.5 9.7
Slovenia index (1990 = 100) 66.7 70.1
Spain index (1990 = 100) 53.7 45.8
Sweden index (1990 = 100) 35 34.6
United Kingdom index (1990 = 100) 16.7 15
EU-27 index (1990 = 100) 34.6 34.2

Methodology

Date of data source summarization
Last modified
20.12.2013
Author(s)

Nataša Kovač, Dijana Nježič, Slovenian Environment Agency;