Particulate matter PM10 emitted in the air in France 2005-2022, by sector

The buildings and residential activities sector was the main source of airborne particulate matter PM10 emissions in France between 2005 and 2022. PM10 from the residential housing sector is typically emitted by domestic biomass combustion for cooking and heating. The residential and the transportation sectors strongly contributed to the decrease in PM10 emissions over the years, having reduced the total amount of PM10 released in the air by more than 40 percent compared to the volume emitted in 2005. Emissions from the manufacturing industry and agriculture sectors only slightly decreased. In 2022, these two secors combined represented about 41 percent of the PM10 emissions in France.