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	Lead (Pb)[index (1990=100)]	Cadmium (Cd)[index (1990=100)]	Mercury (Hg)[index (1990=100)]
1990	100	100	100
1991	89.54	87.10	92.31
1992	83.92	89.49	91.06
1993	82.12	85.95	83.17
1994	82.86	87.77	83.45
1995	53.45	87.42	71.69
1996	25.38	85.29	67.99
1997	23.35	90.18	75.14
1998	20.22	92.30	76.88
1999	18.13	86.05	69.96
2000	16.53	90.21	68.98
2001	13.46	103.70	64.66
2002	11.77	95.25	67.11
2003	11.97	100.64	63.79
2004	12.23	100.48	62.12
2005	13.44	112.22	63.48
2006	13.15	107.01	59.35
2007	13.21	113.85	60.50
2008	14.05	113.13	61.82
2009	10.59	99.94	52.25
2010	12.70	108.45	54.20
2011	12.54	108.32	53.71
2012	12.31	102.28	52.80
2013	11.45	103.82	54.43
2014	10.40	92.89	52.27
2015	11.00	98.02	51.31
2016	11.17	99.65	51.13
2017	11.06	99.03	53.99
2018	11.38	93.27	54.58
2019	10.19	89.28	53.92
2020	8.90	85.80	52.64

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Figure ZR12-2: Emission trends for lead (Pb) in Slovenia by sectors, 1990- 2020

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National emission inventory, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2022 (5. 5. 2022)

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	Energy industries[t]	Manufacturing industries and construction[t]	Road transport[t]	Other transport[t]	Small combustion[t]	Industrial processes and product use[t]	Waste[t]
1990	0.84	0.96	29.09	8.06	1.22	2.35	0.00
1991	0.76	0.85	25.60	7.87	1.44	1.55	0.00
1992	0.85	0.68	25.01	6.27	1.24	1.63	0.00
1993	0.81	0.56	26.70	4.30	1.09	1.45	0.00
1994	0.79	0.49	26.66	4.75	0.90	1.62	0.01
1995	0.77	0.55	16.75	2.22	0.83	1.60	0.00
1996	0.70	0.56	6.66	0.65	0.82	1.40	0.00
1997	0.77	0.58	5.77	0.49	0.74	1.56	0.01
1998	0.81	0.58	4.33	0.49	0.72	1.65	0.01
1999	0.71	0.52	3.65	0.34	0.73	1.75	0.01
2000	0.74	0.51	2.99	0.16	0.68	1.94	0.01
2001	0.81	0.59	1.53	0.02	0.78	1.98	0.02
2002	0.85	0.68	0.74	0.00	0.63	2.07	0.03
2003	0.80	0.59	0.74	0.00	0.66	2.27	0.04
2004	0.82	0.62	0.72	0.00	0.62	2.41	0.01
2005	0.83	0.61	0.74	0.00	0.71	2.81	0.01
2006	0.85	0.60	0.76	0.00	0.63	2.75	0.01
2007	0.87	0.52	0.81	0.00	0.69	2.71	0.01
2008	0.88	0.52	0.89	0.00	0.70	2.97	0.01
2009	0.82	0.45	0.76	0.00	0.68	1.77	0.02
2010	0.84	0.46	0.77	0.00	0.68	2.61	0.05
2011	0.86	0.45	0.79	0.00	0.68	2.51	0.05
2012	0.82	0.41	0.77	0.00	0.65	2.55	0.04
2013	0.79	0.45	0.73	0.00	0.66	2.19	0.04
2014	0.60	0.48	0.71	0.00	0.54	2.05	0.03
2015	0.64	0.43	0.70	0.00	0.61	2.28	0.03
2016	0.69	0.40	0.72	0.00	0.62	2.29	0.03
2017	0.69	0.43	0.74	0.00	0.58	2.24	0.03
2018	0.67	0.43	0.57	0.00	0.51	2.63	0.03
2019	0.65	0.43	0.56	0.00	0.48	2.18	0.03
2020	0.64	0.37	0.46	0.00	0.46	1.82	0.03

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Figure ZR12-3: Lead (Pb) emissions in Slovenia and EU countries, 1990-2020

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Air pollutant emissions data viewer (Gothenburg Protocol, LRTAP Convention) 1990-2020, EEA, 2022 (10. 10. 2022)

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	Austria[index (1990 = 100)]	Croatia[index (1990 = 100)]	Italy[index (1990 = 100)]	Hungary[index (1990 = 100)]	Malta[index (1990 = 100)]	Latvia[index (1990 = 100)]	Slovenia[index (1990 = 100)]	EU27[index (1990 = 100)]
1990	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1991	84.49	67.99	76.47	87.34	96.41	72.20	89.54	75.04
1992	60.19	49.94	57.43	33.95	99.75	54.70	83.92	57.60
1993	42.65	49.46	53.10	29.60	121.62	60.95	82.12	52.69
1994	29.54	53.89	48.89	23.69	118.75	63.88	82.86	48.59
1995	11.18	50.38	46.60	17.54	115.43	54.66	53.45	44.66
1996	10.65	40.54	44.07	14.01	111.18	52.91	25.38	38.70
1997	10.57	36.77	39.80	11.93	115.10	69.69	23.35	33.99
1998	10.19	34.98	36.69	11.16	111.91	66.51	20.22	30.79
1999	10.08	34.01	32.77	3.53	115.73	64.81	18.13	27.00
2000	9.97	27.78	22.47	2.33	114.54	65.51	16.53	18.25
2001	9.81	21.23	16.92	2.39	101.47	65.94	13.46	13.15
2002	10.37	12.99	6.10	2.52	120.58	66.48	11.77	10.56
2003	10.44	6.28	6.25	2.57	124.63	71.96	11.97	9.91
2004	10.55	4.11	6.57	2.42	129.64	72.72	12.23	9.19
2005	11.20	2.63	6.89	1.32	1344.32	72.46	13.44	8.64
2006	11.61	1.97	6.91	1.23	1361.89	72.63	13.15	8.52
2007	6.21	1.90	6.85	1.18	1382.01	73.89	13.21	8.33
2008	6.24	1.79	6.42	1.39	1357.86	69.77	14.05	8.42
2009	5.81	1.67	4.53	1.12	1289.87	58.35	10.59	6.36
2010	6.40	1.56	5.05	1.04	1282.05	70.34	12.70	7.28
2011	6.45	1.51	5.29	1.17	882.41	1.65	12.54	5.83
2012	6.45	1.35	5.13	1.16	3273.55	2.32	12.31	5.68
2013	6.59	1.61	4.72	1.09	1164.53	1.54	11.45	5.82
2014	6.24	1.49	4.80	1.04	1525.90	1.34	10.40	5.46
2015	6.07	1.50	4.60	1.10	483.25	1.28	11.00	5.26
2016	6.27	1.53	4.06	1.11	279.41	1.28	11.17	5.03
2017	6.30	1.55	4.24	1.08	73.26	1.31	11.06	5.15
2018	6.20	1.59	4.27	1.02	76.31	1.32	11.38	5.45
2019	6.03	0.98	4.12	1.05	82.93	1.29	10.19	4.91
2020	5.36	1.04	3.64	0.86	68.62	1.20	8.90	4.38

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Figure ZR12-4: Emission trends for cadmium (Cd) in Slovenia by sectors

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National emission inventory, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2022 (5. 5. 2022)

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	Energy industries[t]	Manufacturing industries and construction[t]	Road transport[t]	Small combustion[t]	Industrial processes and product use[t]	Waste[t]	Total[t]
1990	0.10	0.06	0.01	0.24	0.19	0.00	0.61
1991	0.09	0.05	0.01	0.25	0.12	0.00	0.53
1992	0.10	0.05	0.01	0.25	0.13	0.00	0.55
1993	0.10	0.05	0.01	0.25	0.11	0.00	0.53
1994	0.10	0.05	0.01	0.25	0.13	0.00	0.54
1995	0.09	0.05	0.01	0.25	0.13	0.00	0.53
1996	0.08	0.06	0.02	0.25	0.11	0.00	0.52
1997	0.09	0.06	0.02	0.25	0.12	0.00	0.55
1998	0.10	0.06	0.01	0.25	0.13	0.00	0.56
1999	0.09	0.03	0.01	0.25	0.14	0.00	0.53
2000	0.09	0.03	0.01	0.26	0.15	0.00	0.55
2001	0.10	0.06	0.01	0.31	0.15	0.00	0.63
2002	0.10	0.06	0.01	0.24	0.16	0.00	0.58
2003	0.10	0.07	0.01	0.26	0.17	0.01	0.61
2004	0.10	0.08	0.01	0.25	0.17	0.00	0.61
2005	0.10	0.08	0.02	0.30	0.18	0.00	0.69
2006	0.10	0.07	0.02	0.27	0.19	0.00	0.65
2007	0.10	0.06	0.02	0.31	0.20	0.00	0.70
2008	0.10	0.06	0.02	0.30	0.20	0.00	0.69
2009	0.10	0.05	0.02	0.29	0.15	0.00	0.61
2010	0.10	0.05	0.02	0.30	0.18	0.01	0.66
2011	0.10	0.05	0.02	0.30	0.19	0.01	0.66
2012	0.10	0.04	0.02	0.29	0.17	0.01	0.62
2013	0.09	0.05	0.02	0.30	0.17	0.01	0.63
2014	0.07	0.06	0.02	0.25	0.17	0.00	0.57
2015	0.08	0.06	0.02	0.28	0.16	0.00	0.60
2016	0.08	0.05	0.02	0.28	0.16	0.00	0.61
2017	0.08	0.06	0.02	0.27	0.17	0.00	0.61
2018	0.08	0.05	0.02	0.24	0.17	0.00	0.57
2019	0.08	0.06	0.02	0.22	0.17	0.00	0.55
2020	0.07	0.06	0.02	0.21	0.16	0.00	0.52

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Figure ZR12-5: Cadmium (Cd) emissions in Slovenia and EU countries, 1990-2020

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National emissions reported to the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, Air pollutant emissions data viewer (LRTAP Convention), EEA, 2022 (10. 10. 2022)

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	Austria[index (1990 = 100)]	Croatia[index (1990 = 100)]	Italy[index (1990 = 100)]	Hungary[index (1990 = 100)]	Lithuania[index (1990 = 100)]	Finland[index (1990 = 100)]	Slovenia[index (1990 = 100)]	EU27[index (1990 = 100)]
1990	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1991	94.64	92.60	107.71	93.45	111.28	57.00	87.10	91.08
1992	78.81	72.82	101.97	87.14	57.96	49.76	89.49	84.36
1993	71.17	76.35	98.82	90.78	63.60	50.66	85.95	80.07
1994	65.80	67.61	95.60	87.81	59.61	40.68	87.77	78.81
1995	63.50	73.68	95.42	86.40	52.14	31.81	87.42	76.65
1996	62.70	78.73	93.56	84.93	56.63	28.57	85.29	77.41
1997	60.87	75.86	93.17	84.73	58.25	23.78	90.18	76.20
1998	58.20	79.11	90.00	83.44	72.76	25.34	92.30	73.11
1999	60.47	82.30	89.03	80.48	59.68	22.95	86.05	70.20
2000	59.58	76.91	91.43	94.45	54.60	21.11	90.21	64.30
2001	60.50	84.00	89.48	99.21	66.14	26.10	103.70	61.16
2002	59.41	83.54	74.56	82.43	71.73	20.56	95.25	60.99
2003	60.68	89.97	71.35	86.06	75.27	19.85	100.64	58.19
2004	60.62	91.16	74.83	76.90	83.27	24.16	100.48	56.72
2005	63.33	96.12	77.23	70.65	85.33	21.70	112.22	54.15
2006	66.03	91.64	72.66	71.87	81.01	21.33	107.01	52.40
2007	52.57	81.47	70.97	74.69	68.55	18.94	113.85	49.97
2008	53.60	83.82	62.93	72.21	83.77	18.04	113.13	47.94
2009	52.81	82.00	49.40	75.65	79.30	17.25	99.94	42.31
2010	57.66	84.02	46.81	80.09	82.62	19.19	108.45	43.06
2011	55.98	78.43	46.39	88.01	82.81	18.23	108.32	42.05
2012	57.16	75.27	43.31	90.44	82.30	17.50	102.28	39.86
2013	57.42	75.30	39.86	89.19	83.33	16.15	103.82	38.85
2014	54.01	67.56	39.14	80.75	76.36	13.75	92.89	37.98
2015	55.20	71.79	39.20	85.76	82.03	13.30	98.02	37.42
2016	54.59	67.45	38.65	83.90	88.33	14.06	99.65	37.54
2017	55.93	67.45	39.08	84.39	91.55	14.28	99.03	37.01
2018	55.60	68.21	38.89	76.50	89.40	13.18	93.27	36.10
2019	54.80	64.56	37.70	73.23	89.02	11.80	89.28	34.63
2020	53.65	64.14	34.92	72.61	87.05	10.47	85.80	32.79

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Figure ZR12-6: Emission trends for mercury (Hg) in Slovenia by sectors

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National emission inventory, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2022 (5. 5. 2022)

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	Energy industries[t]	Manufacturing industries and construction[t]	Road transport[t]	Small combustion[t]	Industrial processes and product use[t]	Waste[t]	Total[t]
1990	0.16	0.10	0.01	0.04	0.05	0.01	0.38
1991	0.14	0.10	0.01	0.05	0.03	0.01	0.35
1992	0.16	0.08	0.01	0.04	0.03	0.01	0.34
1993	0.16	0.07	0.01	0.04	0.03	0.01	0.31
1994	0.15	0.07	0.01	0.03	0.04	0.02	0.31
1995	0.11	0.08	0.01	0.03	0.04	0.01	0.27
1996	0.10	0.08	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.01	0.25
1997	0.11	0.08	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.28
1998	0.12	0.08	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.29
1999	0.10	0.08	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.26
2000	0.10	0.08	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.02	0.26
2001	0.07	0.09	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.02	0.24
2002	0.08	0.09	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.02	0.25
2003	0.07	0.08	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.03	0.24
2004	0.06	0.08	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.02	0.23
2005	0.06	0.08	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.02	0.24
2006	0.04	0.09	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.02	0.22
2007	0.05	0.08	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.02	0.23
2008	0.04	0.09	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.02	0.23
2009	0.04	0.07	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.02	0.20
2010	0.04	0.06	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.02	0.20
2011	0.04	0.06	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.02	0.20
2012	0.04	0.06	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.02	0.20
2013	0.04	0.07	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.03	0.20
2014	0.03	0.07	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.02	0.20
2015	0.03	0.06	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.03	0.19
2016	0.03	0.06	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.03	0.19
2017	0.04	0.07	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.03	0.20
2018	0.03	0.07	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.03	0.20
2019	0.03	0.07	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.03	0.20
2020	0.03	0.07	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.03	0.20

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Figure ZR12-7: Mercury (Hg) emissions in Slovenia and EU countries, 1990-2020

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National emissions reported to the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, Air pollutant emissions data viewer (LRTAP Convention), EEA, 2022 (10. 10. 2022)

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	Austria[index (1990 = 100)]	Croatia[index (1990 = 100)]	Italy[index (1990 = 100)]	Hungary[index (1990 = 100)]	Portugal[index (1990 = 100)]	Denmark[index (1990 = 100)]	Slovenia[index (1990 = 100)]	EU27[index (1990 = 100)]
1990	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1991	96.02	96.73	97.56	97.00	101.81	103.69	92.31	93.93
1992	79.37	98.37	96.52	85.70	102.72	94.81	91.06	87.62
1993	69.41	28.35	94.28	87.05	100.42	92.67	83.17	80.02
1994	62.15	26.07	91.71	83.36	105.06	80.48	83.45	78.10
1995	63.09	25.76	93.85	71.20	111.36	73.44	71.69	76.74
1996	59.82	24.99	92.36	68.64	115.66	77.87	67.99	74.03
1997	62.18	29.18	94.49	66.18	128.05	62.63	75.14	69.60
1998	56.42	31.18	93.90	63.04	118.72	53.22	76.88	66.06
1999	54.66	34.17	90.71	62.47	116.28	47.02	69.96	63.57
2000	55.30	42.61	95.31	61.18	106.77	31.84	68.98	62.70
2001	58.05	43.69	94.48	60.85	93.05	27.72	64.66	57.92
2002	58.14	47.79	94.75	58.48	90.40	26.79	67.11	58.54
2003	59.78	49.75	99.10	57.76	85.00	27.50	63.79	56.40
2004	59.22	50.75	84.97	54.86	87.13	23.06	62.12	54.16
2005	63.52	52.73	81.89	49.22	81.94	21.96	63.48	52.11
2006	42.70	50.28	83.92	35.59	80.76	19.59	59.35	50.25
2007	43.03	52.65	75.07	34.72	79.76	19.16	60.50	47.51
2008	43.60	50.91	70.54	36.19	76.36	18.94	61.82	44.79
2009	38.37	44.91	52.90	33.12	74.87	14.37	52.25	38.20
2010	43.00	46.88	55.60	32.53	73.37	13.62	54.20	39.23
2011	42.86	44.83	56.32	32.26	65.84	12.55	53.71	39.46
2012	43.41	42.14	60.64	33.29	63.26	9.82	52.80	37.61
2013	45.42	43.36	50.90	29.97	60.49	10.56	54.43	35.24
2014	43.31	42.17	55.38	31.47	59.58	10.67	52.27	34.98
2015	42.79	41.13	47.34	32.86	62.58	9.13	51.31	33.21
2016	39.98	41.84	41.88	32.05	61.01	10.60	51.13	31.75
2017	41.15	36.24	46.15	35.79	64.33	9.05	53.99	31.69
2018	39.90	36.30	45.08	31.11	61.23	8.77	54.58	31.07
2019	40.52	32.21	41.69	30.31	58.73	7.38	53.92	28.21
2020	41.09	32.90	37.78	29.35	56.16	7.48	52.64	25.42

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