ETC HE Reports on the environmental burden of disease attributable to air pollution in Europe

The EEA and the ETC HE (and its predecessor ETC ATNI) estimate annually the burden of disease attributable to exposure to fine particles (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ozone (O3). The reports below explain the methodology and show the results. The results are also published in the corresponding EEA’s briefings and reports.

ETC HE Report Publication date Link EEA related publication
ETC HE Report 2025/8 Nov 2025 Assessing the environmental burden of disease related to air pollution in Europe in 2023

EEA Briefing 16/2025

Harm to human health from air pollution in Europe: burden of disease status, 2025

ETC HE Report 2024/6 Dec 2024 Assessing the environmental burden of disease related to air pollution in Europe in 2022

EEA Briefing 21/2024

Harm to human health from air pollution in Europe: burden of disease status, 2024

ETC HE Report 2023/7 Jun 2024 Health Risk Assessment of Air Pollution: assessing the environmental burden of disease in Europe in 2021

EEA Briefing 23/2023

Harm to human health from air pollution in Europe: burden of disease 2023

ETC HE Report 2022/11 Nov 2022 Estimating the morbidity related environmental burden of disease due to exposure to PM2.5, NO2 and O3 in outdoor ambient air

EEA Report 5/2022 

Health impacts of air pollution in Europe, 2022 

ETC HE Report 2022/10 Nov 2022 Health Risk Assessment of Air Pollution and the Impact of the New WHO Guidelines
ETC ATNI Report 10/2021 Nov 2021 Health risk assessments of air pollution. Estimations of the 2019 HRA, benefit analysis of reaching specific air quality standards and more

EEA Report 15/2021

Health impacts of air pollution in Europe, 2021

ETC ATNI Report 13/2019 May 2020 Health Risk Assessment of Air Pollution in Europe. Methodology description and 2017 results

EEA Report 9/2020 

Air quality in Europe — 2020 report 

ETC/ACM Technical Paper 2017/4 Apr 2018 Long-term air quality trends in Europe 

EEA Report 12/2018 

Air quality in Europe — 2018 report 

ETC/ACM Technical Paper 2016/5  Jan 2017 Quantifying the health impacts of ambient air pollution: methodology and input data  

EEA Report 28/2016 

Air quality in Europe — 2016 report