Northern Ireland Air Quality Measurements and Statistics

Government statistics estimate air pollution in the UK reduces life expectancy by an average of 7-8 months, with an associated annual cost of up to £20 billion. The dataset from OpenDataNI tracks air pollution results in Northern Ireland, where quality has improved since before the Industrial Revolution due to legislation. It was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Assessing long-term air quality trends in Northern Ireland based on historical pollution data mentioned in the description
• Evaluating the health impact of air pollution based on life expectancy reduction statistics
• Analyzing the effectiveness of pollution control legislation on emissions from industry, domestic combustion, and transport
• Modeling the economic cost of air pollution based on the associated annual financial burden

Strengths

• Data is provided under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, facilitating open use and redistribution
• Last updated on 2026-07-08, suggesting recent maintenance
• Managed by OpenDataNI, a government organization, indicating an authoritative source

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

OpenDataNI

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:03.657562

Geography

Northern Ireland, UK