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Countries by Nitrous oxide emissions (2024)

Nitrous oxide emissions in 2024: highest in China (475.5 mn t CO2-eq), lowest in Marshall Islands (0 mn t CO2-eq), median 3.383 mn t CO2-eq across the 196 countries in this dataset, according to Our World in Data.

Browse Nitrous oxide emissions (measured in mn t CO2-eq) across 196 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from Our World in Data.

Unit: mn t CO2-eq196 countries and regionsSource: Our World in Data
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1850–2024

Highest Nitrous oxide emissions, 2024

  1. 1.China475.5 mn t CO2-eq
  2. 2.India310 mn t CO2-eq
  3. 3.United States239.6 mn t CO2-eq
  4. 4.Brazil204 mn t CO2-eq
  5. 5.Russia85.24 mn t CO2-eq
  6. 6.Pakistan71.43 mn t CO2-eq
  7. 7.Indonesia70.98 mn t CO2-eq
  8. 8.Australia67.78 mn t CO2-eq
  9. 9.Argentina52.29 mn t CO2-eq
  10. 10.Ethiopia51.63 mn t CO2-eq

Lowest Nitrous oxide emissions, 2024

  1. 187.St. Kitts and Nevis0.00969 mn t CO2-eq
  2. 188.St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.00882 mn t CO2-eq
  3. 189.Aruba0.0085 mn t CO2-eq
  4. 190.Kiribati0.00741 mn t CO2-eq
  5. 191.Liechtenstein0.00706 mn t CO2-eq
  6. 192.British Virgin Islands0.0045 mn t CO2-eq
  7. 193.Turks and Caicos Islands0.00225 mn t CO2-eq
  8. 194.Tuvalu0.00139 mn t CO2-eq
  9. 195.Nauru0.00058 mn t CO2-eq
  10. 196.Marshall Islands0 mn t CO2-eq

All 196 ranked countries, 2024— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Nitrous oxide emissions trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

ChinaRank 1 of 196IndiaRank 2 of 196United StatesRank 3 of 196BrazilRank 4 of 196RussiaRank 5 of 196PakistanRank 6 of 196IndonesiaRank 7 of 196AustraliaRank 8 of 196ArgentinaRank 9 of 196EthiopiaRank 10 of 196CanadaRank 11 of 196NigeriaRank 12 of 196TurkeyRank 13 of 196MexicoRank 14 of 196FranceRank 15 of 196GermanyRank 16 of 196IranRank 17 of 196BangladeshRank 18 of 196ChadRank 19 of 196VietnamRank 20 of 196SudanRank 21 of 196United KingdomRank 22 of 196PolandRank 23 of 196TanzaniaRank 24 of 196ColombiaRank 25 of 196EgyptRank 26 of 196KenyaRank 27 of 196South AfricaRank 28 of 196UkraineRank 29 of 196ThailandRank 30 of 196SpainRank 31 of 196South SudanRank 32 of 196PhilippinesRank 33 of 196JapanRank 34 of 196DR CongoRank 35 of 196AngolaRank 36 of 196UzbekistanRank 37 of 196BelarusRank 38 of 196ItalyRank 39 of 196MongoliaRank 40 of 196ZambiaRank 41 of 196NigerRank 42 of 196MaliRank 43 of 196South KoreaRank 44 of 196New ZealandRank 45 of 196Saudi ArabiaRank 46 of 196MozambiqueRank 47 of 196UgandaRank 48 of 196MyanmarRank 49 of 196KazakhstanRank 50 of 196VenezuelaRank 51 of 196BoliviaRank 52 of 196RomaniaRank 53 of 196Central African RepublicRank 54 of 196Burkina FasoRank 55 of 196PeruRank 56 of 196NetherlandsRank 57 of 196MalaysiaRank 58 of 196IrelandRank 59 of 196MoroccoRank 60 of 196ParaguayRank 61 of 196BelgiumRank 62 of 196AlgeriaRank 63 of 196BotswanaRank 64 of 196GuineaRank 65 of 196UruguayRank 66 of 196ChileRank 67 of 196TurkmenistanRank 68 of 196IraqRank 69 of 196MadagascarRank 70 of 196NepalRank 71 of 196GhanaRank 72 of 196Czech RepublicRank 73 of 196CameroonRank 74 of 196FinlandRank 75 of 196SomaliaRank 76 of 196SenegalRank 77 of 196SwedenRank 78 of 196MalawiRank 79 of 196HungaryRank 80 of 196ZimbabweRank 81 of 196YemenRank 82 of 196GuatemalaRank 83 of 196LithuaniaRank 84 of 196DenmarkRank 85 of 196CambodiaRank 86 of 196EcuadorRank 87 of 196AfghanistanRank 88 of 196NorwayRank 89 of 196Syrian Arab RepublicRank 90 of 196Cote d'IvoireRank 91 of 196BulgariaRank 92 of 196GreeceRank 93 of 196SerbiaRank 94 of 196Dominican RepublicRank 95 of 196AustriaRank 96 of 196Lao PDRRank 97 of 196NicaraguaRank 98 of 196NamibiaRank 99 of 196TunisiaRank 100 of 196SlovakiaRank 101 of 196BeninRank 102 of 196MauritaniaRank 103 of 196AzerbaijanRank 104 of 196CubaRank 105 of 196PortugalRank 106 of 196HondurasRank 107 of 196United Arab EmiratesRank 108 of 196TajikistanRank 109 of 196IsraelRank 110 of 196TogoRank 111 of 196SwitzerlandRank 112 of 196LatviaRank 113 of 196CroatiaRank 114 of 196Sri LankaRank 115 of 196North KoreaRank 116 of 196Kyrgyz RepublicRank 117 of 196Republic of the CongoRank 118 of 196GeorgiaRank 119 of 196LibyaRank 120 of 196Papua New GuineaRank 121 of 196Costa RicaRank 122 of 196EstoniaRank 123 of 196BurundiRank 124 of 196EritreaRank 125 of 196HaitiRank 126 of 196RwandaRank 127 of 196JordanRank 128 of 196Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 129 of 196Sierra LeoneRank 130 of 196OmanRank 131 of 196SingaporeRank 132 of 196Trinidad and TobagoRank 133 of 196PanamaRank 134 of 196KuwaitRank 135 of 196MoldovaRank 136 of 196El SalvadorRank 137 of 196QatarRank 138 of 196LebanonRank 139 of 196Guinea-BissauRank 140 of 196SloveniaRank 141 of 196ArmeniaRank 142 of 196AlbaniaRank 143 of 196GabonRank 144 of 196Brunei DarussalamRank 145 of 196GuyanaRank 146 of 196LiberiaRank 147 of 196EswatiniRank 148 of 196LesothoRank 149 of 196North MacedoniaRank 150 of 196Hong KongRank 151 of 196CyprusRank 152 of 196JamaicaRank 153 of 196IcelandRank 154 of 196The GambiaRank 155 of 196DjiboutiRank 156 of 196Timor-LesteRank 157 of 196LuxembourgRank 158 of 196SurinameRank 159 of 196BahrainRank 160 of 196BhutanRank 161 of 196MauritiusRank 162 of 196FijiRank 163 of 196MontenegroRank 164 of 196BelizeRank 165 of 196Cabo VerdeRank 166 of 196VanuatuRank 167 of 196ComorosRank 168 of 196MacaoRank 169 of 196MaldivesRank 170 of 196SamoaRank 171 of 196Equatorial GuineaRank 172 of 196The BahamasRank 173 of 196BarbadosRank 174 of 196MaltaRank 175 of 196AndorraRank 176 of 196SeychellesRank 177 of 196Solomon IslandsRank 178 of 196PalauRank 179 of 196TongaRank 180 of 196Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 181 of 196St. LuciaRank 182 of 196MicronesiaRank 183 of 196Antigua and BarbudaRank 184 of 196DominicaRank 185 of 196GrenadaRank 186 of 196St. Kitts and NevisRank 187 of 196St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 188 of 196ArubaRank 189 of 196KiribatiRank 190 of 196LiechtensteinRank 191 of 196British Virgin IslandsRank 192 of 196Turks and Caicos IslandsRank 193 of 196TuvaluRank 194 of 196NauruRank 195 of 196Marshall IslandsRank 196 of 196

Nitrous oxide emissions Data Coverage

This page lists 196 countries with available Nitrous oxide emissions data. Data sourced from Our World in Data. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.