Australia vs Canada: Nitrous oxide emissions

Australia
67.78 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Canada
44.73 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Australia rank
8th
Canada rank
11th

Nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Australia
  • Canada
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 67.78 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 44.73 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Canada, a difference of 23.04 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.5 times Canada's.

Across all 175 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 8th and Canada ranks 11th of 201 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Nitrous oxide emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
201 places, 35,175 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.