Australia vs Ethiopia: Nitrous oxide emissions

Australia
67.78 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Ethiopia
51.63 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Australia rank
8th
Ethiopia rank
10th

Nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Australia
  • Ethiopia
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 67.78 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 51.63 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Ethiopia, a difference of 16.15 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.3 times Ethiopia's.

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

Australia ranks 8th and Ethiopia ranks 10th 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.