Australia vs Russia: Nitrous oxide emissions

Australia
67.78 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Russia
85.24 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Australia rank
8th
Russia rank
5th

Nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Australia
  • Russia
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How they compare

Russia currently reports 85.24 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 67.78 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Australia, a difference of 17.46 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

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

The two have swapped places 12 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Russia ahead.

Australia ranks 8th and Russia ranks 5th 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.