Belgium vs Ireland: Nitrous oxide emissions

Belgium

8.38 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Ireland

8.67 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Belgium rank

62nd

Ireland rank

59th

Nitrous oxide emissions over time

Belgium
Ireland

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 8.67 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 8.38 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Belgium, a difference of 288,880 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 62nd and Ireland ranks 59th of 201 countries.

Individual pages

Nitrous oxide emissions in Belgium
Nitrous oxide emissions in Ireland
Full country ranking

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: 07 August 2026

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