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Brazil vs China: Nitrous oxide emissions

Brazil
203.97 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
China
475.53 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Brazil rank
4th
China rank
1st

Nitrous oxide emissions over time

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  • China
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How they compare

China currently reports 475.53 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 203.97 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Brazil, a difference of 271.56 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes China's figure about 2.3 times Brazil's.

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

Brazil ranks 4th and China ranks 1st 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.