Brazil vs India: Nitrous oxide emissions

Brazil

203.97 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

India

310.00 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Brazil rank

4th

India rank

2nd

Nitrous oxide emissions over time

Brazil
India

How they compare

India currently reports 310.00 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 203.97 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Brazil, a difference of 106.03 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes India's figure about 1.5 times Brazil's.

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

Brazil ranks 4th and India ranks 2nd of 201 countries.

Individual pages

Nitrous oxide emissions in Brazil
Nitrous oxide emissions in India
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.