Burkina Faso vs Peru: Nitrous oxide emissions

Burkina Faso
9.92 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Peru
9.52 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
55th
Peru rank
56th

Nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Peru
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M185019372024

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 9.92 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 9.52 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Peru, a difference of 398,940 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Peru ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 55th and Peru ranks 56th of 201 countries.

Peru has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Peru Difference Ahead
1850s 119,411 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 175,794 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 56,383 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Peru
1860s 127,232 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 189,913 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 62,681 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Peru
1870s 160,143 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 222,845 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 62,702 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Peru
1880s 211,214 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 269,392 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 58,178 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Peru
1890s 241,282 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 392,793 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 151,510 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Peru
1900s 274,399 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 692,683 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 418,284 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Peru
1910s 364,790 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 977,012 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 612,222 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Peru
1920s 552,004 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 996,526 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 444,522 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Peru
1930s 599,725 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.07 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 472,083 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Peru
1940s 1.41 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.00 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 588,021 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Peru
1950s 2.10 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.94 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.84 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Peru
1960s 1.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5.37 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.38 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Peru
1970s 2.44 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5.87 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.42 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Peru
1980s 3.50 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.43 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Peru
1990s 4.97 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 6.25 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.28 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Peru
2000s 7.02 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 7.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 794,596 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Peru
2010s 8.72 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 8.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 95,667 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Peru
2020s 9.32 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 9.39 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 66,040 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nitrous oxide emissions, Burkina Faso or Peru?
Burkina Faso, at 9.92 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 9.52 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Peru as of 2024.
What is the difference in nitrous oxide emissions between Burkina Faso and Peru?
398,940 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Peru?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and Peru rank globally for nitrous oxide emissions?
Burkina Faso ranks 55th and Peru ranks 56th of 201 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Nitrous oxide emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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.