Burundi vs Papua New Guinea: Nitrous oxide emissions

Burundi
1.68 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
1.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Burundi rank
125th
Papua New Guinea rank
122nd

Nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Burundi
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 1.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 1.68 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Burundi, a difference of 129,510 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Burundi's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Burundi ahead.

Burundi ranks 125th and Papua New Guinea ranks 122nd of 201 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 12 and Papua New Guinea in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burundi Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1850s 38,413 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 18,260 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 20,153 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Burundi
1860s 41,235 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 19,676 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 21,559 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Burundi
1870s 49,997 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 23,402 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 26,595 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Burundi
1880s 63,058 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 28,802 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 34,256 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Burundi
1890s 71,586 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 33,854 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 37,732 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Burundi
1900s 81,768 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 41,834 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 39,934 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Burundi
1910s 104,017 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 60,799 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 43,218 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Burundi
1920s 145,996 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 87,320 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 58,675 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Burundi
1930s 159,824 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 105,003 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 54,821 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Burundi
1940s 338,933 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 173,347 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 165,586 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Burundi
1950s 497,302 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 260,868 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 236,434 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Burundi
1960s 525,385 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 417,057 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 108,328 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Burundi
1970s 715,320 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 738,593 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 23,273 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Papua New Guinea
1980s 667,028 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.10 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 433,024 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Papua New Guinea
1990s 744,791 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.40 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 652,247 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Papua New Guinea
2000s 813,249 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.67 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 861,485 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Papua New Guinea
2010s 1.27 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.73 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 452,771 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Papua New Guinea
2020s 1.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.77 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 207,800 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nitrous oxide emissions, Burundi or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 1.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 1.68 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Burundi as of 2024.
What is the difference in nitrous oxide emissions between Burundi and Papua New Guinea?
129,510 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Papua New Guinea?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Burundi and Papua New Guinea rank globally for nitrous oxide emissions?
Burundi ranks 125th and Papua New Guinea ranks 122nd 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.