Burundi vs Rwanda: Nitrous oxide emissions

Burundi

1.68 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Rwanda

1.61 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Burundi rank

125th

Rwanda rank

128th

Nitrous oxide emissions over time

Burundi
Rwanda

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 1.68 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 1.61 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Rwanda, a difference of 68,320 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Rwanda ahead.

Burundi ranks 125th and Rwanda ranks 128th of 201 countries.

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Nitrous oxide emissions in Burundi
Nitrous oxide emissions in Rwanda
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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: 07 August 2026

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