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China vs United States: Nitrous oxide emissions

China
475.53 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
United States
239.60 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
China rank
1st
United States rank
3rd

Nitrous oxide emissions over time

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  • United States
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How they compare

China currently reports 475.53 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 239.60 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in United States, a difference of 235.94 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes China's figure about 2.0 times United States's.

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

China ranks 1st and United States ranks 3rd 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.