Egypt vs Kenya: Nitrous oxide emissions

Egypt
22.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Kenya
20.51 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Egypt rank
26th
Kenya rank
27th

Nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Egypt
  • Kenya
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M25.0M185019372024

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 22.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 20.51 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Kenya, a difference of 2.30 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.

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

Egypt ranks 26th and Kenya ranks 27th 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.