Germany vs Iran: Nitrous oxide emissions

Germany

32.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Iran

32.06 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Germany rank

16th

Iran rank

17th

Nitrous oxide emissions over time

Germany
Iran

How they compare

Germany currently reports 32.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 32.06 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Iran, a difference of 103,600 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

Across all 175 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.

Germany ranks 16th and Iran ranks 17th of 201 countries.

Individual pages

Nitrous oxide emissions in Germany
Nitrous oxide emissions in Iran
Full country ranking

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.