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Ghana vs Iraq: Nitrous oxide emissions

Ghana
6.77 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Iraq
7.05 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Ghana rank
72nd
Iraq rank
69th

Nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Ghana
  • Iraq
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How they compare

Iraq currently reports 7.05 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 6.77 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Ghana, a difference of 286,650 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Iraq ahead.

Ghana ranks 72nd and Iraq ranks 69th 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.