Greece vs Syria: Nitrous oxide emissions
Greece
3.96 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Syria
4.07 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Greece rank
94th
Syria rank
91st
Nitrous oxide emissions over time
- Greece
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 4.07 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 3.96 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Greece, a difference of 107,370 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 94th and Syria ranks 91st of 201 countries.
Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 364,277 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 77,940 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 286,337 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Greece |
| 1860s | 389,771 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 83,227 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 306,544 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Greece |
| 1870s | 480,421 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 103,625 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 376,797 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Greece |
| 1880s | 618,224 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 134,958 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 483,265 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Greece |
| 1890s | 811,943 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 147,391 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 664,552 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Greece |
| 1900s | 931,359 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 157,340 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 774,018 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Greece |
| 1910s | 900,680 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 171,913 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 728,767 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Greece |
| 1920s | 1.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 224,210 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 785,849 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Greece |
| 1930s | 1.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 348,231 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 862,265 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Greece |
| 1940s | 2.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 586,964 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.63 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Greece |
| 1950s | 3.64 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 881,912 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.76 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Greece |
| 1960s | 4.86 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.39 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3.47 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Greece |
| 1970s | 6.30 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 4.09 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Greece |
| 1980s | 7.37 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3.79 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Greece |
| 1990s | 6.79 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 4.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.22 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Greece |
| 2000s | 5.92 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 5.61 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 308,985 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Greece |
| 2010s | 4.75 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 4.31 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 436,278 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Greece |
| 2020s | 4.17 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 181,734 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nitrous oxide emissions, Greece or Syria?
- Syria, at 4.07 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 3.96 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Greece as of 2024.
- What is the difference in nitrous oxide emissions between Greece and Syria?
- 107,370 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Syria?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Greece and Syria rank globally for nitrous oxide emissions?
- Greece ranks 94th and Syria ranks 91st of 201 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Nitrous oxide emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.