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
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M185019372024

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

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.