India vs United States: Nitrous oxide emissions

India
310.00 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
United States
239.60 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
India rank
2nd
United States rank
3rd

Nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • India
  • United States
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How they compare

India currently reports 310.00 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 239.60 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in United States, a difference of 70.41 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes India's figure about 1.3 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was United States ahead.

India ranks 2nd and United States ranks 3rd 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.