Kenya vs Thailand: Nitrous oxide emissions
Kenya
20.51 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Thailand
20.06 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Kenya rank
27th
Thailand rank
30th
Nitrous oxide emissions over time
- Kenya
- Thailand
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 20.51 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 20.06 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Thailand, a difference of 446,800 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Thailand ahead.
Kenya ranks 27th and Thailand ranks 30th of 201 countries.
Thailand has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 340,746 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 394,699 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 53,954 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Thailand |
| 1860s | 364,671 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 424,089 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 59,419 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Thailand |
| 1870s | 449,002 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 511,782 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 62,780 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Thailand |
| 1880s | 577,047 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 641,668 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 64,621 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Thailand |
| 1890s | 653,293 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 756,764 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 103,472 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Thailand |
| 1900s | 736,169 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 942,733 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 206,564 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Thailand |
| 1910s | 957,087 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.38 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 426,041 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Thailand |
| 1920s | 1.41 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.00 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 585,612 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Thailand |
| 1930s | 1.53 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.41 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 881,614 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Thailand |
| 1940s | 3.48 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 4.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 535,953 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Thailand |
| 1950s | 5.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 6.09 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 961,125 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Thailand |
| 1960s | 4.84 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 7.39 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.55 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Thailand |
| 1970s | 6.12 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 9.38 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3.26 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Thailand |
| 1980s | 8.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 12.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 4.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Thailand |
| 1990s | 9.45 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 17.10 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 7.65 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Thailand |
| 2000s | 11.52 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 20.17 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 8.65 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Thailand |
| 2010s | 16.38 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 23.74 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 7.36 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Thailand |
| 2020s | 20.53 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 21.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 647,680 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nitrous oxide emissions, Kenya or Thailand?
- Kenya, at 20.51 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 20.06 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Thailand as of 2024.
- What is the difference in nitrous oxide emissions between Kenya and Thailand?
- 446,800 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Thailand?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Thailand rank globally for nitrous oxide emissions?
- Kenya ranks 27th and Thailand ranks 30th 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.