Norway vs Syria: Nitrous oxide emissions

Norway
4.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Syria
4.07 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Norway rank
90th
Syria rank
91st

Nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Norway
  • Syria
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M185019372024

How they compare

Norway currently reports 4.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 4.07 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Syria, a difference of 111,910 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

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

Norway ranks 90th and Syria ranks 91st of 201 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 16 and Syria in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Norway Syria Difference Ahead
1850s 309,229 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 77,940 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 231,289 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Norway
1860s 332,268 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 83,227 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 249,041 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Norway
1870s 400,894 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 103,625 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 297,269 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Norway
1880s 502,510 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 134,958 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 367,552 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Norway
1890s 643,496 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 147,391 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 496,105 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Norway
1900s 721,374 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 157,340 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 564,034 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Norway
1910s 687,747 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 171,913 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 515,834 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Norway
1920s 760,869 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 224,210 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 536,659 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Norway
1930s 1.04 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 348,231 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 688,485 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Norway
1940s 2.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 586,964 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Norway
1950s 4.17 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 881,912 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.28 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Norway
1960s 7.17 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.39 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5.78 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Norway
1970s 8.48 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 6.27 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Norway
1980s 6.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.42 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Norway
1990s 4.92 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 347,532 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Norway
2000s 4.59 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5.61 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.03 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Syria
2010s 4.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4.31 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 184,503 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Syria
2020s 4.19 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 201,424 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nitrous oxide emissions, Norway or Syria?
Norway, at 4.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 4.07 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Syria as of 2024.
What is the difference in nitrous oxide emissions between Norway and Syria?
111,910 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Syria?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Norway and Syria rank globally for nitrous oxide emissions?
Norway ranks 90th 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.