Brazil vs United States: Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O

Brazil
3,551 kt
in 2023
United States
9,566 kt
in 2023
Brazil rank
7th
United States rank
5th

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O over time

  • Brazil
  • United States
02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k10.0k196119922023

How they compare

United States currently reports 9,566 kt against 3,551 kt in Brazil, a difference of 6,015 kt.

That makes United States's figure about 2.7 times Brazil's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 7th and United States ranks 5th of 232 countries.

United States has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil United States Difference Ahead
1960s 795 kt 3,739 kt 2,944 kt United States
1970s 1,080 kt 4,489 kt 3,409 kt United States
1980s 1,438 kt 5,069 kt 3,632 kt United States
1990s 2,055 kt 6,334 kt 4,278 kt United States
2000s 2,647 kt 7,780 kt 5,133 kt United States
2010s 3,262 kt 8,469 kt 5,207 kt United States
2020s 3,505 kt 9,368 kt 5,863 kt United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions (co2eq) from n2o, Brazil or United States?
United States, at 9,566 kt against 3,551 kt in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions (co2eq) from n2o between Brazil and United States?
6,015 kt, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and United States?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Brazil and United States rank globally for waste — emissions (co2eq) from n2o?
Brazil ranks 7th and United States ranks 5th of 232 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
265 places, 15,268 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf