Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per capita by country

Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
197
Highest
0.0038 kt per person
Mongolia
Lowest
0 kt per person
Guam
Median
0.0002 kt per person
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,753

What the numbers show

Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per capita is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 0.0038 kt per person in Mongolia; the lowest is 0 kt per person in Guam.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0002 kt per person, and the mean is 0.0004 kt per person.

Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 135 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 71.4%), and the largest decrease in United States Virgin Islands (down 63.1%).

Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 0.0038 kt per person 2023 up 10.0% flat
2 Australia 0.0034 kt per person 2023 up 48.5% falling
3 Botswana 0.0026 kt per person 2023 up 69.7% falling
4 Central African Republic 0.0025 kt per person 2023 down 29.5% falling
5 New Zealand 0.0023 kt per person 2023 down 22.3% falling
6 Uruguay 0.0021 kt per person 2023 down 1.9% rising
7 South Sudan 0.0016 kt per person 2023 down 2.1% flat
8 Belarus 0.0016 kt per person 2023 up 1.4% rising
9 Chad 0.0015 kt per person 2023 up 16.2% rising
10 Faroe Islands 0.0015 kt per person 2023 down 5.4% falling
11 Ireland 0.0014 kt per person 2023 down 18.8% falling
12 Lithuania 0.0013 kt per person 2023 down 1.0% rising
13 Paraguay 0.0012 kt per person 2023 down 11.6% rising
14 Estonia 0.0011 kt per person 2023 down 2.8% rising
15 Canada 0.001 kt per person 2023 up 1.2% flat
16 Latvia 0.001 kt per person 2023 up 11.2% rising
17 Namibia 0.001 kt per person 2023 down 26.2% falling
18 Iceland 0.0009 kt per person 2023 down 15.0% falling
19 Argentina 0.0009 kt per person 2023 down 0.3% flat
20 Brazil 0.0009 kt per person 2023 up 18.0% rising
21 Zambia 0.0009 kt per person 2023 down 37.2% falling
22 Finland 0.0008 kt per person 2023 down 0.3% falling
23 Turkmenistan 0.0008 kt per person 2023 down 0.3% rising
24 Guyana 0.0007 kt per person 2023 up 1.6% rising
25 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0007 kt per person 2023 up 13.3% rising
26 Denmark 0.0007 kt per person 2023 down 9.8% falling
27 Poland 0.0006 kt per person 2023 up 13.6% rising
28 Laos 0.0006 kt per person 2023 up 37.0% rising
29 Mali 0.0006 kt per person 2023 up 2.8% flat
30 Belize 0.0006 kt per person 2023 down 16.2% rising
31 Mauritania 0.0006 kt per person 2023 down 16.8% falling
32 Angola 0.0006 kt per person 2023 down 38.5% falling
33 Bulgaria 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 20.5% rising
34 Hungary 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 4.6% rising
35 United States 0.0005 kt per person 2023 down 5.9% falling
36 Sudan 0.0005 kt per person 2023 down 21.9% falling
37 Nicaragua 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 15.4% rising
38 Norway 0.0005 kt per person 2023 down 4.6% falling
39 Ukraine 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 6.6% rising
40 Uzbekistan 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 8.0% flat
41 Russia 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 22.1% flat
42 Georgia 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 7.2% rising
43 Niger 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 3.2% rising
44 Serbia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 13.2% falling
45 Guinea 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 1.2% rising
46 Eritrea 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 6.9% falling
47 Kazakhstan 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 2.1% falling
48 Romania 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 10.4% flat
49 France 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 15.8% falling
50 Sweden 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 6.9% falling
51 Moldova 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 48.8% falling
52 Turkey 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 9.2% flat
53 Colombia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 12.4% falling
54 Ethiopia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 3.0% rising
55 Burkina Faso 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 16.5% falling
56 Suriname 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 30.0% flat
57 Thailand 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 25.0% rising
58 Costa Rica 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 15.1% falling
59 United Kingdom 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 8.9% falling
60 Kenya 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 0.9% flat
61 Croatia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 10.9% flat
62 Guinea-Bissau 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 34.7% falling
63 Somalia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 32.5% falling
64 Eswatini 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 16.5% falling
65 Albania 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 16.3% rising
66 Germany 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 20.4% falling
67 Malawi 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 71.4% rising
68 Greece 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 12.9% falling
69 Mozambique 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 38.5% falling
70 Spain 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 14.6% falling
71 Zimbabwe 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 11.9% falling
72 Mexico 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 3.4% falling
73 Azerbaijan 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 4.5% rising
74 Luxembourg 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 29.4% falling
75 Senegal 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 10.7% falling
76 Myanmar 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 27.2% rising
77 Cambodia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 13.8% falling
78 Czechia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 17.7% flat
79 Panama 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 10.0% falling
80 Dominican Republic 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 10.6% rising
81 Chile 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 14.9% falling
82 Austria 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 14.7% falling
83 Pakistan 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 13.1% rising
84 Slovenia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 6.1% falling
85 Honduras 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 0.7% falling
86 Greenland 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 11.6% volatile
87 China 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 8.0% rising
88 Belgium 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 18.4% falling
89 Kyrgyzstan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 9.5% falling
90 New Caledonia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 11.0% falling
91 Uganda 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 12.1% rising
92 South Africa 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 11.5% falling
93 Slovakia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 3.9% falling
94 Cuba 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 19.1% falling
95 Peru 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 10.2% rising
96 Congo 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 31.8% falling
97 Tajikistan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 15.2% rising
98 Vietnam 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 0.9% rising
99 Guatemala 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 7.4% flat
100 Vanuatu 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 55.6% falling
101 Togo 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 6.1% flat
102 Indonesia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 12.4% rising
103 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 33.8% rising
104 Djibouti 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 10.9% falling
105 Brunei 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 3.0% rising
106 Benin 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 8.4% falling
107 Tunisia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 6.0% rising
108 Portugal 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 9.9% falling
109 Fiji 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 36.0% falling
110 Cameroon 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 23.9% falling
111 Madagascar 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 34.2% falling
112 Morocco 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 11.0% rising
113 Lesotho 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 26.3% falling
114 Tonga 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 5.8% rising
115 North Macedonia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 16.2% falling
116 Italy 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 6.1% falling
117 Switzerland 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 13.6% falling
118 Armenia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 37.6% rising
119 Libya 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 16.1% flat
120 Ecuador 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 34.2% falling
121 East Timor 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 0.5% rising
122 Malaysia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 22.3% flat
123 Nepal 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 8.1% rising
124 Samoa 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 28.6% rising
125 Saudi Arabia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 25.2% falling
126 Montenegro 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 13.4% falling
127 India 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 4.4% rising
128 Dominica 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 8.3% falling
129 Papua New Guinea 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 12.2% volatile
130 Oman 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 8.6% rising
131 Ghana 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 5.7% falling
132 Bangladesh 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 8.0% rising
133 Syria 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 2.9% falling
134 Cyprus 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 27.2% falling
135 Algeria 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 6.1% rising
136 Tuvalu 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 13.6% rising
137 Nigeria 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 9.7% falling
138 Egypt 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 17.3% falling
139 Gabon 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 23.7% falling
140 Sierra Leone 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 19.8% rising
141 El Salvador 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 24.5% falling
142 Barbados 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 3.4% falling
143 Qatar 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 38.9% falling
144 Burundi 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 25.6% rising
145 Grenada 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 35.7% rising
146 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 8.5% falling
147 Haiti 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 11.9% falling
148 Gambia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 25.8% falling
149 Israel 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 16.9% falling
150 Afghanistan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 25.0% falling
151 Bhutan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 16.1% falling
152 Rwanda 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 21.1% rising
153 Jamaica 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 3.9% falling
154 Lebanon 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 1.5% flat
155 Mauritius 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 4.0% falling
156 Philippines 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 0.2% falling
157 Iraq 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 18.6% falling
158 Kuwait 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 5.0% rising
159 United Arab Emirates 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 13.6% falling
160 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 26.4% falling
161 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 14.2% falling
162 Yemen 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 24.9% falling
163 Saint Lucia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 7.1% falling
164 Japan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 0.9% falling
165 American Samoa 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 3.8% falling
166 Sri Lanka 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 8.4% falling
167 Bahamas 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 60.2% falling
168 Jordan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 11.7% falling
169 French Polynesia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 3.9% rising
170 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 0.8% falling
171 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 5.1% rising
172 Malta 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 23.9% falling
173 Comoros 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 13.2% falling
174 Liberia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 16.2% falling
175 Seychelles 0 kt per person 2023 up 23.3% falling
176 Isle of Man 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.0% falling
177 Puerto Rico 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.4% falling
178 Palestine 0 kt per person 2023 down 17.1% rising
179 Kiribati 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.7% rising
180 Nauru 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.8% rising
181 Bahrain 0 kt per person 2023 down 34.7% falling
182 Gibraltar 0 kt per person 2023 up 27.0% rising
183 Solomon Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.9% falling
184 Marshall Islands 0 kt per person 2023 up 26.3% rising
185 Bermuda 0 kt per person 2023 down 23.3% falling
186 Maldives 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.6% rising
187 Palau 0 kt per person 2023 down 46.8% rising
188 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.7% rising
189 Aruba 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.9% rising
190 Andorra 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.9% falling
191 Cayman Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.7% falling
192 Equatorial Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.8% falling
193 Singapore 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.5% falling
194 British Virgin Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 32.7% falling
195 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.2% falling
196 United States Virgin Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 63.1% falling
197 Guam 0 kt per person 2023 down 54.3% rising

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) ÷ Population, total

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Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per capita
Unit
kt per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
203 places, 6,753 data points, 1990–2023
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Agrifood systems — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.