All sectors without LULUCF — Direct emissions (N2O), annual growth rate by country

The year-on-year percentage change in All sectors without LULUCF — Direct emissions (N2O). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

Countries reporting
229
Highest
52.47 % change on previous year
Belize
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
Guadeloupe
Median
0.3939 % change on previous year
Years covered
33
1991–2023
Data points
8,333

What the numbers show

All sectors without LULUCF — Direct emissions (N2O), annual growth rate is currently reported for 229 countries. The highest value is 52.47 % change on previous year in Belize; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in Guadeloupe.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3939 % change on previous year, and the mean is 0.4926 % change on previous year.

Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 136 fell. The largest increase was in Singapore (up 7,137.8%), and the largest decrease in Norway (down 11,275.5%).

All sectors without LULUCF: Direct emissions (N2O) … Direct annual: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belize 52.47 % change on previous year 2023 up 7.3% volatile
2 Maldives 37.04 % change on previous year 2023 up 322.2% volatile
3 Malawi 32.56 % change on previous year 2023 up 404.1% volatile
4 Moldova 30.62 % change on previous year 2023 up 37.7% volatile
4 Republic of Moldova 30.62 % change on previous year 2023 up 37.7% volatile
6 Suriname 30.41 % change on previous year 2023 up 812.3% volatile
7 Thailand 24.28 % change on previous year 2023 up 2,450.1% volatile
8 Syria 19.99 % change on previous year 2023 up 219.3% volatile
8 Syrian Arab Republic 19.99 % change on previous year 2023 up 219.3% volatile
10 Costa Rica 19.65 % change on previous year 2023 up 1,733.6% volatile
11 Singapore 15.14 % change on previous year 2023 up 7,137.8% volatile
12 Fiji 14.96 % change on previous year 2023 up 5,218.0% volatile
13 Madagascar 14.62 % change on previous year 2023 up 836.1% volatile
14 Niue 14.29 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
15 Gambia 14.01 % change on previous year 2023 up 88.3% volatile
16 El Salvador 13.92 % change on previous year 2023 up 219.7% volatile
17 Namibia 13.77 % change on previous year 2023 up 223.2% volatile
18 Australia 13.42 % change on previous year 2023 up 627.9% volatile
19 Cote d'Ivoire 11.8 % change on previous year 2023 up 232.2% volatile
19 Côte d'Ivoire 11.8 % change on previous year 2023 up 232.2% volatile
21 Cambodia 11.18 % change on previous year 2023 up 979.1% volatile
22 Finland 10.64 % change on previous year 2023 up 589.1% volatile
23 Kenya 10.26 % change on previous year 2023 up 4,611.0% volatile
24 Panama 9.36 % change on previous year 2023 up 311.0% volatile
25 Australia and New Zealand 9.32 % change on previous year 2023 up 594.6% volatile
26 Zambia 9.13 % change on previous year 2023 up 54.3% volatile
27 Lebanon 8.67 % change on previous year 2023 up 295.6% volatile
28 Puerto Rico 8.5 % change on previous year 2023 up 1,109.6% volatile
29 Laos 7.89 % change on previous year 2023 up 901.3% volatile
29 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7.89 % change on previous year 2023 up 901.3% volatile
31 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7.65 % change on previous year 2023 up 37.4% volatile
32 Ethiopia 6.99 % change on previous year 2023 up 234.9% volatile
33 Malaysia 6.92 % change on previous year 2023 up 148.9% volatile
34 Mexico 6.85 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.6% volatile
35 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6.83 % change on previous year 2023 up 696.7% volatile
36 Uzbekistan 6.8 % change on previous year 2023 up 13.8% volatile
37 Turkey 6.54 % change on previous year 2023 down 36.7% volatile
37 Türkiye 6.54 % change on previous year 2023 down 36.7% volatile
39 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.45 % change on previous year 2023 up 170.2% volatile
40 Azerbaijan 6.3 % change on previous year 2023 up 434.6% volatile
41 Chad 6.07 % change on previous year 2023 up 10.1% rising
42 Canada 6.07 % change on previous year 2023 up 288.7% volatile
43 Poland 5.83 % change on previous year 2023 up 243.3% volatile
44 Chile 5.76 % change on previous year 2023 up 197.1% volatile
45 Guatemala 5.72 % change on previous year 2023 up 2,914.9% volatile
46 Benin 5.46 % change on previous year 2023 up 184.9% volatile
47 Germany 5.43 % change on previous year 2023 up 131.6% volatile
48 Ghana 5.18 % change on previous year 2023 up 21.9% volatile
49 Mali 4.92 % change on previous year 2023 up 82.7% volatile
50 Togo 4.76 % change on previous year 2023 down 44.2% volatile
51 Portugal 4.57 % change on previous year 2023 up 1,203.2% volatile
52 Paraguay 4.55 % change on previous year 2023 down 20.2% volatile
53 Pakistan 4.29 % change on previous year 2023 down 39.1% volatile
54 Greece 4.08 % change on previous year 2023 up 241.8% volatile
55 United Republic of Tanzania 3.95 % change on previous year 2023 down 51.9% volatile
56 Sierra Leone 3.6 % change on previous year 2023 down 27.4% volatile
57 China, Hong Kong SAR 3.2 % change on previous year 2023 up 112.5% volatile
58 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.92 % change on previous year 2023 down 10.2% volatile
59 Afghanistan 2.9 % change on previous year 2023 up 159.5% volatile
60 Nicaragua 2.68 % change on previous year 2023 up 228.3% volatile
61 OECD 2.53 % change on previous year 2023 up 54.2% volatile
62 Guyana 2.5 % change on previous year 2023 down 81.7% volatile
63 China, Macao SAR 2.44 % change on previous year 2023 up 193.9% volatile
64 Belarus 2.42 % change on previous year 2023 up 175.2% volatile
65 Montenegro 2.41 % change on previous year 2023 up 27.6% volatile
66 Dominican Republic 2.41 % change on previous year 2023 up 337.0% volatile
67 Sao Tome and Principe 2.38 % change on previous year 2023 down 77.9% volatile
68 Sri Lanka 2.38 % change on previous year 2023 up 123.9% volatile
69 South Sudan 2.36 % change on previous year 2023 up 530.5% volatile
70 Belgium-Luxembourg 2.26 % change on previous year 1999 up 430.6% volatile
71 Faroe Islands 2.16 % change on previous year 2023 down 74.2% volatile
72 Burkina Faso 2.15 % change on previous year 2023 down 13.6% volatile
73 Tajikistan 2.12 % change on previous year 2023 down 62.5% volatile
74 Iraq 2.09 % change on previous year 2023 up 74.8% volatile
75 Qatar 2.02 % change on previous year 2023 down 88.1% volatile
76 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.79 % change on previous year 2023 down 33.4% volatile
77 Vanuatu 1.78 % change on previous year 2023 up 150.3% volatile
78 Libya 1.76 % change on previous year 2023 up 4,724.1% volatile
79 Micronesia 1.66 % change on previous year 2023 down 60.5% volatile
80 Romania 1.66 % change on previous year 2023 down 88.0% volatile
81 Malta 1.65 % change on previous year 2023 up 428.3% volatile
82 Oman 1.62 % change on previous year 2023 down 88.8% volatile
83 Luxembourg 1.6 % change on previous year 2023 up 33.5% volatile
84 Indonesia 1.59 % change on previous year 2023 up 130.8% volatile
85 Zimbabwe 1.52 % change on previous year 2023 down 15.2% volatile
86 Switzerland 1.51 % change on previous year 2023 down 49.9% volatile
87 Jordan 1.48 % change on previous year 2023 down 91.9% volatile
88 India 1.44 % change on previous year 2023 up 379.2% volatile
89 Central African Republic 1.36 % change on previous year 2023 up 91.3% volatile
90 Cabo Verde 1.33 % change on previous year 2023 down 37.7% volatile
91 Brazil 1.27 % change on previous year 2023 down 63.3% volatile
92 Algeria 1.22 % change on previous year 2023 down 47.0% volatile
93 Kiribati 1.16 % change on previous year 2023 down 84.3% volatile
94 Saint Lucia 1.16 % change on previous year 2023 up 113.7% volatile
95 Kuwait 1.05 % change on previous year 2023 down 66.8% volatile
96 Cameroon 1.04 % change on previous year 2023 down 79.2% volatile
97 United Arab Emirates 0.995 % change on previous year 2023 down 83.5% volatile
98 Trinidad and Tobago 0.9392 % change on previous year 2023 down 40.9% volatile
99 Guinea-Bissau 0.9023 % change on previous year 2023 down 68.2% volatile
100 Seychelles 0.8772 % change on previous year 2023 up 107.9% volatile
101 Tonga 0.7874 % change on previous year 2023 down 36.2% volatile
102 Colombia 0.7868 % change on previous year 2023 up 121.5% volatile
103 Angola 0.7714 % change on previous year 2023 down 88.7% volatile
104 Bahamas 0.7463 % change on previous year 2023 up 111.4% volatile
105 Bulgaria 0.7216 % change on previous year 2023 down 95.0% volatile
106 East Timor 0.7033 % change on previous year 2023 down 72.2% volatile
106 Timor-Leste 0.7033 % change on previous year 2023 down 72.2% volatile
108 Equatorial Guinea 0.6154 % change on previous year 2023 down 84.1% volatile
109 Bangladesh 0.5187 % change on previous year 2023 down 10.3% volatile
110 United States 0.5158 % change on previous year 2023 down 57.3% volatile
111 Sudan 0.4625 % change on previous year 2023 down 81.2% volatile
112 China, mainland 0.4598 % change on previous year 2023 up 190.3% volatile
113 China 0.4487 % change on previous year 2023 up 230.2% volatile
114 Djibouti 0.3947 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
115 Honduras 0.3939 % change on previous year 2023 down 48.8% volatile
116 Mauritania 0.3931 % change on previous year 2023 down 86.2% volatile
117 Comoros 0.3469 % change on previous year 2023 up 285.8% volatile
118 Italy 0.3465 % change on previous year 2023 up 182.4% volatile
119 Slovakia 0.3246 % change on previous year 2023 down 89.0% volatile
120 Albania 0.3172 % change on previous year 2023 up 115.6% volatile
121 Vietnam 0.3123 % change on previous year 2023 down 97.8% volatile
121 Viet Nam 0.3123 % change on previous year 2023 down 97.8% volatile
123 Caribbean 0.2371 % change on previous year 2023 down 83.0% volatile
124 Turkmenistan 0.1941 % change on previous year 2023 down 98.9% volatile
125 Haiti 0.1657 % change on previous year 2023 down 74.2% volatile
126 France 0.0406 % change on previous year 2023 down 98.6% volatile
127 Greenland 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
127 Nauru 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
127 Palau 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
127 Tuvalu 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
127 French Guiana 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
127 Martinique 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
127 Reunion 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
127 Réunion 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
127 Nauru 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
136 Jamaica -0.0462 % change on previous year 2023 up 98.7% volatile
137 Kyrgyzstan -0.162 % change on previous year 2023 down 103.2% volatile
138 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) -0.2863 % change on previous year 2023 up 82.6% volatile
139 Japan -0.3194 % change on previous year 2023 down 109.0% volatile
140 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) -0.3254 % change on previous year 2023 up 50.3% volatile
141 Somalia -0.3301 % change on previous year 2023 down 356.7% volatile
142 Eritrea -0.3667 % change on previous year 2023 down 148.3% volatile
143 Solomon Islands -0.4577 % change on previous year 2023 down 112.0% volatile
144 Uganda -0.5784 % change on previous year 2023 down 136.4% volatile
145 Melanesia -0.6279 % change on previous year 2023 down 200.2% volatile
146 Barbados -0.6543 % change on previous year 2023 down 137.5% volatile
147 Yemen -0.6818 % change on previous year 2023 down 117.0% volatile
148 Rwanda -0.6826 % change on previous year 2023 down 122.8% volatile
149 Nigeria -0.7393 % change on previous year 2023 down 125.5% volatile
150 Grenada -0.7491 % change on previous year 2023 down 119.1% volatile
151 Uruguay -0.8285 % change on previous year 2023 down 145.6% volatile
152 New Caledonia -0.8738 % change on previous year 2023 down 114.6% volatile
153 Brunei -0.9709 % change on previous year 2023 down 112.4% volatile
153 Brunei Darussalam -0.9709 % change on previous year 2023 down 112.4% volatile
155 Liberia -0.987 % change on previous year 2023 down 161.9% volatile
156 Austria -0.9969 % change on previous year 2023 down 131.5% volatile
157 Morocco -1.04 % change on previous year 2023 down 108.9% volatile
158 Egypt -1.09 % change on previous year 2023 down 359.3% volatile
159 Eswatini -1.37 % change on previous year 2023 down 26.3% volatile
160 Israel -1.43 % change on previous year 2023 down 218.6% volatile
161 Dominica -1.46 % change on previous year 2023 down 116.2% volatile
162 Samoa -1.46 % change on previous year 2023 down 162.9% volatile
163 Myanmar -1.53 % change on previous year 2023 down 126.5% volatile
164 North Macedonia -1.56 % change on previous year 2023 down 130.5% volatile
165 China, Taiwan Province of -1.69 % change on previous year 2023 up 54.5% volatile
166 Cook Islands -1.69 % change on previous year 2023 down 30.5% volatile
167 Lithuania -1.77 % change on previous year 2023 down 700.3% volatile
168 Iran (Islamic Republic of) -1.83 % change on previous year 2023 up 9.5% volatile
169 Russia -1.99 % change on previous year 2023 down 135.8% volatile
169 Russian Federation -1.99 % change on previous year 2023 down 135.8% volatile
171 Burundi -2.03 % change on previous year 2023 down 111.1% volatile
172 Hungary -2.03 % change on previous year 2023 down 118.9% volatile
173 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -2.04 % change on previous year 2023 up 63.9% volatile
174 Bahrain -2.07 % change on previous year 2023 down 137.1% volatile
175 United Kingdom -2.09 % change on previous year 2023 down 428.7% volatile
175 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -2.09 % change on previous year 2023 down 428.7% volatile
177 Guinea -2.17 % change on previous year 2023 down 144.0% falling
178 Gabon -2.18 % change on previous year 2023 down 205.9% volatile
179 Croatia -2.66 % change on previous year 2023 up 80.7% volatile
180 Polynesia -2.77 % change on previous year 2023 down 286.2% volatile
181 Cuba -2.78 % change on previous year 2023 down 191.0% volatile
182 Mauritius -2.94 % change on previous year 2023 up 77.3% volatile
183 Congo -2.96 % change on previous year 2023 down 599.8% volatile
184 Saudi Arabia -3.39 % change on previous year 2023 down 13.2% volatile
185 Republic of Korea -3.54 % change on previous year 2023 down 88.6% volatile
186 Belgium -3.62 % change on previous year 2023 down 3,091.0% volatile
187 Antigua and Barbuda -3.63 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
188 Kazakhstan -3.68 % change on previous year 2023 down 395.3% volatile
189 Spain -3.7 % change on previous year 2023 down 143.3% volatile
190 Palestine -3.74 % change on previous year 2023 down 370.1% volatile
190 Palestine -3.74 % change on previous year 2023 down 370.1% volatile
192 Sudan (former) -4.03 % change on previous year 2011 down 176.9% volatile
193 Slovenia -4.08 % change on previous year 2023 down 914.6% volatile
194 Peru -4.13 % change on previous year 2023 down 609.8% volatile
195 Niger -4.2 % change on previous year 2023 down 201.2% falling
196 New Zealand -4.25 % change on previous year 2023 down 2,716.0% volatile
197 Senegal -4.55 % change on previous year 2023 down 280.4% volatile
198 Serbia -4.85 % change on previous year 2023 down 649.1% volatile
199 Sweden -4.86 % change on previous year 2023 down 263.9% volatile
200 South Africa -4.9 % change on previous year 2023 down 132.8% volatile
201 Mozambique -4.95 % change on previous year 2023 down 421.5% volatile
202 Georgia -4.97 % change on previous year 2023 down 176.8% volatile
203 Norway -5.01 % change on previous year 2023 down 11,275.5% volatile
204 Denmark -5.75 % change on previous year 2023 down 98.8% volatile
205 Latvia -5.98 % change on previous year 2023 down 324.5% volatile
206 Mongolia -6.24 % change on previous year 2023 down 154.6% volatile
207 Bhutan -6.33 % change on previous year 2023 down 274.6% volatile
208 Botswana -6.34 % change on previous year 2023 down 87.3% volatile
209 Philippines -6.79 % change on previous year 2023 down 292.1% volatile
210 Armenia -6.92 % change on previous year 2023 down 191.1% volatile
211 Papua New Guinea -7.15 % change on previous year 2023 down 1,448.4% volatile
212 Ireland -7.48 % change on previous year 2023 down 796.5% volatile
213 Serbia and Montenegro -8.27 % change on previous year 2005 down 146.5% volatile
214 Estonia -8.89 % change on previous year 2023 down 604.2% volatile
215 Ukraine -9.48 % change on previous year 2023 down 169.3% volatile
216 Iceland -9.62 % change on previous year 2023 down 76.5% volatile
217 Tunisia -10.35 % change on previous year 2023 down 22.5% volatile
218 Argentina -10.84 % change on previous year 2023 down 380.6% volatile
219 French Polynesia -11.17 % change on previous year 2023 down 1,726.1% volatile
220 Ecuador -13.33 % change on previous year 2023 down 1,005.3% volatile
221 Cyprus -15.54 % change on previous year 2023 down 51.7% volatile
222 Nepal -15.95 % change on previous year 2023 down 351.7% volatile
223 Czechia -16.5 % change on previous year 2023 down 1,734.1% volatile
224 Bosnia and Herzegovina -22.42 % change on previous year 2023 down 312.8% volatile
225 Tokelau -28.57 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
226 Lesotho -29.65 % change on previous year 2023 down 740.6% volatile
227 Bermuda -37.5 % change on previous year 2021 down 200.0% volatile
228 Aruba -100 % change on previous year 2023 unchanged volatile
228 Guadeloupe -100 % change on previous year 2007 down 10,320.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

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

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The year-on-year percentage change in All sectors without LULUCF — Direct emissions (N2O). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

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All sectors without LULUCF — Direct emissions (N2O), annual growth rate
Unit
% change on previous year
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
262 places, 8,333 data points, 1991–2023
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The year-on-year percentage change in All sectors without LULUCF — Direct emissions (N2O). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.