Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (N2O), annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (N2O). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
196
Highest
6.74 % change on previous year
Oman
Lowest
-8.08 % change on previous year
Ukraine
Median
1.06 % change on previous year
Years covered
33
1991–2023
Data points
7,377
What the numbers show
Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (N2O), annual growth rate is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 6.74 % change on previous year in Oman; the lowest is -8.08 % change on previous year in Ukraine.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.06 % change on previous year, and the mean is 1.18 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 132 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 2,605.7%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 5,574.6%).
Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (N2O), annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oman | 6.74 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Kuwait | 5.43 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.04 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 205.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Chad | 4.68 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 5 | South Sudan | 4.19 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 3.91 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 3.38 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Niger | 3.35 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.31 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 10 | Angola | 3.13 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Somalia | 3.13 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Montenegro | 3.08 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Yemen | 3.06 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Mali | 3.02 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Mauritania | 3.01 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Mozambique | 3 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 1,069.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Qatar | 2.99 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 18 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2.95 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Uganda | 2.84 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 202.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Zambia | 2.83 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Burundi | 2.77 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Cameroon | 2.68 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 2.64 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 1,211.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Malawi | 2.6 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Benin | 2.55 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Namibia | 2.54 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.54 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 28 | Guinea | 2.49 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Madagascar | 2.49 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 66.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Congo | 2.45 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Solomon Islands | 2.43 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Senegal | 2.42 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 97.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Bahrain | 2.36 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Togo | 2.36 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Vanuatu | 2.36 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Gambia | 2.33 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Burkina Faso | 2.3 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Iraq | 2.28 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.27 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Liberia | 2.23 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 98.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Gabon | 2.22 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Rwanda | 2.22 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 96.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Sierra Leone | 2.22 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Armenia | 2.17 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Afghanistan | 2.16 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Nigeria | 2.12 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Belize | 2.08 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 2.04 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Tajikistan | 2.04 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.02 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Kenya | 2 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 55.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Seychelles | 1.94 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Comoros | 1.94 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Ghana | 1.93 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 370.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Iceland | 1.89 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 264.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Turkmenistan | 1.86 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Papua New Guinea | 1.83 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 58 | Luxembourg | 1.8 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 124.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Honduras | 1.73 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Melanesia | 1.72 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 61 | Egypt | 1.7 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Ireland | 1.69 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.69 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Zimbabwe | 1.69 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 150.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Israel | 1.68 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Botswana | 1.65 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 985.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Jordan | 1.63 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Kiribati | 1.59 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 329.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Pakistan | 1.56 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Guatemala | 1.55 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 140.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Algeria | 1.51 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Kazakhstan | 1.47 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.4 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Djibouti | 1.39 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.38 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Nicaragua | 1.38 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 77 | China, Macao SAR | 1.36 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Mongolia | 1.36 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 79 | South Africa | 1.34 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Sudan | 1.34 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 72.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Lithuania | 1.32 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 267.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Panama | 1.32 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Cambodia | 1.29 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Czechia | 1.28 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 73.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Estonia | 1.27 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 78.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Malaysia | 1.24 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Paraguay | 1.24 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 72.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Canada | 1.23 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Bangladesh | 1.23 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.21 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Haiti | 1.16 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Norway | 1.14 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Libya | 1.13 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Colombia | 1.13 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Lesotho | 1.11 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 290.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Peru | 1.11 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Timor-Leste | 1.1 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Central African Republic | 1.07 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 108.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.05 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 858.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Morocco | 1.03 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Cyprus | 1.02 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 136.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Poland | 0.9823 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 2,605.7% | volatile |
| 103 | New Caledonia | 0.9606 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 697.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Australia | 0.9545 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Eswatini | 0.9504 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.9316 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Suriname | 0.9152 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Malta | 0.9024 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Dominican Republic | 0.8951 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Switzerland | 0.8917 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Republic of Moldova | 0.8913 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 209.3% | volatile |
| 112 | India | 0.8872 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Ecuador | 0.8761 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 62.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Mexico | 0.876 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Indonesia | 0.8462 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Slovakia | 0.8196 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 83.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Philippines | 0.8133 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 67.9% | volatile |
| 118 | New Zealand | 0.801 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.7873 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Denmark | 0.7662 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 121 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.7387 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 52.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Austria | 0.7255 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Myanmar | 0.7017 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 59.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Bhutan | 0.7015 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Nauru | 0.6977 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Viet Nam | 0.6737 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Tunisia | 0.6691 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 509.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Samoa | 0.649 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 148.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Sweden | 0.6116 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Belgium | 0.6106 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Sri Lanka | 0.5985 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Guyana | 0.5747 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Finland | 0.5725 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Germany | 0.5494 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 990.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Chile | 0.5411 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 84.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Fiji | 0.5137 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 109.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Lebanon | 0.5047 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.504 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Cabo Verde | 0.5011 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Bahamas | 0.4769 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 112.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Costa Rica | 0.4674 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 77.7% | volatile |
| 142 | El Salvador | 0.4669 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.4668 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.4533 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 117.6% | volatile |
| 145 | OECD | 0.4418 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Caribbean | 0.3983 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Brazil | 0.3967 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Maldives | 0.3576 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Georgia | 0.3344 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Micronesia | 0.3118 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 184.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.3114 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 117.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Argentina | 0.2874 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 82.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Saint Lucia | 0.2808 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 90.1% | volatile |
| 154 | French Polynesia | 0.2649 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 138.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Türkiye | 0.2437 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 156 | France | 0.2434 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 267.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Polynesia | 0.2261 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 129.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Azerbaijan | 0.2224 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Spain | 0.174 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 219.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Slovenia | 0.1503 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 107.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Grenada | 0.1332 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 86.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Portugal | 0.1311 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 359.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Latvia | 0.0715 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 104.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0681 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Jamaica | 0.0227 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Hungary | 0.0222 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 100.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Barbados | 0.0096 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Thailand | -0.0456 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 103.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Republic of Korea | -0.0651 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 104.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Nepal | -0.07 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 103.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Uruguay | -0.0838 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 101.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Bermuda | -0.0857 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 103.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Russian Federation | -0.0958 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 75.6% | volatile |
| 174 | China, mainland | -0.182 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 113.3% | volatile |
| 175 | China | -0.1856 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 113.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Mauritius | -0.1985 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 129.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Italy | -0.2007 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 178 | Romania | -0.2519 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 73.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Serbia | -0.2652 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 74.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Croatia | -0.2818 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 148.4% | volatile |
| 181 | China, Hong Kong SAR | -0.3104 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 139.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Cuba | -0.3605 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 107.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Tonga | -0.4226 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 184 | China, Taiwan Province of | -0.4396 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 123.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Bulgaria | -0.4404 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 125.4% | volatile |
| 186 | Dominica | -0.4486 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 91.4% | volatile |
| 187 | North Macedonia | -0.4581 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 250.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Japan | -0.5012 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 54.7% | volatile |
| 189 | Albania | -0.564 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 3,806.6% | volatile |
| 190 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.6152 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 145.6% | volatile |
| 191 | Belarus | -0.6275 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 89.1% | volatile |
| 192 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.7185 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 843.6% | volatile |
| 193 | Greece | -1.63 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 682.8% | volatile |
| 194 | Tuvalu | -1.92 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 430.7% | volatile |
| 195 | Marshall Islands | -3.11 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 111.8% | volatile |
| 196 | Ukraine | -8.08 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 5,574.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle Africa 3.23 % change on previous year
- Eastern Africa 2.65 % change on previous year
- Western Africa 2.36 % change on previous year
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2.26 % change on previous year
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2.25 % change on previous year
- Africa 2.23 % change on previous year
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.91 % change on previous year
- Western Asia 1.88 % change on previous year
- Central Asia 1.84 % change on previous year
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.51 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa 1.44 % change on previous year
- Southern Africa 1.38 % change on previous year
- Oceania 1.04 % change on previous year
- Southern Asia 1.02 % change on previous year
- Central America 0.9665 % change on previous year
- Northern Europe 0.8147 % change on previous year
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 0.7847 % change on previous year
- Non-Annex I countries 0.7727 % change on previous year
- South-Eastern Asia 0.7575 % change on previous year
- Americas 0.6467 % change on previous year
- Northern America 0.6335 % change on previous year
- World 0.6123 % change on previous year
- United States of America 0.5689 % change on previous year
- South America 0.5557 % change on previous year
- Western Europe 0.5204 % change on previous year
- Asia 0.4226 % change on previous year
- European Union (27) 0.3567 % change on previous year
- Annex I countries 0.1267 % change on previous year
- Europe -0.0849 % change on previous year
- Southern Europe -0.1475 % change on previous year
- Eastern Asia -0.1999 % change on previous year
- Eastern Europe -0.8762 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (N2O). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Domestic Wastewater — Emissions Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (N2O). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.