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Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (N2O) by country

The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases...

Countries reporting
196
Highest
70.7 kt
China
Lowest
0.0003 kt
Tuvalu
Median
0.305 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
7,605

What the numbers show

Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (N2O) is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 70.7 kt in China; the lowest is 0.0003 kt in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.305 kt, and the mean is 1.94 kt.

Over the past decade 185 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 101.7%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 26.9%).

Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (N2O): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 70.7 kt 2023 up 34.5% rising
2 China, mainland 69.31 kt 2023 up 35.2% rising
3 OECD 61.29 kt 2023 up 15.9% rising
4 India 31.64 kt 2023 up 33.3% rising
5 Russian Federation 7.1 kt 2023 up 15.0% rising
6 Indonesia 7.06 kt 2023 up 35.2% rising
7 Brazil 6.63 kt 2023 up 13.5% rising
8 Pakistan 5.42 kt 2023 up 25.5% rising
9 Japan 5.39 kt 2023 up 4.9% falling
10 Nigeria 4.5 kt 2023 up 15.9% rising
11 Germany 4.14 kt 2023 up 11.2% rising
12 Mexico 3.96 kt 2023 up 26.4% rising
13 Egypt 3.6 kt 2023 up 7.2% rising
14 France 3.53 kt 2023 up 11.5% rising
15 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3.48 kt 2023 up 12.7% rising
16 Bangladesh 3.45 kt 2023 up 30.6% rising
17 Ethiopia 3.41 kt 2023 up 68.7% rising
18 Türkiye 3.36 kt 2023 up 22.4% rising
19 Viet Nam 3.24 kt 2023 up 33.6% rising
20 Italy 2.94 kt 2023 up 4.8% rising
21 Philippines 2.9 kt 2023 up 44.2% rising
22 Spain 2.39 kt 2023 up 14.1% rising
23 Republic of Korea 2.35 kt 2023 up 18.1% rising
24 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.29 kt 2023 up 6.5% rising
25 Poland 2 kt 2023 up 15.4% rising
26 Canada 1.82 kt 2023 up 22.9% rising
27 South Africa 1.74 kt 2023 up 10.0% rising
28 Argentina 1.7 kt 2023 up 25.7% rising
29 Thailand 1.6 kt 2023 up 14.6% rising
30 Australia and New Zealand 1.54 kt 2023 up 25.9% rising
31 Ukraine 1.52 kt 2023 down 16.6% falling
32 Algeria 1.51 kt 2023 up 25.1% rising
33 Myanmar 1.4 kt 2023 up 2.8% rising
34 United Republic of Tanzania 1.32 kt 2023 up 37.6% rising
35 Sudan 1.32 kt 2023 up 39.1% rising
36 Colombia 1.31 kt 2023 up 42.7% rising
37 Australia 1.31 kt 2023 up 24.8% rising
38 Morocco 1.26 kt 2023 up 11.7% rising
39 Uzbekistan 1.25 kt 2023 up 52.1% rising
40 Malaysia 1.1 kt 2023 up 36.2% rising
41 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.07 kt 2023 up 31.8% rising
42 Saudi Arabia 1.03 kt 2023 up 21.0% rising
43 Kenya 1.03 kt 2023 up 9.0% rising
44 Caribbean 0.9862 kt 2023 up 16.2% rising
45 Iraq 0.9837 kt 2023 up 46.8% rising
46 China, Taiwan Province of 0.9701 kt 2023 up 11.3% rising
47 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.9592 kt 2023 up 12.2% rising
48 Romania 0.9272 kt 2023 up 0.4% flat
49 Peru 0.9238 kt 2023 up 33.4% rising
50 Uganda 0.8711 kt 2023 up 37.6% rising
51 Afghanistan 0.8631 kt 2023 up 37.3% rising
52 Niger 0.7785 kt 2023 up 54.4% rising
53 Ghana 0.772 kt 2023 up 29.8% rising
54 Kazakhstan 0.7619 kt 2023 up 35.4% rising
55 Yemen 0.7565 kt 2023 up 31.7% rising
56 Nepal 0.7436 kt 2023 up 27.3% rising
57 Burkina Faso 0.7229 kt 2023 up 53.0% rising
58 Côte d'Ivoire 0.6989 kt 2023 up 48.3% rising
59 Cameroon 0.6864 kt 2023 up 34.8% rising
60 Chile 0.6193 kt 2023 up 29.3% rising
61 Belgium 0.6148 kt 2023 up 22.6% rising
62 Angola 0.6143 kt 2023 up 20.6% rising
63 Mali 0.5941 kt 2023 up 18.7% rising
64 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.5598 kt 2023 down 17.3% rising
65 Sweden 0.555 kt 2023 up 15.5% rising
66 Syrian Arab Republic 0.5484 kt 2023 down 2.2% rising
67 Portugal 0.5407 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
68 Chad 0.5291 kt 2023 up 74.0% rising
69 Mozambique 0.5023 kt 2023 up 29.0% rising
70 Sri Lanka 0.498 kt 2023 up 27.5% rising
71 Malawi 0.4731 kt 2023 up 33.4% rising
72 Czechia 0.4719 kt 2023 up 14.9% rising
73 Greece 0.4716 kt 2023 down 7.3% falling
74 Austria 0.4608 kt 2023 up 13.4% rising
75 Belarus 0.4581 kt 2023 up 15.5% rising
76 Senegal 0.4318 kt 2023 up 60.1% rising
77 Israel 0.4266 kt 2023 up 29.2% rising
78 Tunisia 0.4264 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
79 Madagascar 0.4221 kt 2023 up 10.3% rising
80 Switzerland 0.4178 kt 2023 up 22.9% rising
81 United Arab Emirates 0.4071 kt 2023 up 49.5% rising
82 Guatemala 0.3952 kt 2023 up 33.4% rising
83 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.3896 kt 2023 up 0.6% rising
84 Hungary 0.3825 kt 2023 up 9.8% falling
85 Ecuador 0.378 kt 2023 up 25.7% rising
86 Serbia 0.364 kt 2023 up 42.8% rising
87 Cambodia 0.3525 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
88 Benin 0.3441 kt 2023 up 48.2% rising
89 Zambia 0.3424 kt 2023 up 18.4% rising
90 Ireland 0.3348 kt 2023 up 41.5% rising
91 Norway 0.327 kt 2023 up 24.9% rising
92 Finland 0.3264 kt 2023 up 9.7% rising
93 Azerbaijan 0.325 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
94 Cuba 0.3217 kt 2023 down 6.0% rising
95 Zimbabwe 0.3164 kt 2023 up 37.3% rising
96 Dominican Republic 0.315 kt 2023 up 59.2% rising
97 Denmark 0.3118 kt 2023 up 9.7% rising
98 Tajikistan 0.3096 kt 2023 up 67.7% rising
99 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.3003 kt 2023 up 37.3% rising
100 South Sudan 0.2919 kt 2023 up 3.5% flat
101 Melanesia 0.2873 kt 2023 up 19.3% rising
102 Guinea 0.2747 kt 2023 up 30.5% rising
103 Bulgaria 0.2747 kt 2023 up 1.4% falling
104 Jordan 0.2714 kt 2023 up 28.4% rising
105 Rwanda 0.2636 kt 2023 up 23.0% rising
106 Somalia 0.2516 kt 2023 up 28.3% rising
107 Turkmenistan 0.2452 kt 2023 up 37.2% rising
108 Libya 0.2428 kt 2023 up 17.2% rising
109 New Zealand 0.2323 kt 2023 up 32.3% rising
110 Papua New Guinea 0.2266 kt 2023 up 18.3% rising
111 Kyrgyzstan 0.2203 kt 2023 up 34.3% rising
112 Honduras 0.2099 kt 2023 up 17.4% rising
113 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.2017 kt 2023 up 34.8% rising
114 Mongolia 0.1971 kt 2023 up 101.7% rising
115 Slovakia 0.1951 kt 2023 up 11.3% flat
116 Burundi 0.1873 kt 2023 up 65.6% rising
117 Croatia 0.1798 kt 2023 up 17.9% rising
118 Togo 0.1781 kt 2023 up 21.5% rising
119 Haiti 0.1735 kt 2023 up 6.7% rising
120 Lithuania 0.17 kt 2023 down 0.7% flat
121 Kuwait 0.1657 kt 2023 up 46.2% rising
122 El Salvador 0.162 kt 2023 up 21.5% rising
123 Paraguay 0.1565 kt 2023 up 19.3% rising
124 Sierra Leone 0.1527 kt 2023 up 20.4% rising
125 Nicaragua 0.1514 kt 2023 up 20.3% rising
126 Oman 0.1486 kt 2023 up 32.2% rising
127 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1481 kt 2023 up 5.1% rising
128 Mauritania 0.1469 kt 2023 up 37.6% rising
129 Albania 0.1432 kt 2023 up 3.7% rising
130 Lebanon 0.141 kt 2023 up 3.2% rising
131 Costa Rica 0.1343 kt 2023 up 25.6% rising
132 Panama 0.1275 kt 2023 up 38.9% rising
133 Congo 0.1195 kt 2023 up 40.1% rising
134 Qatar 0.1166 kt 2023 up 49.7% volatile
135 Republic of Moldova 0.1158 kt 2023 up 6.5% falling
136 Georgia 0.1137 kt 2023 up 14.9% flat
137 Central African Republic 0.1084 kt 2023 up 49.0% rising
138 Uruguay 0.1073 kt 2023 up 11.9% rising
139 Armenia 0.1042 kt 2023 up 22.6% rising
140 Latvia 0.0951 kt 2023 up 11.2% falling
141 Slovenia 0.0893 kt 2023 up 6.0% rising
142 Jamaica 0.0882 kt 2023 up 23.4% rising
143 Liberia 0.085 kt 2023 up 50.1% rising
144 Gabon 0.0733 kt 2023 up 30.0% rising
145 North Macedonia 0.0724 kt 2023 up 7.4% rising
146 Namibia 0.0681 kt 2023 up 54.8% rising
147 Estonia 0.0675 kt 2023 up 10.4% rising
148 Botswana 0.0577 kt 2023 up 22.6% rising
149 Bahrain 0.0555 kt 2023 up 22.9% rising
150 Gambia 0.0534 kt 2023 up 22.7% rising
151 Cyprus 0.044 kt 2023 up 48.5% rising
152 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0435 kt 2023 up 10.7% rising
153 Mauritius 0.0432 kt 2023 up 11.5% rising
154 Montenegro 0.0379 kt 2023 up 14.8% rising
155 Lesotho 0.0374 kt 2023 down 26.9% falling
156 Luxembourg 0.0354 kt 2023 up 26.7% rising
157 Guinea-Bissau 0.0352 kt 2023 up 40.0% rising
158 China, Macao SAR 0.0338 kt 2023 up 44.1% rising
159 Timor-Leste 0.029 kt 2023 up 32.3% rising
160 Djibouti 0.0283 kt 2023 up 28.4% rising
161 Guyana 0.0278 kt 2023 up 50.5% rising
162 Iceland 0.0271 kt 2023 up 34.6% rising
163 Fiji 0.0264 kt 2023 up 13.6% rising
164 Eswatini 0.0249 kt 2023 up 10.8% rising
165 Malta 0.0228 kt 2023 up 13.2% rising
166 Polynesia 0.0226 kt 2023 up 11.5% rising
167 Comoros 0.019 kt 2023 up 28.1% rising
168 Bhutan 0.0185 kt 2023 up 11.1% rising
169 Maldives 0.0163 kt 2023 up 9.3% rising
170 Solomon Islands 0.016 kt 2023 up 38.7% rising
171 Suriname 0.0142 kt 2023 up 28.1% rising
172 Brunei Darussalam 0.0141 kt 2023 up 11.6% rising
173 Cabo Verde 0.0136 kt 2023 up 7.5% rising
174 Bahamas 0.0133 kt 2023 up 21.3% rising
175 Belize 0.0105 kt 2023 up 39.4% rising
176 Barbados 0.0104 kt 2023 up 27.5% rising
177 New Caledonia 0.0103 kt 2023 up 24.0% rising
178 French Polynesia 0.0102 kt 2023 up 11.4% rising
179 Micronesia 0.0087 kt 2023 up 10.9% rising
180 Vanuatu 0.0079 kt 2023 up 29.8% rising
181 Samoa 0.0076 kt 2023 up 29.9% rising
182 Saint Lucia 0.0064 kt 2023 up 29.8% rising
183 Seychelles 0.005 kt 2023 up 66.3% rising
184 Tonga 0.0045 kt 2023 down 8.6% flat
185 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0044 kt 2023 up 27.2% rising
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0039 kt 2023 up 24.5% rising
187 Kiribati 0.0038 kt 2023 up 33.5% rising
188 Grenada 0.0038 kt 2023 up 43.6% rising
189 Antigua and Barbuda 0.003 kt 2023 up 21.7% rising
190 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.0029 kt 2023 down 0.2% flat
191 Bermuda 0.0023 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
192 Dominica 0.0022 kt 2023 up 25.2% rising
193 Marshall Islands 0.0015 kt 2023 down 9.0% flat
194 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0015 kt 2023 up 29.5% rising
195 Nauru 0.0004 kt 2023 up 10.7% rising
196 Tuvalu 0.0003 kt 2023 down 11.5% 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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Indicator
Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (N2O)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
228 places, 7,605 data points, 1990–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.