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Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (N2O) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on...

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

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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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 on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food 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). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.