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

Emissions from livestock — 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
170
Highest
0.0023 kt per person
Mongolia
Lowest
0 kt per person
Singapore
Median
0.0001 kt per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,815

What the numbers show

Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per capita is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 0.0023 kt per person in Mongolia; the lowest is 0 kt per person in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0001 kt per person, and the mean is 0.0002 kt per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 988.

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 124 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 84.5%), and the largest decrease in Vanuatu (down 56.8%).

Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O, per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 0.0023 kt per person 2023 up 28.4% falling
2 New Zealand 0.0018 kt per person 2023 down 24.2% falling
3 Uruguay 0.0016 kt per person 2023 down 0.2% falling
4 Chad 0.0014 kt per person 2023 up 28.9% rising
5 Australia 0.0011 kt per person 2023 down 13.1% falling
6 Paraguay 0.0009 kt per person 2023 down 11.3% flat
7 South Sudan 0.0008 kt per person 2023 up 13.1% rising
8 Ireland 0.0007 kt per person 2023 down 18.3% falling
9 Namibia 0.0006 kt per person 2023 down 1.8% falling
10 Argentina 0.0006 kt per person 2023 down 2.2% falling
11 Mauritania 0.0005 kt per person 2023 down 17.5% falling
12 Central African Republic 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 0.1% rising
13 Brazil 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 6.0% rising
14 Mali 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 12.8% falling
15 Sudan 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 23.0% falling
16 Niger 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 4.5% falling
17 Eritrea 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 7.7% falling
18 Nicaragua 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 6.2% falling
19 Turkmenistan 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 6.1% rising
20 Guinea 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 21.4% rising
21 Ethiopia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 1.9% rising
22 Somalia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 32.4% falling
23 Burkina Faso 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 18.4% rising
24 Colombia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 17.5% falling
25 Denmark 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 12.9% falling
26 Kenya 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 2.6% falling
27 Belarus 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 1.3% falling
28 Kazakhstan 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 7.0% falling
29 Guinea-Bissau 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 15.3% flat
30 Iceland 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 23.4% falling
31 Uzbekistan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 16.4% rising
32 Eswatini 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 19.3% falling
33 Costa Rica 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 38.5% falling
34 Botswana 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 55.4% falling
35 Dominican Republic 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 4.7% rising
36 Vanuatu 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 56.8% falling
37 Azerbaijan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 13.4% rising
38 Zimbabwe 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 13.3% falling
39 Guyana 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 1.7% falling
40 Uganda 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 9.2% flat
41 Kyrgyzstan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 1.7% flat
42 Cuba 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 9.3% falling
43 Djibouti 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 12.3% falling
44 New Caledonia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 15.7% falling
45 Senegal 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 7.8% falling
46 Mexico 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 2.4% falling
47 Malawi 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 84.5% rising
48 Panama 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 18.5% falling
49 Albania 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 26.0% falling
50 Canada 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 16.8% falling
51 Georgia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 22.5% rising
52 Tonga 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 6.7% rising
53 Lesotho 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 25.5% falling
54 Peru 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 8.4% falling
55 France 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 16.2% falling
56 Tajikistan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 2.8% rising
57 Faroe Islands 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 2.3% falling
58 Samoa 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 30.8% rising
59 Luxembourg 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 22.4% falling
60 Fiji 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 44.4% falling
61 Lithuania 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 17.1% falling
62 Togo 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 21.2% rising
63 Libya 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 9.0% falling
64 Belgium 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 11.6% falling
65 Pakistan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 23.0% rising
66 Norway 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 9.4% falling
67 Spain 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 7.0% flat
68 Honduras 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 12.2% falling
69 Romania 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 4.8% falling
70 Dominica 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 5.7% rising
71 Cameroon 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 19.5% falling
72 Latvia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 3.9% falling
73 Belize 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 21.2% falling
74 Guatemala 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 0.2% falling
75 Benin 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 8.8% falling
76 Greece 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
77 Madagascar 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 34.7% falling
78 Ecuador 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 31.0% falling
79 Austria 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 18.1% falling
80 Zambia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 10.5% falling
81 Tunisia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 7.2% falling
82 Slovenia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 8.3% falling
83 Armenia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 15.8% rising
84 Myanmar 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 37.0% rising
85 Poland 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 12.8% falling
86 South Africa 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 23.2% falling
87 Serbia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 12.8% falling
88 Chile 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 19.3% falling
89 Morocco 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 6.6% falling
90 Estonia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 13.2% falling
91 Tuvalu 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 20.1% rising
92 Montenegro 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 15.8% falling
93 Switzerland 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 12.5% falling
94 Oman 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 8.4% rising
95 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 11.2% rising
96 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 20.7% rising
97 Portugal 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 9.4% falling
98 Barbados 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 18.0% rising
99 Finland 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 14.7% falling
100 Nigeria 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 4.7% rising
101 Saudi Arabia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 34.9% falling
102 Germany 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 17.7% falling
103 Haiti 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 8.7% falling
104 Algeria 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 3.9% rising
105 Nepal 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 14.5% flat
106 North Macedonia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 24.1% falling
107 Cambodia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 19.3% falling
108 Angola 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 16.3% falling
109 Croatia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 6.5% falling
110 Qatar 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 71.2% falling
111 Hungary 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 2.4% falling
112 Indonesia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 44.2% rising
113 Burundi 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 26.6% falling
114 China 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 5.3% rising
115 Ghana 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 20.2% flat
116 Sierra Leone 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 9.7% rising
117 Italy 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 11.6% falling
118 Bhutan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 9.7% falling
119 Afghanistan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 24.5% falling
120 Sweden 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 28.1% falling
121 Yemen 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 19.7% falling
122 Czechia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 7.2% falling
123 Cyprus 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 41.7% falling
124 El Salvador 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 10.7% falling
125 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 26.3% falling
126 Bulgaria 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 6.8% falling
127 Grenada 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 25.1% rising
128 Jamaica 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 1.3% falling
129 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 15.5% flat
130 Gambia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 35.7% falling
131 Rwanda 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 26.3% flat
132 Suriname 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 16.1% falling
133 Lebanon 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 8.7% rising
134 Kuwait 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 1.9% rising
135 Ukraine 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 27.9% falling
136 Israel 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 7.3% falling
137 United Arab Emirates 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 11.2% volatile
138 Thailand 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 9.3% falling
139 Saint Lucia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 0.7% falling
140 India 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 0.3% falling
141 Mauritius 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 12.5% rising
142 Slovakia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 19.9% falling
143 Bangladesh 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 1.0% falling
144 Iraq 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 17.5% volatile
145 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 2.7% rising
146 Mozambique 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.2% falling
147 Malaysia 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.0% falling
148 Comoros 0 kt per person 2023 down 16.9% falling
149 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.6% falling
150 Jordan 0 kt per person 2023 down 14.5% falling
151 Gabon 0 kt per person 2023 down 19.4% falling
152 French Polynesia 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.6% falling
153 Puerto Rico 0 kt per person 2023 down 11.6% falling
154 Philippines 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.2% falling
155 Bahamas 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.8% falling
156 Congo 0 kt per person 2023 down 21.8% rising
157 Egypt 0 kt per person 2023 down 44.7% falling
158 Liberia 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.9% falling
159 Seychelles 0 kt per person 2023 up 17.5% falling
160 Japan 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.7% flat
161 Palestine, State of 0 kt per person 2023 down 11.8% falling
162 Kiribati 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.1% rising
163 Malta 0 kt per person 2023 down 44.1% falling
164 Papua New Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 down 16.4% falling
165 Solomon Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 23.8% volatile
166 Nauru 0 kt per person 2023 down 11.4% rising
167 Sri Lanka 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.2% falling
168 Bahrain 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.6% falling
169 Equatorial Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 down 23.5% falling
170 Singapore 0 kt per person 2023 down 16.1% volatile

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Emissions from livestock — 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.

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

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Indicator
Emissions from livestock — 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
171 places, 9,815 data points, 1961–2023
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Emissions from livestock — 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.