Energy — Emissions Share (N2O) by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.
Countries reporting
205
Highest
93.44 %
Marshall Islands
Lowest
0 %
Niue
Median
7.8 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
7,907
What the numbers show
Energy — Emissions Share (N2O) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 93.44 % in Marshall Islands; the lowest is 0 % in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.8 %, and the mean is 12 %.
Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei Darussalam (up 380.3%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 75.3%).
Energy — Emissions Share: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marshall Islands | 93.44 % | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 2 | Brunei Darussalam | 77.28 % | 2023 | up 380.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Palau | 49.53 % | 2023 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 4 | Maldives | 42.47 % | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 5 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 41.77 % | 2010 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Seychelles | 41.2 % | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 7 | China, Macao SAR | 37.52 % | 2023 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 8 | Anguilla | 37.5 % | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 8 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 37.5 % | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 10 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 36.53 % | 2023 | up 378.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Republic of Korea | 35.66 % | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 12 | Bhutan | 35.45 % | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 13 | Nauru | 33.33 % | 2023 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 14 | Micronesia | 33.06 % | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 15 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 32.89 % | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 16 | Aruba | 32.8 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 17 | Japan | 31.93 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 18 | Czechia | 31.51 % | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 19 | Philippines | 29.61 % | 2023 | up 296.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Gabon | 29.16 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 21 | Qatar | 27.21 % | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 22 | Equatorial Guinea | 25.92 % | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 23 | British Virgin Islands | 25.76 % | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 24 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 25.58 % | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 25 | Liberia | 25.24 % | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 26 | Cook Islands | 25 % | 2023 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 27 | Luxembourg | 23.58 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 28 | China, mainland | 22.92 % | 2023 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 29 | China | 22.88 % | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 30 | Malta | 21.87 % | 2023 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 31 | Singapore | 20.73 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Kuwait | 20.59 % | 2023 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 33 | Viet Nam | 20.4 % | 2023 | up 84.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Bahrain | 20.31 % | 2023 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 35 | Suriname | 20.01 % | 2023 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 19.7 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 37 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 19.14 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 18.82 % | 2023 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 38 | China, Taiwan Province of | 18.82 % | 2023 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 40 | Montenegro | 18.52 % | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 41 | Sao Tome and Principe | 17.92 % | 2023 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 42 | Bahamas | 16.49 % | 2023 | up 129.3% | falling |
| 43 | Austria | 16.37 % | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 44 | Cabo Verde | 16.21 % | 2023 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 45 | Italy | 16.05 % | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 46 | Guatemala | 15.93 % | 2023 | up 70.6% | rising |
| 47 | Slovenia | 15.77 % | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 48 | Sri Lanka | 15.76 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 49 | Finland | 15.38 % | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 50 | Solomon Islands | 15.14 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 51 | India | 14.76 % | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 52 | Nigeria | 14.7 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 53 | Chile | 14.38 % | 2023 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 54 | Mauritius | 14.27 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 55 | Comoros | 14.21 % | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 56 | Portugal | 14.13 % | 2023 | up 13.4% | flat |
| 57 | Libya | 14.11 % | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 58 | Malaysia | 13.96 % | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 59 | Sweden | 13.85 % | 2023 | down 19.2% | flat |
| 60 | Lesotho | 13.77 % | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 60 | Poland | 13.77 % | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 62 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 13.57 % | 2023 | up 87.4% | rising |
| 63 | Switzerland | 12.81 % | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 64 | Germany | 12.8 % | 2023 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 65 | Israel | 12.67 % | 2023 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 66 | Kiribati | 12.45 % | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 67 | Thailand | 12.17 % | 2023 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 68 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.06 % | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 69 | Cyprus | 11.88 % | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 70 | OECD | 11.81 % | 2023 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 71 | Armenia | 11.72 % | 2023 | up 75.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Nepal | 11.54 % | 2023 | up 15.5% | flat |
| 73 | Türkiye | 11.37 % | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 74 | North Macedonia | 11.22 % | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 75 | Oman | 11.11 % | 2023 | down 22.4% | flat |
| 76 | Jamaica | 10.99 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 77 | Eswatini | 10.7 % | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 78 | Republic of Moldova | 10.62 % | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | 10.51 % | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 80 | Spain | 10.45 % | 2023 | up 16.9% | flat |
| 81 | Samoa | 10.05 % | 2023 | up 69.8% | rising |
| 82 | Croatia | 9.95 % | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 83 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 9.83 % | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 84 | Russian Federation | 9.71 % | 2023 | up 20.2% | flat |
| 85 | Denmark | 9.24 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 86 | Haiti | 9.16 % | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 87 | Saint Lucia | 9.13 % | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 87 | Rwanda | 9.13 % | 2023 | up 30.2% | falling |
| 89 | Iraq | 9.07 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 90 | Serbia | 8.96 % | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 91 | Fiji | 8.93 % | 2023 | up 103.0% | rising |
| 92 | France | 8.87 % | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 93 | Tunisia | 8.79 % | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 94 | Polynesia | 8.76 % | 2023 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 95 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.46 % | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 96 | Barbados | 8.4 % | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 97 | Ecuador | 8.32 % | 2023 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 98 | Algeria | 8.15 % | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 99 | Bangladesh | 8.09 % | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 100 | Tonga | 7.97 % | 2023 | up 59.1% | falling |
| 101 | Morocco | 7.92 % | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 102 | El Salvador | 7.86 % | 2023 | up 53.2% | falling |
| 103 | Zimbabwe | 7.8 % | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 104 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.57 % | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 105 | Botswana | 7.56 % | 2023 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Slovakia | 7.47 % | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 107 | Indonesia | 7.46 % | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 108 | Canada | 7.39 % | 2023 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 109 | Sierra Leone | 7.3 % | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 110 | Lebanon | 7.29 % | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 111 | Hungary | 7.25 % | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 112 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 7.17 % | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 113 | Bulgaria | 7.12 % | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 114 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 7.09 % | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 115 | Latvia | 6.88 % | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 116 | Panama | 6.84 % | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 117 | Azerbaijan | 6.77 % | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 118 | Estonia | 6.73 % | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 119 | Jordan | 6.72 % | 2023 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 120 | Norway | 6.53 % | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 121 | Cambodia | 6.5 % | 2023 | up 120.3% | rising |
| 122 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 6.45 % | 1999 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 123 | Mexico | 6.39 % | 2023 | down 18.8% | flat |
| 124 | Burundi | 6.34 % | 2023 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 125 | Uganda | 6.3 % | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 126 | Belgium | 6.2 % | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 126 | Dominican Republic | 6.2 % | 2023 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 128 | Peru | 6.14 % | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 129 | Guyana | 6.13 % | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 130 | Serbia and Montenegro | 6.06 % | 2005 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 131 | Egypt | 6.05 % | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 132 | Ethiopia | 5.97 % | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 133 | Caribbean | 5.83 % | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 134 | Congo | 5.82 % | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 135 | Mongolia | 5.81 % | 2023 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Romania | 5.79 % | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 137 | Myanmar | 5.78 % | 2023 | up 107.2% | rising |
| 138 | Melanesia | 5.72 % | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 139 | Ghana | 5.6 % | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 140 | Madagascar | 5.59 % | 2023 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 141 | Costa Rica | 5.57 % | 2023 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 142 | Grenada | 5.52 % | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 143 | Dominica | 5.51 % | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 144 | Greece | 5.48 % | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 145 | Cameroon | 5.43 % | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 146 | Papua New Guinea | 5.38 % | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 147 | Gambia | 5.29 % | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 148 | Honduras | 5.25 % | 2023 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 149 | Pakistan | 5.08 % | 2023 | down 17.7% | flat |
| 150 | Togo | 5.03 % | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 151 | Djibouti | 5.02 % | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 152 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.99 % | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 153 | Brazil | 4.98 % | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 154 | Namibia | 4.71 % | 2023 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Ukraine | 4.61 % | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 156 | Argentina | 4.6 % | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 156 | Benin | 4.6 % | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 4.46 % | 2023 | up 143.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Australia | 4.28 % | 2023 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 160 | Cuba | 4.27 % | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 161 | Australia and New Zealand | 4.11 % | 2023 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 162 | Somalia | 4.1 % | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 163 | Albania | 4.02 % | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 164 | Colombia | 3.81 % | 2023 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 165 | Georgia | 3.73 % | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 166 | Ireland | 3.61 % | 2023 | down 48.3% | rising |
| 166 | Iceland | 3.61 % | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 168 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.57 % | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 169 | Kenya | 3.5 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 170 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.29 % | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 171 | Zambia | 3.23 % | 2023 | up 160.5% | rising |
| 172 | Belarus | 3.17 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 173 | Lithuania | 3.16 % | 2023 | up 57.2% | falling |
| 173 | Uzbekistan | 3.16 % | 2023 | up 74.6% | falling |
| 175 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.14 % | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 176 | Eritrea | 3.05 % | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 177 | Nicaragua | 2.96 % | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 178 | New Zealand | 2.8 % | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 179 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.73 % | 2023 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 180 | Uruguay | 2.65 % | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 181 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.63 % | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 182 | Burkina Faso | 2.62 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 183 | Guinea | 2.61 % | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 183 | Mauritania | 2.61 % | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 185 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2.59 % | 2023 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 186 | Senegal | 2.56 % | 2023 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 187 | Paraguay | 2.49 % | 2023 | up 36.8% | falling |
| 188 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.36 % | 2023 | down 58.7% | rising |
| 189 | Belize | 2.31 % | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 190 | Timor-Leste | 2.2 % | 2023 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 191 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.09 % | 2023 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 192 | Turkmenistan | 1.99 % | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 193 | Malawi | 1.95 % | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 194 | Afghanistan | 1.9 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 195 | Mozambique | 1.86 % | 2023 | up 69.1% | falling |
| 196 | Angola | 1.73 % | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 197 | Sudan | 1.71 % | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 198 | Tajikistan | 1.64 % | 2023 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 199 | Niger | 1.25 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 200 | Yemen | 1.16 % | 2023 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 201 | Sudan (former) | 1.05 % | 2011 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 202 | Mali | 1 % | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 203 | South Sudan | 0.56 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 204 | Chad | 0.45 % | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 205 | Niue | 0 % | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Asia 23.01 %
- Asia 16.69 %
- United States of America 15.44 %
- Northern America 13.93 %
- Southern Asia 12.98 %
- South Africa 12.51 %
- Southern Europe 12.49 %
- South-eastern Asia 12.48 %
- Non-Annex I countries 11.68 %
- World 11.49 %
- Western Asia 11.29 %
- European Union (27) 11.06 %
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.