Nitrous oxide emissions by sector by country
Countries reporting
183
Highest
294.46 million
China
Lowest
0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
2.87 million
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,559
What the numbers show
Nitrous oxide emissions by sector is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 294.46 million in China; the lowest is 0 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.87 million, and the mean is 11.66 million.
Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 142.6%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 100.0%).
Nitrous oxide emissions by sector: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 294.46 million | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 2 | India | 220.53 million | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 3 | Brazil | 170.61 million | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 4 | United States | 151.93 million | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 5 | Australia | 89.30 million | 2023 | up 72.9% | falling |
| 6 | Pakistan | 60.64 million | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 7 | Indonesia | 56.24 million | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 8 | Russia | 47.91 million | 2023 | up 21.8% | falling |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 46.03 million | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 10 | Argentina | 38.79 million | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 11 | Canada | 37.60 million | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 34.04 million | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 13 | Chad | 28.21 million | 2023 | up 68.2% | rising |
| 14 | Turkey | 27.77 million | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 15 | Nigeria | 27.44 million | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 16 | France | 25.33 million | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 17 | Tanzania | 24.87 million | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 18 | Sudan | 24.60 million | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 21.95 million | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 20 | Germany | 21.92 million | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 21 | Thailand | 21.85 million | 2023 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 22 | Vietnam | 20.19 million | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 23 | United Kingdom | 20.12 million | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 24 | Colombia | 18.56 million | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 25 | Poland | 18.02 million | 2023 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 26 | South Sudan | 17.84 million | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 27 | Kenya | 17.09 million | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 28 | Iran | 16.77 million | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 29 | Angola | 15.70 million | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 30 | Ukraine | 15.18 million | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 31 | Uzbekistan | 14.25 million | 2023 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 32 | Mali | 13.76 million | 2023 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 33 | Belarus | 13.55 million | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 34 | South Africa | 13.44 million | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 35 | Mongolia | 13.04 million | 2023 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 36 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 12.16 million | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 37 | Egypt | 12.10 million | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 38 | Spain | 12.03 million | 2023 | down 14.4% | flat |
| 39 | New Zealand | 11.65 million | 2023 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 40 | Niger | 11.47 million | 2023 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 41 | Zambia | 11.30 million | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 42 | Uganda | 10.87 million | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 43 | Myanmar | 10.60 million | 2023 | down 26.4% | rising |
| 44 | Venezuela | 9.99 million | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 45 | Philippines | 9.65 million | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 46 | Bolivia | 9.16 million | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 47 | Italy | 9.05 million | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 48 | Paraguay | 8.34 million | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 49 | Burkina Faso | 8.18 million | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 50 | Mozambique | 7.90 million | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 7.58 million | 2023 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 52 | Ireland | 7.46 million | 2023 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 53 | Peru | 7.19 million | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 54 | Uruguay | 7.02 million | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 55 | Japan | 6.73 million | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 56 | Romania | 6.55 million | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 57 | Botswana | 6.48 million | 2023 | up 97.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Morocco | 6.42 million | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 59 | Guinea | 6.18 million | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 60 | Central African Republic | 6.13 million | 2023 | down 19.0% | flat |
| 61 | Netherlands | 5.96 million | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 62 | Malawi | 5.87 million | 2023 | up 142.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Turkmenistan | 5.67 million | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 64 | Madagascar | 5.66 million | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 65 | Somalia | 5.47 million | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 66 | Algeria | 5.36 million | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 66 | Malaysia | 5.36 million | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 68 | Saudi Arabia | 4.98 million | 2023 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 69 | Cameroon | 4.93 million | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 69 | Senegal | 4.93 million | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 71 | Ghana | 4.67 million | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 72 | South Korea | 4.55 million | 2023 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 4.53 million | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 74 | Nepal | 4.37 million | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 75 | Chile | 4.18 million | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 76 | Finland | 4.17 million | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 77 | Hungary | 4.16 million | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 78 | Sweden | 3.95 million | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 79 | Cambodia | 3.92 million | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 80 | Afghanistan | 3.83 million | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 81 | Denmark | 3.68 million | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 81 | Iraq | 3.68 million | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 83 | Guatemala | 3.66 million | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 84 | Lithuania | 3.30 million | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 85 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.17 million | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 3.16 million | 2023 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 86 | Nicaragua | 3.16 million | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 88 | Laos | 3.14 million | 2023 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 89 | Yemen | 3.10 million | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 90 | Ecuador | 3.03 million | 2023 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 91 | Namibia | 2.98 million | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 92 | Mauritania | 2.87 million | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 2.81 million | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 94 | Greece | 2.80 million | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 95 | Syria | 2.78 million | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 96 | Benin | 2.73 million | 2023 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 97 | Serbia | 2.71 million | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 98 | Czechia | 2.66 million | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 99 | Azerbaijan | 2.63 million | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 100 | Belgium | 2.54 million | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 101 | Norway | 2.45 million | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 102 | Honduras | 2.28 million | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 103 | Cuba | 2.26 million | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 104 | Tajikistan | 2.19 million | 2023 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 105 | Austria | 2.09 million | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 106 | Tunisia | 2.00 million | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 107 | Latvia | 1.86 million | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 108 | Portugal | 1.72 million | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 109 | Togo | 1.70 million | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 110 | Costa Rica | 1.66 million | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 110 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.66 million | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 112 | Burundi | 1.57 million | 2023 | up 65.3% | rising |
| 113 | Papua New Guinea | 1.49 million | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 114 | Switzerland | 1.47 million | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 115 | Eritrea | 1.46 million | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 116 | Estonia | 1.43 million | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 117 | Sri Lanka | 1.39 million | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 118 | North Korea | 1.28 million | 2023 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Rwanda | 1.25 million | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 120 | Haiti | 1.22 million | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 121 | Congo | 1.21 million | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 122 | Libya | 1.18 million | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 123 | Slovakia | 1.15 million | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 124 | Panama | 1.10 million | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 125 | Croatia | 1.02 million | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 125 | Sierra Leone | 1.02 million | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 127 | Moldova | 910,000 | 2023 | up 26.4% | falling |
| 128 | Georgia | 890,000 | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 129 | Israel | 780,000 | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 130 | El Salvador | 730,000 | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 131 | United Arab Emirates | 700,000 | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 132 | Jordan | 680,000 | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 133 | Oman | 660,000 | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 134 | Guinea-Bissau | 640,000 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 135 | Albania | 630,000 | 2023 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 136 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 570,000 | 2023 | down 46.7% | rising |
| 137 | Armenia | 490,000 | 2023 | down 41.0% | rising |
| 138 | Guyana | 480,000 | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 138 | Lebanon | 480,000 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 140 | Slovenia | 470,000 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 141 | Lesotho | 420,000 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 142 | Eswatini | 350,000 | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 143 | Kuwait | 330,000 | 2023 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 144 | North Macedonia | 310,000 | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 145 | Iceland | 280,000 | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 146 | Gabon | 270,000 | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 146 | Gambia | 270,000 | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 148 | Qatar | 259,999 | 2023 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Djibouti | 230,000 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 149 | Jamaica | 230,000 | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 149 | Liberia | 230,000 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 149 | East Timor | 230,000 | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 153 | Belize | 180,000 | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 154 | Fiji | 170,000 | 2023 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 154 | Suriname | 170,000 | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 156 | Luxembourg | 160,000 | 2023 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 156 | Trinidad and Tobago | 160,000 | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 158 | Cyprus | 150,000 | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 159 | Mauritius | 100,000 | 2023 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 160 | Brunei | 90,000 | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 160 | Montenegro | 90,000 | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 162 | Bhutan | 70,000 | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 162 | Vanuatu | 70,000 | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 164 | Cape Verde | 50,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 165 | Comoros | 40,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 166 | Barbados | 30,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 166 | Samoa | 30,000 | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 168 | Bahrain | 20,000 | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 168 | Micronesia (country) | 20,000 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 168 | Malta | 20,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 168 | Tonga | 20,000 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10,000 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Bahamas | 10,000 | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 172 | Dominica | 10,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 172 | Equatorial Guinea | 10,000 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Grenada | 10,000 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Saint Lucia | 10,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 172 | Singapore | 10,000 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 172 | Solomon Islands | 10,000 | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 172 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10,000 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 181 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Seychelles | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |