Nitrous oxide emissions by country
Countries reporting
199
Highest
475.53 million
China
Lowest
322.69
Niue
Median
3.34 million
Years covered
175
1850–2024
Data points
35,175
What the numbers show
Nitrous oxide emissions is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 475.53 million in China; the lowest is 322.69 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.34 million, and the mean is 14.75 million.
Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei (up 407.6%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 39.0%).
Nitrous oxide emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 475.53 million | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 310.00 million | 2024 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 3 | United States | 239.60 million | 2024 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Brazil | 203.97 million | 2024 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Russia | 85.24 million | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Pakistan | 71.43 million | 2024 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Indonesia | 70.98 million | 2024 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Australia | 67.78 million | 2024 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Argentina | 52.29 million | 2024 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 51.63 million | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Canada | 44.73 million | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Nigeria | 41.96 million | 2024 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Turkey | 40.17 million | 2024 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Mexico | 39.55 million | 2024 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 15 | France | 32.58 million | 2024 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Germany | 32.16 million | 2024 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Iran | 32.06 million | 2024 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 32.01 million | 2024 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Chad | 30.76 million | 2024 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Vietnam | 30.31 million | 2024 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Sudan | 28.73 million | 2024 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 28.06 million | 2024 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Poland | 26.93 million | 2024 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Tanzania | 26.18 million | 2024 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Colombia | 23.44 million | 2024 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Egypt | 22.81 million | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Kenya | 20.51 million | 2024 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 28 | South Africa | 20.29 million | 2024 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Ukraine | 20.27 million | 2024 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Thailand | 20.06 million | 2024 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Spain | 18.85 million | 2024 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 32 | South Sudan | 18.66 million | 2024 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Philippines | 18.40 million | 2024 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Japan | 17.96 million | 2024 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 17.62 million | 2024 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Angola | 17.28 million | 2024 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Uzbekistan | 15.74 million | 2024 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Belarus | 15.35 million | 2024 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Italy | 15.22 million | 2024 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Mongolia | 14.81 million | 2024 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Zambia | 14.23 million | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Niger | 14.07 million | 2024 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Mali | 13.77 million | 2024 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 44 | South Korea | 13.69 million | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 45 | New Zealand | 13.25 million | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 13.06 million | 2024 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Mozambique | 12.71 million | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Uganda | 12.46 million | 2024 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Myanmar | 12.04 million | 2024 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Kazakhstan | 11.97 million | 2024 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Venezuela | 11.11 million | 2024 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Bolivia | 10.45 million | 2024 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Romania | 10.19 million | 2024 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Central African Republic | 10.01 million | 2024 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Burkina Faso | 9.92 million | 2024 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Peru | 9.52 million | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Netherlands | 8.98 million | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Malaysia | 8.87 million | 2024 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Ireland | 8.67 million | 2024 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Morocco | 8.67 million | 2024 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Paraguay | 8.57 million | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Belgium | 8.38 million | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Algeria | 8.11 million | 2024 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Botswana | 7.93 million | 2024 | up 176.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Guinea | 7.76 million | 2024 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Uruguay | 7.57 million | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Chile | 7.31 million | 2024 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Turkmenistan | 7.20 million | 2024 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Iraq | 7.05 million | 2024 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Madagascar | 7.03 million | 2024 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Nepal | 6.98 million | 2024 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Ghana | 6.77 million | 2024 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Czechia | 6.69 million | 2024 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Cameroon | 6.52 million | 2024 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Finland | 6.37 million | 2024 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Somalia | 6.15 million | 2024 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Senegal | 6.12 million | 2024 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Sweden | 6.07 million | 2024 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Taiwan | 5.73 million | 2024 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Malawi | 5.57 million | 2024 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Hungary | 5.43 million | 2024 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Zimbabwe | 5.28 million | 2024 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Yemen | 5.11 million | 2024 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Guatemala | 5.04 million | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Lithuania | 4.99 million | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Denmark | 4.69 million | 2024 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Cambodia | 4.56 million | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Ecuador | 4.44 million | 2024 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Afghanistan | 4.35 million | 2024 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Norway | 4.18 million | 2024 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Syria | 4.07 million | 2024 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.02 million | 2024 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 4.01 million | 2024 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Greece | 3.96 million | 2024 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Serbia | 3.88 million | 2024 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 3.76 million | 2024 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Austria | 3.56 million | 2024 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Laos | 3.52 million | 2024 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Nicaragua | 3.42 million | 2024 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Namibia | 3.34 million | 2024 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Tunisia | 3.34 million | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Slovakia | 3.27 million | 2024 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Benin | 3.21 million | 2024 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Mauritania | 3.19 million | 2024 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Azerbaijan | 2.98 million | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Cuba | 2.97 million | 2024 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Portugal | 2.79 million | 2024 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Honduras | 2.70 million | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 109 | United Arab Emirates | 2.64 million | 2024 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Tajikistan | 2.59 million | 2024 | up 48.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Israel | 2.56 million | 2024 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Togo | 2.41 million | 2024 | up 66.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Switzerland | 2.19 million | 2024 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Latvia | 2.19 million | 2024 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Croatia | 2.12 million | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Sri Lanka | 2.04 million | 2024 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 117 | North Korea | 1.93 million | 2024 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.91 million | 2024 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Congo | 1.90 million | 2024 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Georgia | 1.89 million | 2024 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Libya | 1.88 million | 2024 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Papua New Guinea | 1.81 million | 2024 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Costa Rica | 1.74 million | 2024 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Estonia | 1.70 million | 2024 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Burundi | 1.68 million | 2024 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Eritrea | 1.65 million | 2024 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Haiti | 1.63 million | 2024 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Rwanda | 1.61 million | 2024 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Jordan | 1.47 million | 2024 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.46 million | 2024 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Sierra Leone | 1.46 million | 2024 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Oman | 1.42 million | 2024 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Singapore | 1.34 million | 2024 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.33 million | 2024 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Panama | 1.29 million | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Kuwait | 1.23 million | 2024 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Moldova | 1.01 million | 2024 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 138 | El Salvador | 921,737 | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Qatar | 914,432 | 2024 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Lebanon | 888,865 | 2024 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Guinea-Bissau | 785,058 | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Slovenia | 751,321 | 2024 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Armenia | 711,601 | 2024 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Albania | 710,292 | 2024 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Gabon | 692,816 | 2024 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Brunei | 568,783 | 2024 | up 407.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Guyana | 536,507 | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Liberia | 520,217 | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Eswatini | 502,823 | 2024 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Lesotho | 491,658 | 2024 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 151 | North Macedonia | 457,582 | 2024 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Hong Kong | 442,131 | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Cyprus | 360,982 | 2024 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Jamaica | 357,071 | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Iceland | 346,459 | 2024 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Gambia | 300,809 | 2024 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Djibouti | 268,521 | 2024 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 158 | East Timor | 250,149 | 2024 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Luxembourg | 244,472 | 2024 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Suriname | 228,161 | 2024 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Bahrain | 213,521 | 2024 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Bhutan | 190,675 | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Mauritius | 186,007 | 2024 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Fiji | 182,195 | 2024 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Montenegro | 159,179 | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 166 | Belize | 134,214 | 2024 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Cape Verde | 88,085 | 2024 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Vanuatu | 87,366 | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Comoros | 68,136 | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Macao | 60,942 | 2024 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Maldives | 60,560 | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Samoa | 51,832 | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Equatorial Guinea | 51,667 | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Bahamas | 47,712 | 2024 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Barbados | 47,038 | 2024 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Malta | 43,901 | 2024 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Andorra | 37,286 | 2024 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Seychelles | 35,659 | 2024 | up 57.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Solomon Islands | 34,730 | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Palau | 30,153 | 2024 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Tonga | 24,510 | 2024 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 182 | Sao Tome and Principe | 24,414 | 2024 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Saint Lucia | 19,924 | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 184 | Micronesia (country) | 16,362 | 2024 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12,587 | 2024 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 186 | Dominica | 12,096 | 2024 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 187 | Grenada | 10,004 | 2024 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 188 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 9,695 | 2024 | up 85.6% | volatile |
| 189 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8,819 | 2024 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 190 | Aruba | 8,501 | 2024 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 191 | Kiribati | 7,410 | 2024 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 192 | Liechtenstein | 7,058 | 2024 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 193 | British Virgin Islands | 4,504 | 2024 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 194 | Cook Islands | 4,503 | 2024 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 195 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2,253 | 2024 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 196 | Tuvalu | 1,391 | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 197 | Saint Helena | 1,075 | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 198 | Nauru | 580.33 | 2024 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 199 | Niue | 322.69 | 2024 | down 13.6% | volatile |