Other — 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
215
Highest
56.98 %
Turks and Caicos Islands
Lowest
0.87 %
Niger
Median
5.56 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,276
What the numbers show
Other — Emissions Share (N2O) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 56.98 % in Turks and Caicos Islands; the lowest is 0.87 % in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.56 %, and the mean is 9.27 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 65.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 124 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic People's Republic of Korea (up 169.8%), and the largest decrease in Brunei (down 70.7%).
Other — Emissions Share: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 56.98 % | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 2 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 55.97 % | 2010 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 3 | British Virgin Islands | 54.55 % | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 4 | Aruba | 54.14 % | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 5 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 50 % | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 6 | Palau | 49.53 % | 2023 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 7 | Seychelles | 42.57 % | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 8 | Maldives | 42.11 % | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 9 | China, Macao SAR | 37.98 % | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 10 | Anguilla | 37.5 % | 2023 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 11 | Bahamas | 35.47 % | 2023 | up 82.7% | rising |
| 12 | Bahrain | 31.62 % | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea | 29.23 % | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 14 | Kuwait | 28.73 % | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 28.63 % | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 16 | Antigua and Barbuda | 28.06 % | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 17 | Micronesia | 27.12 % | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 18 | Qatar | 26.17 % | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 19 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 24.61 % | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 20 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 23.5 % | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 21 | Cook Islands | 23.33 % | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 22 | Mauritius | 21.88 % | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 23 | Bhutan | 21.19 % | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 24 | Gabon | 19.87 % | 2023 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Saint Lucia | 18.92 % | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 18.38 % | 2023 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 27 | Liberia | 18.18 % | 2023 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 28 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 18.13 % | 2023 | up 169.8% | rising |
| 29 | Oman | 16.9 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 30 | Sao Tome and Principe | 16.73 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 31 | Libya | 16.65 % | 2023 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 32 | Barbados | 15.64 % | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 33 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15.41 % | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 34 | Cabo Verde | 15.4 % | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 35 | Comoros | 13.57 % | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 36 | Jamaica | 13.52 % | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 37 | Grenada | 13.5 % | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 38 | Malta | 13.33 % | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 39 | Guyana | 12.77 % | 2023 | up 100.8% | volatile |
| 40 | South Africa | 12.33 % | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 41 | Solomon Islands | 12.3 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 42 | Congo | 12.05 % | 2023 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Kiribati | 11.7 % | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 44 | Singapore | 11.6 % | 2023 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Japan | 11.42 % | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 46 | Lebanon | 11.38 % | 2023 | down 14.6% | flat |
| 47 | Haiti | 10.8 % | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 48 | Mozambique | 10.43 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 49 | Montenegro | 10.37 % | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 50 | Suriname | 10.31 % | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 51 | China, Taiwan Province of | 10.18 % | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 52 | Malaysia | 10.05 % | 2023 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 9.59 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 54 | Nigeria | 9.57 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 55 | Ecuador | 9.47 % | 2023 | up 51.8% | rising |
| 56 | Algeria | 9.2 % | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 57 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 9.09 % | 2023 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 58 | Dominica | 9.03 % | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 59 | Central African Republic | 8.86 % | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 60 | Fiji | 8.8 % | 2023 | up 87.2% | rising |
| 61 | Samoa | 8.7 % | 2023 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 62 | Eswatini | 8.67 % | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 63 | Iraq | 8.63 % | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 64 | Republic of Korea | 8.39 % | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 65 | Ghana | 8.31 % | 2023 | down 16.4% | flat |
| 66 | Cyprus | 8.3 % | 2023 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 67 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8.22 % | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 67 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.22 % | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 69 | Kazakhstan | 8.15 % | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 70 | Israel | 8.03 % | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 71 | Polynesia | 7.81 % | 2023 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 72 | El Salvador | 7.53 % | 2023 | up 25.5% | flat |
| 73 | Laos | 7.44 % | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 73 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 7.44 % | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 75 | Tonga | 7.41 % | 2023 | up 47.9% | falling |
| 76 | Sierra Leone | 7.3 % | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 77 | Chile | 7.06 % | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 7.01 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 79 | Caribbean | 6.96 % | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 80 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 6.86 % | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 81 | Honduras | 6.83 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 82 | Indonesia | 6.74 % | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 83 | Guatemala | 6.72 % | 2023 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 84 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.71 % | 2023 | up 31.3% | flat |
| 85 | Canada | 6.7 % | 2023 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 86 | Togo | 6.61 % | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 87 | Vietnam | 6.52 % | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 87 | Viet Nam | 6.52 % | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 89 | Cambodia | 6.5 % | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 90 | Russia | 6.48 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 90 | Russian Federation | 6.48 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 92 | Panama | 6.45 % | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 93 | Jordan | 6.32 % | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 94 | Sudan (former) | 6.3 % | 2011 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 95 | China | 6.26 % | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 96 | Nepal | 6.22 % | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 97 | China, mainland | 6.19 % | 2023 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 98 | Gambia | 6.17 % | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 99 | Rwanda | 6.03 % | 2023 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 100 | Sudan | 5.96 % | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 101 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 5.82 % | 2023 | up 73.2% | falling |
| 102 | Lesotho | 5.79 % | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 103 | Greece | 5.76 % | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 104 | Thailand | 5.72 % | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 105 | Egypt | 5.66 % | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 106 | Melanesia | 5.61 % | 2023 | up 26.6% | falling |
| 107 | Benin | 5.59 % | 2023 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 108 | Philippines | 5.56 % | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 109 | North Macedonia | 5.53 % | 2023 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 110 | India | 5.45 % | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 111 | Norway | 5.38 % | 2023 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 112 | Papua New Guinea | 5.35 % | 2023 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 112 | United States | 5.35 % | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 114 | Italy | 5.34 % | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 115 | Luxembourg | 5.27 % | 2023 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 116 | Serbia and Montenegro | 5.25 % | 2005 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 117 | Senegal | 5.19 % | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 118 | Belize | 5.17 % | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 119 | Tunisia | 5.16 % | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 120 | Portugal | 5.13 % | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 121 | Serbia | 5.04 % | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 122 | Botswana | 5 % | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Morocco | 4.97 % | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 124 | Cameroon | 4.96 % | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 125 | Madagascar | 4.94 % | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 126 | Uganda | 4.91 % | 2023 | up 19.2% | flat |
| 127 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.88 % | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 128 | Myanmar | 4.81 % | 2023 | up 25.3% | falling |
| 129 | Djibouti | 4.8 % | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 130 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 4.79 % | 1999 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 131 | Peru | 4.78 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 132 | Cuba | 4.7 % | 2023 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 133 | Zimbabwe | 4.65 % | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 134 | Slovenia | 4.52 % | 2023 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 135 | Moldova | 4.47 % | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 135 | Republic of Moldova | 4.47 % | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 137 | Costa Rica | 4.46 % | 2023 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 138 | Armenia | 4.41 % | 2023 | up 117.2% | flat |
| 138 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 4.41 % | 2023 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 140 | OECD | 4.3 % | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 141 | Burundi | 4.29 % | 2023 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 142 | Austria | 4.28 % | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 143 | Mexico | 4.21 % | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 144 | Spain | 4.06 % | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 145 | Switzerland | 4.02 % | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 146 | Sweden | 3.99 % | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 147 | Brunei | 3.95 % | 2023 | down 70.7% | falling |
| 147 | Brunei Darussalam | 3.95 % | 2023 | down 70.7% | falling |
| 149 | Czechia | 3.9 % | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 150 | Azerbaijan | 3.87 % | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 151 | Guinea | 3.82 % | 2023 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.75 % | 2023 | down 36.7% | rising |
| 153 | Albania | 3.67 % | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 154 | Vanuatu | 3.64 % | 2023 | up 152.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Colombia | 3.59 % | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 156 | Angola | 3.54 % | 2023 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 157 | Bangladesh | 3.47 % | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 158 | Bulgaria | 3.41 % | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 158 | Nicaragua | 3.41 % | 2023 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 160 | Kenya | 3.3 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 161 | Somalia | 3.23 % | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 162 | Finland | 3.18 % | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 163 | Georgia | 3.15 % | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 164 | Croatia | 3.1 % | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 165 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.02 % | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 166 | Burkina Faso | 3 % | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 167 | Paraguay | 2.98 % | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 168 | Germany | 2.82 % | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 169 | Zambia | 2.81 % | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 170 | Mauritania | 2.77 % | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 171 | Poland | 2.76 % | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 172 | Brazil | 2.67 % | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 172 | Estonia | 2.67 % | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 174 | United Kingdom | 2.64 % | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 174 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.64 % | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 176 | Turkey | 2.61 % | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 176 | Türkiye | 2.61 % | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 178 | Slovakia | 2.56 % | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 179 | Pakistan | 2.55 % | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 180 | East Timor | 2.49 % | 2023 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 180 | Timor-Leste | 2.49 % | 2023 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 180 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.49 % | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 183 | Ethiopia | 2.48 % | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 184 | Ukraine | 2.46 % | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 185 | Hungary | 2.33 % | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 186 | Australia | 2.32 % | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 187 | France | 2.3 % | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 188 | Mali | 2.28 % | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 189 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.27 % | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 190 | Belgium | 2.23 % | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 191 | Romania | 2.2 % | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 192 | Namibia | 2.14 % | 2023 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 193 | Argentina | 2.12 % | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 194 | Syria | 2.09 % | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 194 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.09 % | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 196 | Eritrea | 2.05 % | 2023 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 197 | Turkmenistan | 2.01 % | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 198 | South Sudan | 1.94 % | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 199 | Malawi | 1.92 % | 2023 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 200 | Uzbekistan | 1.89 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 201 | Denmark | 1.86 % | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 202 | New Zealand | 1.85 % | 2023 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 203 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.84 % | 2023 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 204 | Latvia | 1.72 % | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 204 | Uruguay | 1.72 % | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 206 | Afghanistan | 1.66 % | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 207 | Tajikistan | 1.55 % | 2023 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 208 | Iceland | 1.48 % | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 209 | Mongolia | 1.34 % | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 210 | Belarus | 1.28 % | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 211 | Yemen | 1.17 % | 2023 | down 63.7% | falling |
| 212 | Chad | 1.13 % | 2023 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 213 | Lithuania | 1.01 % | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 214 | Ireland | 0.88 % | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 215 | Niger | 0.87 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Africa 9.34 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 7.73 %
- Western Asia 7.2 %
- South-Eastern Asia 6.44 %
- Eastern Asia 6.41 %
- Northern Africa 6.39 %
- Western Africa 5.99 %
- Asia 5.89 %
- Northern America 5.6 %
- Middle Africa 5.42 %
- United States of America 5.35 %
- Non-Annex I countries 5.3 %
- Africa 5.22 %
- World 5.01 %
- Southern Asia 4.98 %
- Southern Europe 4.79 %
- Central America 4.64 %
- Eastern Europe 4.38 %
- Americas 4.35 %
- Annex I countries 4.26 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 4.23 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4.21 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4.15 %
- Europe 3.7 %
- Eastern Africa 3.67 %
- Central Asia 3.59 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 3.3 %
- South America 3.12 %
- European Union (27) 2.99 %
- Western Europe 2.63 %
- Northern Europe 2.55 %
- Oceania 2.35 %
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.