Pre- and post-production — 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
208
Highest
500 %
Mayotte
Lowest
0 %
Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha
Median
4.12 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,018
What the numbers show
Pre- and post-production — Emissions Share (N2O) is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 500 % in Mayotte; the lowest is 0 % in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.12 %, and the mean is 8.29 %.
Over the past decade 161 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 334.4%), and the largest decrease in Brunei Darussalam (down 73.6%).
Pre- and post-production — Emissions Share: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mayotte | 500 % | 1999 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 57.12 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 3 | Georgia | 42.42 % | 2023 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 4 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 28.19 % | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 5 | Nauru | 23.81 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 6 | Anguilla | 20.83 % | 2023 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 20.36 % | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 8 | Malta | 20.03 % | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 9 | Marshall Islands | 19.67 % | 2023 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 10 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 18.6 % | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 11 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.43 % | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 12 | China, Macao SAR | 18.19 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 13 | Poland | 17.95 % | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 14 | Ukraine | 15.86 % | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 15 | Kiribati | 15.47 % | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 16 | Bahrain | 14.33 % | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 17 | Solomon Islands | 14.2 % | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 18 | Romania | 13.16 % | 2023 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 19 | Japan | 13.07 % | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | 12.83 % | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 21 | Saint Lucia | 12.17 % | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 22 | Hungary | 12.12 % | 2023 | up 334.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Maldives | 11.45 % | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 24 | Israel | 11.42 % | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 25 | Tunisia | 11.38 % | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 27 | Aruba | 11.15 % | 2023 | down 22.0% | flat |
| 28 | Grenada | 10.84 % | 2023 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 29 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.68 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 30 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.28 % | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 31 | Egypt | 10.15 % | 2023 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 32 | China, mainland | 10.09 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 33 | China | 10.08 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 34 | Chile | 10.01 % | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 35 | Bahamas | 9.99 % | 2023 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 9.79 % | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 37 | Jamaica | 9.66 % | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 38 | Portugal | 9.6 % | 2023 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 39 | Mauritius | 9.4 % | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 40 | Algeria | 9.35 % | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 41 | Polynesia | 9.23 % | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 42 | Barbados | 9.2 % | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 43 | Kuwait | 9 % | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 44 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 8.9 % | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 45 | Comoros | 8.7 % | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 46 | Montenegro | 8.39 % | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 47 | Kazakhstan | 8.14 % | 2023 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 48 | Italy | 8.09 % | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 49 | China, Taiwan Province of | 7.95 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 50 | Türkiye | 7.91 % | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 51 | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.64 % | 2023 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 52 | British Virgin Islands | 7.58 % | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 53 | Switzerland | 7.5 % | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 7.42 % | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 55 | Republic of Korea | 7.38 % | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 56 | Libya | 6.85 % | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 57 | Luxembourg | 6.79 % | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 57 | Qatar | 6.79 % | 2023 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 59 | Oman | 6.54 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 60 | Seychelles | 6.51 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 61 | El Salvador | 6.47 % | 2023 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 62 | Lebanon | 6.4 % | 2023 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 63 | Dominica | 6.39 % | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.27 % | 2023 | up 28.5% | falling |
| 64 | Lithuania | 6.27 % | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 66 | Tonga | 6.17 % | 2023 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 67 | Jordan | 6.15 % | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 68 | Saudi Arabia | 6.1 % | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 69 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 6.09 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 70 | Malaysia | 6.08 % | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 71 | Albania | 6.07 % | 2023 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 72 | Spain | 5.89 % | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 73 | Croatia | 5.88 % | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 73 | Tuvalu | 5.88 % | 2023 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 75 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.85 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 76 | OECD | 5.83 % | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 77 | Cyprus | 5.81 % | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 78 | Iraq | 5.65 % | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 79 | Philippines | 5.59 % | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 80 | Morocco | 5.56 % | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 81 | Afghanistan | 5.55 % | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 82 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 5.51 % | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 83 | Cuba | 5.48 % | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 84 | Micronesia | 5.41 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 85 | North Macedonia | 5.4 % | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 86 | Belarus | 5.39 % | 2023 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 87 | Armenia | 5.28 % | 2023 | up 81.4% | flat |
| 87 | Samoa | 5.28 % | 2023 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 89 | Cabo Verde | 5.25 % | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 90 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.12 % | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 91 | Germany | 5.09 % | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 92 | Slovenia | 5.08 % | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 93 | Canada | 5.05 % | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 94 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 5.04 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 95 | Austria | 4.93 % | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 96 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 4.89 % | 2010 | up 72.8% | falling |
| 97 | Serbia | 4.79 % | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 98 | Greece | 4.68 % | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 99 | Fiji | 4.63 % | 2023 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 100 | Liberia | 4.56 % | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 101 | Yemen | 4.49 % | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 4.45 % | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 103 | Rwanda | 4.43 % | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 104 | Gambia | 4.29 % | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 105 | France | 4.21 % | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 106 | Ghana | 4.02 % | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 107 | Ecuador | 3.99 % | 2023 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 107 | Melanesia | 3.99 % | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 109 | Iceland | 3.98 % | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 110 | Tajikistan | 3.97 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 111 | Panama | 3.92 % | 2023 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 112 | Mexico | 3.87 % | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 113 | Viet Nam | 3.84 % | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 114 | Peru | 3.75 % | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 115 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.65 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 116 | Myanmar | 3.63 % | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 116 | Papua New Guinea | 3.63 % | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 118 | Gabon | 3.6 % | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 119 | Bangladesh | 3.58 % | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 119 | Nigeria | 3.58 % | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 121 | Republic of Moldova | 3.48 % | 2023 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 122 | Dominican Republic | 3.45 % | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 123 | Indonesia | 3.41 % | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 124 | Sierra Leone | 3.39 % | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 125 | Sweden | 3.35 % | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 126 | Benin | 3.33 % | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 127 | Vanuatu | 3.29 % | 2023 | up 135.0% | rising |
| 128 | Nepal | 3.27 % | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 129 | Cameroon | 3.25 % | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 130 | Norway | 3.23 % | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 131 | Pakistan | 3.22 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 132 | Timor-Leste | 3.19 % | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 133 | Czechia | 3.12 % | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 133 | India | 3.12 % | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 135 | Guatemala | 3.09 % | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 135 | Haiti | 3.09 % | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 137 | Djibouti | 3.08 % | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 138 | Belgium | 2.96 % | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 139 | Bhutan | 2.92 % | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 140 | Bulgaria | 2.88 % | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 141 | Thailand | 2.85 % | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 142 | Burundi | 2.79 % | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 142 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.79 % | 2023 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Colombia | 2.73 % | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 145 | Costa Rica | 2.68 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 146 | Honduras | 2.63 % | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 147 | Togo | 2.59 % | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 148 | Denmark | 2.54 % | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 149 | Burkina Faso | 2.29 % | 2023 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 149 | Senegal | 2.29 % | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 151 | Slovakia | 2.27 % | 2023 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 152 | Cambodia | 2.24 % | 2023 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 152 | Eswatini | 2.24 % | 2023 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 154 | Uganda | 2.22 % | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 155 | Lesotho | 2.21 % | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 156 | Congo | 2.12 % | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 157 | Malawi | 2.08 % | 2023 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 158 | Niger | 1.9 % | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 158 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.9 % | 2023 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 160 | Zimbabwe | 1.89 % | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 161 | Guyana | 1.87 % | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 162 | Madagascar | 1.86 % | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 162 | Suriname | 1.86 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 164 | Finland | 1.82 % | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 165 | Ethiopia | 1.77 % | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 166 | Brazil | 1.71 % | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 167 | Argentina | 1.69 % | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 167 | Estonia | 1.69 % | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 169 | Belize | 1.67 % | 2023 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 169 | Kenya | 1.67 % | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 169 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.67 % | 2023 | down 73.6% | falling |
| 172 | Nicaragua | 1.6 % | 2023 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 173 | Latvia | 1.59 % | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 174 | Singapore | 1.55 % | 2023 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Ireland | 1.52 % | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 176 | Sudan | 1.49 % | 2023 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 177 | Mauritania | 1.41 % | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 178 | Turkmenistan | 1.36 % | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 179 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.28 % | 2023 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 179 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.28 % | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 181 | Guinea | 1.18 % | 2023 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 182 | Mali | 1.17 % | 2023 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 183 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.15 % | 2005 | up 64.3% | rising |
| 184 | Somalia | 1.13 % | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 184 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.13 % | 2023 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 186 | Cook Islands | 1.11 % | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 187 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.97 % | 2023 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 188 | New Zealand | 0.89 % | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 189 | Mozambique | 0.86 % | 2023 | up 83.0% | rising |
| 190 | Angola | 0.85 % | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 191 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.79 % | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 192 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.78 % | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 193 | Australia | 0.76 % | 2023 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 194 | Namibia | 0.73 % | 2023 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 195 | Paraguay | 0.69 % | 2023 | up 21.1% | flat |
| 196 | Uruguay | 0.6 % | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 197 | Chad | 0.5 % | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 197 | Zambia | 0.5 % | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 199 | Mongolia | 0.49 % | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 200 | Palau | 0.47 % | 2023 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 201 | South Sudan | 0.41 % | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 202 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.38 % | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 203 | Botswana | 0.36 % | 2023 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 204 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0.2 % | 1999 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 205 | Sudan (former) | 0.16 % | 2011 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 206 | Eritrea | 0.14 % | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 207 | Niue | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 207 | Tokelau | 0 % | 2023 | — | flat |
| 207 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Europe 16.11 %
- Europe 10.16 %
- Eastern Asia 9.81 %
- Central Asia 8.39 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 8.14 %
- Western Asia 7.95 %
- Annex I countries 7.58 %
- European Union (27) 7.03 %
- United States of America 6.86 %
- Southern Europe 6.59 %
- Northern America 6.52 %
- Asia 6.5 %
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.