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
222
Highest
500 %
Mayotte
Lowest
0 %
Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha
Median
4.25 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,422
What the numbers show
Pre- and post-production — Emissions Share (N2O) is currently reported for 222 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 4.25 %, and the mean is 8.24 %.
Over the past decade 173 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 334.4%), and the largest decrease in Brunei (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 |
| 5 | Nauru | 23.81 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 7 | Anguilla | 20.83 % | 2023 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 8 | Russia | 20.36 % | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 20.36 % | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 10 | Malta | 20.03 % | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 11 | Marshall Islands | 19.67 % | 2023 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 12 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 18.6 % | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 13 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.43 % | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 14 | China, Macao SAR | 18.19 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 15 | Poland | 17.95 % | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 16 | Ukraine | 15.86 % | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 17 | Kiribati | 15.47 % | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 18 | Bahrain | 14.33 % | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 19 | Solomon Islands | 14.2 % | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 20 | Romania | 13.16 % | 2023 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 21 | Japan | 13.07 % | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 12.83 % | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 23 | Saint Lucia | 12.17 % | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 24 | Hungary | 12.12 % | 2023 | up 334.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Maldives | 11.45 % | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 26 | Israel | 11.42 % | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 27 | Tunisia | 11.38 % | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 28 | Caribbean | 11.22 % | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 29 | Aruba | 11.15 % | 2023 | down 22.0% | flat |
| 30 | Grenada | 10.84 % | 2023 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 31 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.68 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 32 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.28 % | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 33 | Egypt | 10.15 % | 2023 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 34 | China, mainland | 10.09 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 35 | China | 10.08 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 36 | Chile | 10.01 % | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 37 | Bahamas | 9.99 % | 2023 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 9.79 % | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 39 | Jamaica | 9.66 % | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 40 | Portugal | 9.6 % | 2023 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 41 | Mauritius | 9.4 % | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 42 | Algeria | 9.35 % | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 43 | Polynesia | 9.23 % | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 44 | Barbados | 9.2 % | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 45 | Kuwait | 9 % | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 46 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 8.9 % | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 47 | Comoros | 8.7 % | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 48 | Montenegro | 8.39 % | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 8.14 % | 2023 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 50 | Italy | 8.09 % | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 51 | China, Taiwan Province of | 7.95 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 52 | Turkey | 7.91 % | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 52 | Türkiye | 7.91 % | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 54 | Syria | 7.64 % | 2023 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 54 | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.64 % | 2023 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 56 | British Virgin Islands | 7.58 % | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 57 | Switzerland | 7.5 % | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 7.42 % | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 59 | Republic of Korea | 7.38 % | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 60 | United States | 6.86 % | 2023 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 61 | Libya | 6.85 % | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 62 | Luxembourg | 6.79 % | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 62 | Qatar | 6.79 % | 2023 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 64 | Oman | 6.54 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 65 | Seychelles | 6.51 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 66 | El Salvador | 6.47 % | 2023 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 67 | Lebanon | 6.4 % | 2023 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 68 | Dominica | 6.39 % | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.27 % | 2023 | up 28.5% | falling |
| 69 | Lithuania | 6.27 % | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 71 | Tonga | 6.17 % | 2023 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 72 | Jordan | 6.15 % | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 73 | Saudi Arabia | 6.1 % | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 74 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 6.09 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 75 | Malaysia | 6.08 % | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 76 | Albania | 6.07 % | 2023 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 77 | Spain | 5.89 % | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 78 | Croatia | 5.88 % | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 78 | Tuvalu | 5.88 % | 2023 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 80 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.85 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 81 | OECD | 5.83 % | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 82 | Cyprus | 5.81 % | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 83 | Iraq | 5.65 % | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 84 | Philippines | 5.59 % | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 85 | Morocco | 5.56 % | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 86 | Afghanistan | 5.55 % | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 87 | United Kingdom | 5.51 % | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 87 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 5.51 % | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 89 | Cuba | 5.48 % | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 90 | Micronesia | 5.41 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 91 | North Macedonia | 5.4 % | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 92 | Belarus | 5.39 % | 2023 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 93 | Armenia | 5.28 % | 2023 | up 81.4% | flat |
| 93 | Samoa | 5.28 % | 2023 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 95 | Cabo Verde | 5.25 % | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 96 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5.12 % | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 96 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.12 % | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 98 | Germany | 5.09 % | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 99 | Slovenia | 5.08 % | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 100 | Canada | 5.05 % | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 101 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 5.04 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 102 | Austria | 4.93 % | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 103 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 4.89 % | 2010 | up 72.8% | falling |
| 104 | Serbia | 4.79 % | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 105 | Greece | 4.68 % | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 106 | Fiji | 4.63 % | 2023 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 107 | Liberia | 4.56 % | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 108 | Yemen | 4.49 % | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 109 | Azerbaijan | 4.45 % | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 110 | Rwanda | 4.43 % | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 111 | Gambia | 4.29 % | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 112 | France | 4.21 % | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 113 | Ghana | 4.02 % | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 114 | Ecuador | 3.99 % | 2023 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 114 | Melanesia | 3.99 % | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 116 | Iceland | 3.98 % | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 117 | Tajikistan | 3.97 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 118 | Panama | 3.92 % | 2023 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 119 | Mexico | 3.87 % | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 120 | Vietnam | 3.84 % | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 120 | Viet Nam | 3.84 % | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 122 | Peru | 3.75 % | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 123 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.65 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 124 | Myanmar | 3.63 % | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 124 | Papua New Guinea | 3.63 % | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 126 | South Africa | 3.61 % | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 127 | Gabon | 3.6 % | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 128 | Bangladesh | 3.58 % | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 128 | Nigeria | 3.58 % | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 130 | Moldova | 3.48 % | 2023 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 130 | Republic of Moldova | 3.48 % | 2023 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 132 | Dominican Republic | 3.45 % | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 133 | Indonesia | 3.41 % | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 134 | Sierra Leone | 3.39 % | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 135 | Sweden | 3.35 % | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 136 | Benin | 3.33 % | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 3.29 % | 2023 | up 135.0% | rising |
| 138 | Nepal | 3.27 % | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 139 | Cameroon | 3.25 % | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 140 | Norway | 3.23 % | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 141 | Pakistan | 3.22 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 142 | East Timor | 3.19 % | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 142 | Timor-Leste | 3.19 % | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 144 | Czechia | 3.12 % | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 144 | India | 3.12 % | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 146 | Guatemala | 3.09 % | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 146 | Haiti | 3.09 % | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 148 | Djibouti | 3.08 % | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 149 | Belgium | 2.96 % | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 150 | Bhutan | 2.92 % | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 151 | Bulgaria | 2.88 % | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 152 | Thailand | 2.85 % | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 153 | Burundi | 2.79 % | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 153 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.79 % | 2023 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Colombia | 2.73 % | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 156 | Costa Rica | 2.68 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 157 | Honduras | 2.63 % | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 158 | Togo | 2.59 % | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 159 | Denmark | 2.54 % | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 160 | Burkina Faso | 2.29 % | 2023 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 160 | Senegal | 2.29 % | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 162 | Slovakia | 2.27 % | 2023 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 163 | Cambodia | 2.24 % | 2023 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 163 | Eswatini | 2.24 % | 2023 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 165 | Uganda | 2.22 % | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 166 | Lesotho | 2.21 % | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 167 | Congo | 2.12 % | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 168 | Malawi | 2.08 % | 2023 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 169 | Niger | 1.9 % | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 169 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.9 % | 2023 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 171 | Zimbabwe | 1.89 % | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 172 | Guyana | 1.87 % | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 173 | Madagascar | 1.86 % | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 173 | Suriname | 1.86 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 175 | Finland | 1.82 % | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 176 | Ethiopia | 1.77 % | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 177 | Brazil | 1.71 % | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 178 | Argentina | 1.69 % | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 178 | Estonia | 1.69 % | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 180 | Belize | 1.67 % | 2023 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 180 | Brunei | 1.67 % | 2023 | down 73.6% | falling |
| 180 | Kenya | 1.67 % | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 180 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.67 % | 2023 | down 73.6% | falling |
| 184 | Nicaragua | 1.6 % | 2023 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 185 | Latvia | 1.59 % | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 186 | Singapore | 1.55 % | 2023 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 187 | Ireland | 1.52 % | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 188 | Sudan | 1.49 % | 2023 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 189 | Mauritania | 1.41 % | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 190 | Turkmenistan | 1.36 % | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 191 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.28 % | 2023 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 191 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.28 % | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 193 | Guinea | 1.18 % | 2023 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 194 | Mali | 1.17 % | 2023 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 195 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.15 % | 2005 | up 64.3% | rising |
| 196 | Somalia | 1.13 % | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 196 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.13 % | 2023 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 198 | Cook Islands | 1.11 % | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 199 | Laos | 0.97 % | 2023 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 199 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.97 % | 2023 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 201 | New Zealand | 0.89 % | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 202 | Mozambique | 0.86 % | 2023 | up 83.0% | rising |
| 203 | Angola | 0.85 % | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 204 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.79 % | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 205 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.78 % | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 206 | Australia | 0.76 % | 2023 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 207 | Namibia | 0.73 % | 2023 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 208 | Paraguay | 0.69 % | 2023 | up 21.1% | flat |
| 209 | Uruguay | 0.6 % | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 210 | Chad | 0.5 % | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 210 | Zambia | 0.5 % | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 212 | Mongolia | 0.49 % | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 213 | Palau | 0.47 % | 2023 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 214 | South Sudan | 0.41 % | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 215 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.38 % | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 216 | Botswana | 0.36 % | 2023 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 217 | Central African Republic | 0.2 % | 2023 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 217 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0.2 % | 1999 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 219 | Sudan (former) | 0.16 % | 2011 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 220 | Eritrea | 0.14 % | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 221 | Niue | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 221 | 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 %
- Northern Africa 6.11 %
- World 5.47 %
- Western Europe 5.01 %
- Non-Annex I countries 4.66 %
- Americas 4.17 %
- Northern Europe 3.92 %
- Central America 3.59 %
- South-Eastern Asia 3.59 %
- Southern Asia 3.35 %
- Western Africa 2.73 %
- Southern Africa 2.49 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2.44 %
- Africa 2.3 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2.19 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2.1 %
- South America 1.97 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.66 %
- Eastern Africa 1.41 %
- Middle Africa 0.92 %
- Oceania 0.85 %
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.