Share of global nitrous oxide emissions in Paraguay
Paraguay: Share of global nitrous oxide emissions was 0.3% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0.3%
Change on year
down 3.0%
World rank
61st
of 201 countries
All-time high
0.4%
in 2020
All-time low
0.0%
in 1870
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Share of global nitrous oxide emissions in Paraguay, 1850–2024
Source: Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of global nitrous oxide emissions in Paraguay stood at 0.3%.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global nitrous oxide emissions in Paraguay peaked at 0.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1870.
Paraguay ranks 61st of 201 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Share of global nitrous oxide emissions in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.0% | — |
| 1851 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1852 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1853 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1854 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1855 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 1856 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 1857 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 1858 | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1859 | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| 1860 | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| 1861 | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| 1862 | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| 1863 | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| 1864 | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| 1865 | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| 1866 | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| 1867 | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| 1868 | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| 1869 | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| 1870 | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| 1871 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1872 | 0.0% | +0.7% |
| 1873 | 0.0% | +1.0% |
| 1874 | 0.0% | +1.2% |
| 1875 | 0.0% | +1.2% |
| 1876 | 0.0% | +1.1% |
| 1877 | 0.0% | +0.9% |
| 1878 | 0.0% | +0.7% |
| 1879 | 0.0% | +0.5% |
| 1880 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1881 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 1882 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 1883 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 1884 | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1885 | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1886 | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1887 | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1888 | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1889 | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1890 | 0.0% | +39.5% |
| 1891 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1892 | 0.0% | +1.6% |
| 1893 | 0.0% | +2.8% |
| 1894 | 0.0% | +3.7% |
| 1895 | 0.1% | +4.3% |
| 1896 | 0.1% | +4.8% |
| 1897 | 0.1% | +5.1% |
| 1898 | 0.1% | +5.2% |
| 1899 | 0.1% | +5.2% |
| 1900 | 0.1% | +5.1% |
| 1901 | 0.1% | +6.9% |
| 1902 | 0.1% | +9.6% |
| 1903 | 0.1% | +10.7% |
| 1904 | 0.1% | +10.6% |
| 1905 | 0.1% | +9.8% |
| 1906 | 0.1% | +8.5% |
| 1907 | 0.1% | +7.0% |
| 1908 | 0.1% | +5.3% |
| 1909 | 0.1% | +3.5% |
| 1910 | 0.1% | +1.6% |
| 1911 | 0.1% | +0.3% |
| 1912 | 0.1% | -0.2% |
| 1913 | 0.1% | -0.5% |
| 1914 | 0.1% | -0.8% |
| 1915 | 0.1% | -1.0% |
| 1916 | 0.1% | -1.1% |
| 1917 | 0.1% | -1.2% |
| 1918 | 0.1% | -1.2% |
| 1919 | 0.1% | -1.2% |
| 1920 | 0.1% | -1.1% |
| 1921 | 0.1% | -1.3% |
| 1922 | 0.1% | -1.9% |
| 1923 | 0.1% | -2.3% |
| 1924 | 0.1% | -2.5% |
| 1925 | 0.1% | -2.6% |
| 1926 | 0.1% | -2.6% |
| 1927 | 0.1% | -2.4% |
| 1928 | 0.1% | -2.0% |
| 1929 | 0.1% | -1.5% |
| 1930 | 0.1% | -0.8% |
| 1931 | 0.1% | +0.2% |
| 1932 | 0.1% | +1.2% |
| 1933 | 0.1% | +1.9% |
| 1934 | 0.1% | +2.5% |
| 1935 | 0.1% | +2.8% |
| 1936 | 0.1% | +3.0% |
| 1937 | 0.1% | +2.9% |
| 1938 | 0.1% | +2.7% |
| 1939 | 0.1% | +2.4% |
| 1940 | 0.1% | +1.9% |
| 1941 | 0.1% | +2.6% |
| 1942 | 0.1% | +3.8% |
| 1943 | 0.1% | +4.1% |
| 1944 | 0.1% | +3.8% |
| 1945 | 0.1% | +3.3% |
| 1946 | 0.1% | +2.8% |
| 1947 | 0.2% | +2.3% |
| 1948 | 0.2% | +1.9% |
| 1949 | 0.2% | +1.7% |
| 1950 | 0.2% | +1.5% |
| 1951 | 0.2% | +2.4% |
| 1952 | 0.2% | +3.8% |
| 1953 | 0.2% | +4.7% |
| 1954 | 0.2% | +5.0% |
| 1955 | 0.2% | +4.9% |
| 1956 | 0.2% | +4.5% |
| 1957 | 0.2% | +3.8% |
| 1958 | 0.2% | +2.9% |
| 1959 | 0.2% | +1.8% |
| 1960 | 0.2% | +0.7% |
| 1961 | 0.2% | -1.0% |
| 1962 | 0.2% | -6.2% |
| 1963 | 0.2% | -5.5% |
| 1964 | 0.2% | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 0.2% | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 0.2% | -4.1% |
| 1967 | 0.2% | -3.8% |
| 1968 | 0.2% | -3.3% |
| 1969 | 0.2% | -3.0% |
| 1970 | 0.2% | +10.3% |
| 1971 | 0.2% | -12.8% |
| 1972 | 0.2% | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 0.2% | -6.4% |
| 1974 | 0.2% | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 0.2% | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 0.2% | +11.1% |
| 1977 | 0.2% | -8.4% |
| 1978 | 0.2% | +5.6% |
| 1979 | 0.2% | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.2% | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.2% | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 0.2% | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 0.2% | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 0.2% | -5.4% |
| 1985 | 0.2% | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 0.2% | +5.8% |
| 1987 | 0.2% | +8.5% |
| 1988 | 0.2% | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 0.2% | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 0.2% | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 0.2% | -5.3% |
| 1992 | 0.2% | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.2% | +10.1% |
| 1994 | 0.3% | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 0.3% | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 0.2% | -6.7% |
| 1997 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.2% | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.3% | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | -8.4% |
| 2001 | 0.3% | +16.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | +8.4% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | -13.4% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | +12.4% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | -8.9% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | +9.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | +6.9% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | +7.9% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | -9.4% |
| 2023 | 0.3% | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 0.3% | -3.0% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 0.3% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 3.4× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 0.3% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.1%, 5.8× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global nitrous oxide emissions in Paraguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | +39.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More climate change data for Paraguay
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 195.39 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 39,110 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 8,239 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 30,871 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 31.09 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,103 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,344 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,010 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 333.84 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 7.58 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global nitrous oxide emissions in Paraguay?
- Share of global nitrous oxide emissions in Paraguay was 0.3% in 2024, according to Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global nitrous oxide emissions recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of global nitrous oxide emissions recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1870.
- How does Paraguay rank for share of global nitrous oxide emissions?
- Paraguay ranks 61st out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global nitrous oxide emissions rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global nitrous oxide emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured as a percentage of the world's nitrous oxide emissions.