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Share nitrous oxide emissions in Spain

Spain: Share nitrous oxide emissions was 0.642 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.642
Change on year
down 2.1%
World rank
31st
of 201 countries
All-time high
1.03
in 1974
All-time low
0.642
in 2024
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Share nitrous oxide emissions in Spain, 1850–2024

00.250.50.751185019372024

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2024, share nitrous oxide emissions in Spain stood at 0.642. That is the lowest value across all 175 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share nitrous oxide emissions in Spain peaked at 1.03 in 1974 and was at its lowest, 0.642, in 2024.

Spain ranks 31st of 201 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 175 years of available data.

Share nitrous oxide emissions in Spain, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 0.7918 —
1851 0.7911 -0.1%
1852 0.7905 -0.1%
1853 0.79 -0.1%
1854 0.7895 -0.1%
1855 0.7891 -0.0%
1856 0.7889 -0.0%
1857 0.7887 -0.0%
1858 0.7887 -0.0%
1859 0.7889 +0.0%
1860 0.7892 +0.0%
1861 0.7895 +0.0%
1862 0.79 +0.1%
1863 0.7904 +0.1%
1864 0.7908 +0.1%
1865 0.7913 +0.1%
1866 0.7917 +0.1%
1867 0.7921 +0.1%
1868 0.7926 +0.1%
1869 0.793 +0.0%
1870 0.7933 +0.0%
1871 0.7928 -0.1%
1872 0.7909 -0.2%
1873 0.7881 -0.4%
1874 0.7849 -0.4%
1875 0.7816 -0.4%
1876 0.7786 -0.4%
1877 0.776 -0.3%
1878 0.774 -0.3%
1879 0.7726 -0.2%
1880 0.772 -0.1%
1881 0.7717 -0.0%
1882 0.7716 -0.0%
1883 0.7716 -0.0%
1884 0.7716 +0.0%
1885 0.7716 +0.0%
1886 0.7717 +0.0%
1887 0.7717 +0.0%
1888 0.7718 +0.0%
1889 0.7718 +0.0%
1890 0.7045 -8.7%
1891 0.7528 +6.9%
1892 0.7966 +5.8%
1893 0.8357 +4.9%
1894 0.8697 +4.1%
1895 0.8985 +3.3%
1896 0.922 +2.6%
1897 0.9399 +1.9%
1898 0.9522 +1.3%
1899 0.9587 +0.7%
1900 0.9592 +0.1%
1901 0.9529 -0.7%
1902 0.9402 -1.3%
1903 0.923 -1.8%
1904 0.903 -2.2%
1905 0.8818 -2.3%
1906 0.8609 -2.4%
1907 0.8418 -2.2%
1908 0.8259 -1.9%
1909 0.8145 -1.4%
1910 0.8086 -0.7%
1911 0.8045 -0.5%
1912 0.7979 -0.8%
1913 0.7896 -1.0%
1914 0.7804 -1.2%
1915 0.7709 -1.2%
1916 0.7617 -1.2%
1917 0.7534 -1.1%
1918 0.7464 -0.9%
1919 0.7413 -0.7%
1920 0.7382 -0.4%
1921 0.737 -0.2%
1922 0.737 -0.0%
1923 0.7379 +0.1%
1924 0.7396 +0.2%
1925 0.7421 +0.3%
1926 0.7451 +0.4%
1927 0.7485 +0.5%
1928 0.7524 +0.5%
1929 0.7564 +0.5%
1930 0.7606 +0.6%
1931 0.7668 +0.8%
1932 0.7759 +1.2%
1933 0.7871 +1.4%
1934 0.7994 +1.6%
1935 0.8119 +1.6%
1936 0.8236 +1.4%
1937 0.8336 +1.2%
1938 0.8411 +0.9%
1939 0.8452 +0.5%
1940 0.8451 -0.0%
1941 0.8478 +0.3%
1942 0.858 +1.2%
1943 0.8716 +1.6%
1944 0.8856 +1.6%
1945 0.8979 +1.4%
1946 0.9078 +1.1%
1947 0.9149 +0.8%
1948 0.9191 +0.5%
1949 0.9203 +0.1%
1950 0.918 -0.2%
1951 0.9156 -0.3%
1952 0.916 +0.0%
1953 0.9186 +0.3%
1954 0.9225 +0.4%
1955 0.9273 +0.5%
1956 0.9322 +0.5%
1957 0.9368 +0.5%
1958 0.9405 +0.4%
1959 0.9428 +0.2%
1960 0.9434 +0.1%
1961 0.981 +4.0%
1962 0.9729 -0.8%
1963 0.9482 -2.5%
1964 0.936 -1.3%
1965 0.9182 -1.9%
1966 0.9275 +1.0%
1967 0.9309 +0.4%
1968 0.9564 +2.7%
1969 0.9709 +1.5%
1970 0.906 -6.7%
1971 0.9643 +6.4%
1972 0.9544 -1.0%
1973 0.9866 +3.4%
1974 1.03 +4.8%
1975 0.9944 -3.8%
1976 1 +0.9%
1977 0.9689 -3.4%
1978 1.03 +6.5%
1979 1.01 -2.0%
1980 1.02 +1.3%
1981 0.9796 -4.4%
1982 0.9677 -1.2%
1983 0.9217 -4.7%
1984 0.9873 +7.1%
1985 0.9749 -1.3%
1986 0.9958 +2.1%
1987 0.9787 -1.7%
1988 1.03 +4.9%
1989 0.9891 -3.7%
1990 0.98 -0.9%
1991 0.9666 -1.4%
1992 0.897 -7.2%
1993 0.9214 +2.7%
1994 0.932 +1.1%
1995 0.8995 -3.5%
1996 0.9655 +7.3%
1997 0.9719 +0.7%
1998 1.01 +3.5%
1999 1 -0.5%
2000 1.02 +1.8%
2001 1 -1.7%
2002 0.974 -2.7%
2003 1.01 +4.0%
2004 0.9615 -5.1%
2005 0.8935 -7.1%
2006 0.8845 -1.0%
2007 0.8832 -0.1%
2008 0.7998 -9.4%
2009 0.798 -0.2%
2010 0.8054 +0.9%
2011 0.7512 -6.7%
2012 0.7274 -3.2%
2013 0.7642 +5.1%
2014 0.7704 +0.8%
2015 0.7854 +1.9%
2016 0.7703 -1.9%
2017 0.7687 -0.2%
2018 0.7749 +0.8%
2019 0.7549 -2.6%
2020 0.7632 +1.1%
2021 0.7525 -1.4%
2022 0.6877 -8.6%
2023 0.6558 -4.6%
2024 0.642 -2.1%

Spain compared with similar countries

  • Spain's 0.642 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0871, 7.4× the median. (67 countries reporting)
  • Spain's 0.642 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1357, 4.7× the median. (50 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.7897 0.7887 0.7918 10
1860s 0.7911 0.7892 0.793 10
1870s 0.7833 0.7726 0.7933 10
1880s 0.7717 0.7716 0.772 10
1890s 0.8631 0.7045 0.9587 10
1900s 0.8903 0.8145 0.9592 10
1910s 0.7755 0.7413 0.8086 10
1920s 0.7434 0.737 0.7564 10
1930s 0.8045 0.7606 0.8452 10
1940s 0.8868 0.8451 0.9203 10
1950s 0.927 0.9156 0.9428 10
1960s 0.9485 0.9182 0.981 10
1970s 0.9855 0.906 1.03 10
1980s 0.9847 0.9217 1.03 10
1990s 0.954 0.897 1.01 10
2000s 0.9227 0.798 1.02 10
2010s 0.7673 0.7274 0.8054 10
2020s 0.7002 0.642 0.7632 5

Countries ranked near Spain

  1. 28 South Africa 0.6913 compare
  2. 29 Ukraine 0.6903 compare
  3. 30 Thailand 0.6833 compare
  4. 32 South Sudan 0.6355 compare
  5. 33 Philippines 0.6269 compare
  6. 34 Japan 0.6119 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is share nitrous oxide emissions in Spain?
Share nitrous oxide emissions in Spain was 0.642 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest share nitrous oxide emissions recorded in Spain?
The highest recorded value was 1.03 in 1974.
What is the lowest share nitrous oxide emissions recorded in Spain?
The lowest recorded value was 0.642 in 2024.
How does Spain rank for share nitrous oxide emissions?
Spain ranks 31st out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
Is share nitrous oxide emissions rising or falling in Spain?
Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Spain data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share nitrous oxide emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Share nitrous oxide emissions
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
201 places, 35,175 data points, 1850–2024
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