Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), annual growth rate by country

The year-on-year percentage change in Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

Countries reporting
232
Highest
5.92 % change on previous year
Palau
Lowest
-2.21 % change on previous year
Cuba
Median
1.49 % change on previous year
Years covered
62
1962–2023
Data points
15,000

What the numbers show

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), annual growth rate is currently reported for 232 countries. The highest value is 5.92 % change on previous year in Palau; the lowest is -2.21 % change on previous year in Cuba.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.49 % change on previous year, and the mean is 1.56 % change on previous year.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 127 fell. The largest increase was in Belgium-Luxembourg (up 3,281.4%), and the largest decrease in USSR (down 349.0%).

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), annual growth rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Palau 5.92 % change on previous year 2023 up 527.9% volatile
2 South Sudan 5.78 % change on previous year 2023 up 47.9% volatile
3 Ethiopia PDR 5.69 % change on previous year 1992 up 545.4% volatile
4 Belgium-Luxembourg 5.6 % change on previous year 1999 up 3,281.4% volatile
5 Marshall Islands 5.49 % change on previous year 2023 up 1,125.2% volatile
6 Lithuania 4.88 % change on previous year 2023 down 23.6% volatile
7 Sudan (former) 4.8 % change on previous year 2011 up 203.9% volatile
8 Oman 4.43 % change on previous year 2023 down 47.9% rising
9 Burkina Faso 4.24 % change on previous year 2023 up 22.9% volatile
10 Tajikistan 3.94 % change on previous year 2023 down 11.8% volatile
11 Burundi 3.82 % change on previous year 2023 up 246.5% volatile
12 Senegal 3.74 % change on previous year 2023 up 21.7% volatile
13 Mozambique 3.73 % change on previous year 2023 up 347.1% volatile
14 Niger 3.7 % change on previous year 2023 up 3.6% volatile
15 Yemen 3.64 % change on previous year 2023 up 23.4% volatile
16 Somalia 3.49 % change on previous year 2023 up 19.5% volatile
17 New Zealand 3.49 % change on previous year 2023 up 50.0% volatile
18 Iraq 3.31 % change on previous year 2023 down 11.8% volatile
19 Togo 3.29 % change on previous year 2023 up 13.9% volatile
20 Czechia 3.21 % change on previous year 2023 up 62.3% volatile
21 Guinea 3.14 % change on previous year 2023 down 22.0% volatile
22 Malawi 3.14 % change on previous year 2023 up 120.2% volatile
23 Benin 3.06 % change on previous year 2023 down 38.1% volatile
24 Kazakhstan 3.05 % change on previous year 2023 up 52.7% volatile
25 Sao Tome and Principe 3 % change on previous year 2023 up 69.6% volatile
26 Ghana 2.99 % change on previous year 2023 up 210.4% volatile
27 Tokelau 2.98 % change on previous year 2023 down 5.5% volatile
28 Congo 2.97 % change on previous year 2023 down 50.6% volatile
29 Tuvalu 2.97 % change on previous year 2023 up 73.5% volatile
30 Panama 2.92 % change on previous year 2023 down 11.0% volatile
30 Sudan 2.92 % change on previous year 2023 up 21.8% rising
32 Netherlands Antilles (former) 2.86 % change on previous year 2010 up 182.8% volatile
33 Philippines 2.83 % change on previous year 2023 up 30.7% volatile
34 United Republic of Tanzania 2.82 % change on previous year 2023 down 36.1% volatile
35 Dominican Republic 2.79 % change on previous year 2023 up 155.7% volatile
36 Angola 2.73 % change on previous year 2023 down 72.6% volatile
37 Mauritania 2.72 % change on previous year 2023 down 25.3% volatile
38 Cote d'Ivoire 2.7 % change on previous year 2023 up 2.8% volatile
38 Côte d'Ivoire 2.7 % change on previous year 2023 up 2.8% volatile
40 United Arab Emirates 2.64 % change on previous year 2023 down 29.8% volatile
41 Botswana 2.56 % change on previous year 2023 up 2,423.1% volatile
42 Cyprus 2.56 % change on previous year 2023 up 235.6% volatile
43 Namibia 2.54 % change on previous year 2023 up 7.3% volatile
44 Eritrea 2.46 % change on previous year 2023 up 30.5% volatile
45 Guinea-Bissau 2.44 % change on previous year 2023 up 36.6% volatile
46 Canada 2.43 % change on previous year 2023 up 0.1% volatile
47 Samoa 2.42 % change on previous year 2023 up 149.2% volatile
48 Ethiopia 2.39 % change on previous year 2023 up 11.0% volatile
49 Equatorial Guinea 2.38 % change on previous year 2023 down 54.8% volatile
50 Kuwait 2.37 % change on previous year 2023 down 52.5% volatile
51 Guatemala 2.37 % change on previous year 2023 down 24.2% volatile
52 Polynesia 2.35 % change on previous year 2023 up 123.0% volatile
53 Fiji 2.34 % change on previous year 2023 up 200.5% volatile
54 Israel 2.33 % change on previous year 2023 up 21.4% volatile
55 Tonga 2.33 % change on previous year 2023 up 67.1% volatile
56 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 2.32 % change on previous year 1990 down 28.4% falling
57 Costa Rica 2.32 % change on previous year 2023 down 2.6% falling
58 Colombia 2.31 % change on previous year 2023 up 219.6% volatile
59 Vanuatu 2.31 % change on previous year 2023 up 21.2% volatile
60 Azerbaijan 2.3 % change on previous year 2023 up 147.1% volatile
61 Pakistan 2.29 % change on previous year 2023 down 49.9% volatile
62 Uzbekistan 2.25 % change on previous year 2023 down 44.3% volatile
63 Belize 2.24 % change on previous year 2023 down 4.6% falling
64 Andorra 2.21 % change on previous year 2023 up 203.1% volatile
65 Gambia 2.21 % change on previous year 2023 down 61.5% volatile
66 Bangladesh 2.2 % change on previous year 2023 up 19.9% volatile
67 Paraguay 2.19 % change on previous year 2023 up 90.3% volatile
68 Iceland 2.16 % change on previous year 2023 down 63.2% volatile
69 Nicaragua 2.15 % change on previous year 2023 up 23.1% volatile
70 Singapore 2.15 % change on previous year 2023 down 31.3% volatile
71 Rwanda 2.14 % change on previous year 2023 down 14.0% volatile
72 Nigeria 2.12 % change on previous year 2023 down 20.4% volatile
73 Vietnam 2.12 % change on previous year 2023 down 31.2% volatile
73 Viet Nam 2.12 % change on previous year 2023 down 31.2% volatile
75 Eswatini 2.11 % change on previous year 2023 down 65.3% volatile
76 Afghanistan 2.1 % change on previous year 2023 down 53.4% falling
77 Croatia 2.08 % change on previous year 2023 up 65.4% volatile
78 Uganda 2.07 % change on previous year 2023 down 12.4% volatile
79 Peru 2.03 % change on previous year 2023 down 47.9% volatile
80 Chad 2.01 % change on previous year 2023 down 50.7% volatile
81 Guyana 2 % change on previous year 2023 down 36.7% volatile
82 Uruguay 1.98 % change on previous year 2023 up 84.2% volatile
83 Nepal 1.97 % change on previous year 2023 down 54.2% volatile
84 Sierra Leone 1.94 % change on previous year 2023 down 14.3% volatile
85 China, Hong Kong SAR 1.92 % change on previous year 2023 up 79.9% volatile
86 Algeria 1.92 % change on previous year 2023 down 41.4% volatile
87 Honduras 1.91 % change on previous year 2023 up 222.5% volatile
88 Cambodia 1.91 % change on previous year 2023 down 11.4% volatile
89 Brunei 1.89 % change on previous year 2023 down 13.1% volatile
89 Mali 1.89 % change on previous year 2023 up 33.8% volatile
89 Brunei Darussalam 1.89 % change on previous year 2023 down 13.1% volatile
92 Argentina 1.82 % change on previous year 2023 down 2.2% volatile
93 India 1.77 % change on previous year 2023 down 25.3% volatile
94 Finland 1.76 % change on previous year 2023 down 50.5% volatile
95 Kyrgyzstan 1.75 % change on previous year 2023 up 5.0% volatile
96 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.75 % change on previous year 2023 up 176.9% volatile
97 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.73 % change on previous year 2023 down 53.2% volatile
98 Melanesia 1.72 % change on previous year 2023 down 36.4% volatile
99 Seychelles 1.69 % change on previous year 2023 up 196.1% volatile
100 Malaysia 1.67 % change on previous year 2023 down 38.8% volatile
101 Micronesia 1.66 % change on previous year 2023 up 190.3% volatile
102 Cameroon 1.64 % change on previous year 2023 down 24.5% volatile
102 Papua New Guinea 1.64 % change on previous year 2023 down 46.4% volatile
102 Suriname 1.64 % change on previous year 2023 up 76.2% volatile
105 Indonesia 1.61 % change on previous year 2023 down 51.2% volatile
106 Mexico 1.61 % change on previous year 2023 down 45.8% volatile
107 British Virgin Islands 1.59 % change on previous year 2023 down 16.7% volatile
108 Mongolia 1.54 % change on previous year 2023 down 73.3% volatile
109 Djibouti 1.54 % change on previous year 2023 down 66.0% volatile
110 Denmark 1.53 % change on previous year 2023 down 54.6% volatile
111 Cabo Verde 1.53 % change on previous year 2023 up 73.9% volatile
112 Niue 1.53 % change on previous year 2023 down 10.2% volatile
113 Egypt 1.53 % change on previous year 2023 down 41.7% volatile
114 China, Taiwan Province of 1.5 % change on previous year 2023 up 85.0% volatile
115 Saudi Arabia 1.5 % change on previous year 2023 down 58.8% volatile
116 Slovakia 1.49 % change on previous year 2023 up 125.8% volatile
117 Turkey 1.48 % change on previous year 2023 down 25.0% volatile
117 Türkiye 1.48 % change on previous year 2023 down 25.0% volatile
119 Liberia 1.48 % change on previous year 2023 down 67.2% volatile
120 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.45 % change on previous year 2023 down 11.6% volatile
121 Kenya 1.44 % change on previous year 2023 down 38.3% volatile
122 Myanmar 1.43 % change on previous year 2023 down 63.5% volatile
123 Turkmenistan 1.42 % change on previous year 2023 down 58.3% volatile
124 Kiribati 1.42 % change on previous year 2023 up 243.4% volatile
125 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.42 % change on previous year 2023 down 15.6% volatile
126 Tunisia 1.4 % change on previous year 2023 down 32.6% volatile
127 United States 1.4 % change on previous year 2023 down 28.8% volatile
128 Laos 1.38 % change on previous year 2023 down 76.2% volatile
128 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.38 % change on previous year 2023 down 76.2% volatile
130 Australia and New Zealand 1.37 % change on previous year 2023 up 1.4% volatile
131 Sri Lanka 1.36 % change on previous year 2023 down 46.6% volatile
132 Switzerland 1.36 % change on previous year 2023 down 20.5% volatile
133 Chile 1.36 % change on previous year 2023 up 44.5% volatile
134 Solomon Islands 1.36 % change on previous year 2023 down 11.3% volatile
135 Liechtenstein 1.35 % change on previous year 2023 up 20.0% volatile
136 Hungary 1.35 % change on previous year 2023 up 40.2% volatile
137 Ireland 1.35 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
138 Zambia 1.34 % change on previous year 2023 down 78.2% volatile
139 Qatar 1.34 % change on previous year 2023 down 92.2% volatile
140 Thailand 1.3 % change on previous year 2023 up 21.2% volatile
141 Central African Republic 1.27 % change on previous year 2023 up 136.7% volatile
142 Morocco 1.23 % change on previous year 2023 down 35.8% volatile
143 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.23 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
144 Albania 1.23 % change on previous year 2023 up 30.6% volatile
145 Slovenia 1.22 % change on previous year 2023 down 65.4% volatile
146 Belarus 1.21 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
147 Greece 1.18 % change on previous year 2023 up 222.9% volatile
148 United Kingdom 1.17 % change on previous year 2023 down 52.3% volatile
148 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.17 % change on previous year 2023 down 52.3% volatile
150 Libya 1.14 % change on previous year 2023 down 48.7% volatile
151 Antigua and Barbuda 1.13 % change on previous year 2023 up 673.6% volatile
152 OECD 1.12 % change on previous year 2023 down 44.5% volatile
153 Australia 1.11 % change on previous year 2023 down 11.4% volatile
154 Zimbabwe 1.1 % change on previous year 2023 up 315.0% volatile
155 Ecuador 1.09 % change on previous year 2023 down 8.5% volatile
156 Montenegro 1.06 % change on previous year 2023 up 7.5% volatile
157 Serbia and Montenegro 1.06 % change on previous year 2005 down 70.7% volatile
158 Sweden 1.05 % change on previous year 2023 up 150.9% volatile
159 Cook Islands 1.02 % change on previous year 2023 up 501.0% volatile
160 Monaco 1.01 % change on previous year 2023 down 51.6% volatile
161 France 1.01 % change on previous year 2023 up 60.4% volatile
162 Armenia 1.01 % change on previous year 2023 down 56.0% volatile
163 Serbia 1 % change on previous year 2023 up 56.6% volatile
164 Comoros 1 % change on previous year 2023 down 65.1% volatile
165 China 0.993 % change on previous year 2023 down 46.6% volatile
166 China, mainland 0.9804 % change on previous year 2023 down 47.8% volatile
167 Austria 0.9709 % change on previous year 2023 up 161.2% volatile
167 Georgia 0.9709 % change on previous year 2023 up 197.1% volatile
169 North Macedonia 0.9646 % change on previous year 2023 up 175.9% volatile
170 El Salvador 0.9375 % change on previous year 2023 down 66.7% volatile
171 Republic of Korea 0.9259 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
172 Gabon 0.9091 % change on previous year 2023 down 82.3% volatile
173 Portugal 0.8475 % change on previous year 2023 up 150.9% volatile
174 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.8403 % change on previous year 2023 down 59.9% volatile
175 Madagascar 0.8392 % change on previous year 2023 up 81.5% volatile
176 Luxembourg 0.7837 % change on previous year 2023 up 198.9% volatile
177 Brazil 0.7519 % change on previous year 2023 down 9.8% volatile
178 Jamaica 0.7246 % change on previous year 2023 up 196.4% volatile
179 Spain 0.6349 % change on previous year 2023 down 96.0% volatile
180 Barbados 0.5988 % change on previous year 2023 down 9.6% volatile
181 Grenada 0.5926 % change on previous year 2023 up 155.7% volatile
182 Lebanon 0.578 % change on previous year 2023 down 82.8% volatile
183 Latvia 0.4902 % change on previous year 2023 up 129.1% volatile
184 China, Macao SAR 0.4695 % change on previous year 2023 down 90.9% volatile
185 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.4644 % change on previous year 2023 up 140.2% volatile
186 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.4396 % change on previous year 2023 down 83.5% volatile
187 East Timor 0.4202 % change on previous year 2023 down 88.7% volatile
187 Timor-Leste 0.4202 % change on previous year 2023 down 88.7% volatile
189 Russia 0.4197 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
189 Russian Federation 0.4197 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
191 Trinidad and Tobago 0.3947 % change on previous year 2023 down 84.7% volatile
192 Italy 0.3891 % change on previous year 2023 up 201.2% volatile
193 Germany 0.3606 % change on previous year 2023 down 42.5% volatile
194 Poland 0.346 % change on previous year 2023 down 77.0% volatile
195 South Africa 0.3448 % change on previous year 2023 down 84.6% volatile
196 Anguilla 0.3327 % change on previous year 2023 down 71.5% volatile
197 Yugoslav SFR 0.2926 % change on previous year 1991 down 22.0% volatile
198 Aruba 0.2422 % change on previous year 2023 down 54.5% volatile
199 Norway 0.2045 % change on previous year 2023 down 90.4% volatile
200 Saint Lucia 0.2037 % change on previous year 2023 down 88.6% volatile
201 Caribbean 0.0922 % change on previous year 2023 down 77.1% volatile
202 Belgium 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
202 Bahrain 0 % change on previous year 2023 volatile
202 Bahamas 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
202 Bhutan 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
202 Dominica 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
202 Estonia 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
202 Maldives 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
202 Nauru 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
202 Romania 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
202 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
202 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
202 Nauru 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
214 Mauritius -0.1355 % change on previous year 2023 up 97.5% volatile
215 Syria -0.2463 % change on previous year 2023 up 95.5% volatile
215 Syrian Arab Republic -0.2463 % change on previous year 2023 up 95.5% volatile
217 Haiti -0.3003 % change on previous year 2023 down 111.3% volatile
218 San Marino -0.3337 % change on previous year 2023 up 5.7% volatile
219 Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.3787 % change on previous year 2023 down 146.4% volatile
220 Lesotho -0.4728 % change on previous year 2023 up 90.0% volatile
221 Japan -0.5076 % change on previous year 2023 down 161.4% volatile
222 Moldova -0.578 % change on previous year 2023 down 4.0% volatile
222 Republic of Moldova -0.578 % change on previous year 2023 down 4.0% volatile
224 Democratic People's Republic of Korea -0.5787 % change on previous year 2023 down 30.6% volatile
225 Ukraine -0.8511 % change on previous year 2023 up 55.7% volatile
226 Czechoslovakia -1.27 % change on previous year 1992 down 58.8% volatile
227 Bulgaria -1.45 % change on previous year 2023 down 158.4% volatile
228 Jordan -1.56 % change on previous year 2023 down 130.1% volatile
229 Holy See -1.72 % change on previous year 2023 up 21.3% volatile
230 USSR -1.91 % change on previous year 1991 down 349.0% volatile
231 Malta -2.17 % change on previous year 2023 down 178.8% volatile
232 Cuba -2.21 % change on previous year 2023 down 123.3% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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The year-on-year percentage change in Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

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Indicator
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), annual growth rate
Unit
% change on previous year
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
265 places, 15,000 data points, 1962–2023
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The year-on-year percentage change in Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.