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Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per capita by country

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
186
Highest
0.0001 kt per person
Israel
Lowest
0 kt per person
Palau
Median
0 kt per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,734

What the numbers show

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per capita is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 0.0001 kt per person in Israel; the lowest is 0 kt per person in Palau.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt per person, and the mean is 0 kt per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.

Over the past decade 129 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 9,956.3%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 31.4%).

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Israel 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 1.5% rising
2 Albania 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 34.5% rising
3 Chile 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 4.2% rising
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt per person 2023 up 26.6% rising
5 North Macedonia 0 kt per person 2023 up 15.1% rising
6 Australia 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.2% rising
7 Lithuania 0 kt per person 2023 up 59.6% rising
8 Denmark 0 kt per person 2023 up 11.4% rising
9 Belize 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.4% flat
10 Spain 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.8% rising
11 Costa Rica 0 kt per person 2023 up 18.5% rising
12 Slovakia 0 kt per person 2023 up 34.5% rising
13 Finland 0 kt per person 2023 up 10.4% rising
14 Colombia 0 kt per person 2023 up 19.7% rising
15 Austria 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.7% rising
16 United Kingdom 0 kt per person 2023 up 8.9% rising
17 Iceland 0 kt per person 2023 up 10.0% rising
18 Latvia 0 kt per person 2023 up 25.2% rising
19 United States 0 kt per person 2023 up 9.5% rising
20 Canada 0 kt per person 2023 up 9.4% rising
21 Monaco 0 kt per person 2023 up 6.1% rising
22 France 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.7% rising
23 Andorra 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.7% rising
24 Estonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.8% rising
25 Germany 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.8% rising
26 Luxembourg 0 kt per person 2023 down 16.3% falling
27 Belgium 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.3% flat
28 Czechia 0 kt per person 2023 up 33.6% rising
29 Portugal 0 kt per person 2023 up 6.2% rising
30 Norway 0 kt per person 2023 down 14.1% rising
31 Italy 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.9% rising
32 San Marino 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.4% rising
33 New Zealand 0 kt per person 2023 up 23.4% rising
34 Ireland 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.4% rising
35 Greece 0 kt per person 2023 up 9.5% rising
36 Poland 0 kt per person 2023 up 11.4% rising
37 Hungary 0 kt per person 2023 up 22.8% rising
38 Slovenia 0 kt per person 2023 up 9.7% rising
39 Croatia 0 kt per person 2023 up 33.7% rising
40 Montenegro 0 kt per person 2023 up 16.2% rising
41 Serbia 0 kt per person 2023 up 15.5% rising
42 Romania 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.8% rising
43 Switzerland 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.6% rising
44 Liechtenstein 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.7% rising
45 China 0 kt per person 2023 up 14.6% rising
46 Argentina 0 kt per person 2023 up 14.7% rising
47 Sweden 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.6% rising
48 Turkey 0 kt per person 2023 up 6.5% rising
49 Cyprus 0 kt per person 2023 up 16.3% rising
50 Moldova 0 kt per person 2023 up 11.8% rising
51 Armenia 0 kt per person 2023 up 14.5% rising
52 Russia 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.0% rising
53 Kazakhstan 0 kt per person 2023 up 14.3% rising
54 Azerbaijan 0 kt per person 2023 up 14.1% rising
55 Myanmar 0 kt per person 2023 up 13.0% rising
56 Oman 0 kt per person 2023 up 22.8% flat
57 Morocco 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.0% rising
58 Tunisia 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.7% rising
59 Egypt 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.0% rising
60 Belarus 0 kt per person 2023 up 8.3% flat
61 Uzbekistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.1% rising
62 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt per person 2023 up 14.5% rising
63 Brazil 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.1% rising
64 Bulgaria 0 kt per person 2023 up 9.7% rising
65 Mexico 0 kt per person 2023 up 7.9% rising
66 Japan 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.0% falling
67 Kuwait 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.5% rising
68 Ukraine 0 kt per person 2023 up 11.7% rising
69 Guyana 0 kt per person 2023 up 18.1% rising
70 Senegal 0 kt per person 2023 up 14.1% rising
71 Uruguay 0 kt per person 2023 up 8.2% rising
72 Lebanon 0 kt per person 2023 up 12.8% rising
73 Saudi Arabia 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.7% rising
74 Eritrea 0 kt per person 2023 up 13.7% rising
75 Barbados 0 kt per person 2023 up 8.7% rising
76 Peru 0 kt per person 2023 up 10.7% rising
77 Mauritius 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.8% rising
78 Dominica 0 kt per person 2023 up 9.0% rising
79 Samoa 0 kt per person 2023 up 11.7% rising
80 Vietnam 0 kt per person 2023 up 11.4% rising
81 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.0% rising
82 Algeria 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.2% rising
83 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt per person 2023 up 9.2% rising
84 Mongolia 0 kt per person 2023 up 12.2% rising
85 Qatar 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.7% falling
86 Singapore 0 kt per person 2023 up 15.1% rising
87 Georgia 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.1% rising
88 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.3% rising
89 United Arab Emirates 0 kt per person 2023 down 18.4% rising
90 Panama 0 kt per person 2023 up 12.1% rising
91 Saint Lucia 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.0% rising
92 Maldives 0 kt per person 2023 down 25.8% rising
93 Niger 0 kt per person 2023 up 6.9% rising
94 Burkina Faso 0 kt per person 2023 up 8.7% rising
95 Bahamas 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.5% rising
96 Mauritania 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.4% rising
97 Nepal 0 kt per person 2023 up 19.0% rising
98 Cuba 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.8% rising
99 Fiji 0 kt per person 2023 up 22.9% rising
100 Malaysia 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.1% rising
101 El Salvador 0 kt per person 2023 up 7.6% rising
102 Tajikistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 27.5% rising
103 Tonga 0 kt per person 2023 up 23.7% rising
104 Seychelles 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.3% volatile
105 South Sudan 0 kt per person 2023 up 9.2% rising
106 Sudan 0 kt per person 2023 up 9.1% rising
107 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.9% flat
108 Malta 0 kt per person 2023 down 30.3% rising
109 Jamaica 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.2% flat
110 Libya 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.9% rising
111 Botswana 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.1% flat
112 Turkmenistan 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.2% flat
113 Laos 0 kt per person 2023 up 8.7% rising
114 Paraguay 0 kt per person 2023 up 8.3% rising
115 Guatemala 0 kt per person 2023 up 11.1% rising
116 Eswatini 0 kt per person 2023 up 13.1% rising
117 Malawi 0 kt per person 2023 up 6.1% flat
118 Tuvalu 0 kt per person 2023 up 43.1% flat
119 South Africa 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.1% rising
120 Dominican Republic 0 kt per person 2023 up 25.2% rising
121 Mali 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.1% rising
122 Indonesia 0 kt per person 2023 up 14.6% rising
123 Gabon 0 kt per person 2023 down 11.3% rising
124 Philippines 0 kt per person 2023 up 19.7% rising
125 India 0 kt per person 2023 up 9.9% rising
126 Sri Lanka 0 kt per person 2023 up 12.4% rising
127 Cameroon 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.3% rising
128 Thailand 0 kt per person 2023 up 7.4% rising
129 Ethiopia 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.2% rising
130 Grenada 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.0% rising
131 Kiribati 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.0% rising
132 Cambodia 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.6% rising
133 Chad 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.9% rising
134 Togo 0 kt per person 2023 up 14.5% rising
135 Nicaragua 0 kt per person 2023 up 7.3% rising
136 Vanuatu 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.3% flat
137 Iraq 0 kt per person 2023 up 6.1% rising
138 Ecuador 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.0% rising
139 Ghana 0 kt per person 2023 up 6.5% rising
140 Namibia 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.4% flat
141 Bangladesh 0 kt per person 2023 up 14.6% rising
142 Benin 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.4% rising
143 Djibouti 0 kt per person 2023 up 6.9% rising
144 Honduras 0 kt per person 2023 up 4.9% rising
145 Suriname 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.4% rising
146 Zimbabwe 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.4% falling
147 Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.0% rising
148 Kenya 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.1% falling
149 Pakistan 0 kt per person 2023 up 12.9% flat
150 Aruba 0 kt per person 2023 up 5.7% rising
151 Rwanda 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.3% rising
152 Cote d'Ivoire 0 kt per person 2023 up 12.1% rising
153 Lesotho 0 kt per person 2023 down 19.4% rising
154 Gambia 0 kt per person 2023 up 8.2% rising
155 Nigeria 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.8% rising
156 Papua New Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.9% volatile
157 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt per person 2023 up 8.7% rising
158 Comoros 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.2% rising
159 Somalia 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.2% rising
160 Afghanistan 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.0% rising
161 East Timor 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.1% falling
162 Syria 0 kt per person 2023 down 25.1% flat
163 Congo 0 kt per person 2023 up 15.9% rising
164 Jordan 0 kt per person 2023 down 31.4% flat
165 British Virgin Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.7% falling
166 Zambia 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.6% falling
167 Sierra Leone 0 kt per person 2023 down 7.7% rising
168 Central African Republic 0 kt per person 2023 up 3.0% rising
169 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.9% falling
170 Angola 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.9% rising
171 Uganda 0 kt per person 2023 down 17.3% flat
172 Mozambique 0 kt per person 2023 down 4.8% rising
173 Yemen 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.3% rising
174 Haiti 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.6% rising
175 Solomon Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 16.3% flat
176 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.6% rising
177 Burundi 0 kt per person 2023 up 279.7% falling
178 Liberia 0 kt per person 2023 up 7.2% falling
179 Brunei 0 kt per person 2023 up 8.4% falling
180 Equatorial Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.1% rising
181 Madagascar 0 kt per person 2023 down 14.5% falling
182 Bahrain 0 kt per person 2023 down 11.5% falling
183 Marshall Islands 0 kt per person 2023 up 112.6% rising
184 Bhutan 0 kt per person 2023 up 9,956.3% volatile
185 Nauru 0 kt per person 2023 down 11.4% flat
186 Palau 0 kt per person 2023 up 69.7% volatile

Regions and income groups

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

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Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per capita
Unit
kt per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
187 places, 10,734 data points, 1961–2023
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Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.