Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per square kilometre by country
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
0.5086 kt per square kilometre
Monaco
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
Mongolia
Median
0.0014 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,734
What the numbers show
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per square kilometre is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 0.5086 kt per square kilometre in Monaco; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0014 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0059 kt per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15,108.
Over the past decade 167 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 10,797.1%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 18.4%).
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 0.5086 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 2 | Singapore | 0.1229 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Israel | 0.0322 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 4 | Maldives | 0.0252 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Malta | 0.0224 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 0.0142 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 7 | San Marino | 0.0129 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 8 | Bahrain | 0.0114 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 9 | Barbados | 0.0104 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 10 | Mauritius | 0.0098 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 11 | Belgium | 0.0096 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 12 | Lebanon | 0.009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 0.0085 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 14 | Luxembourg | 0.0066 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 15 | Germany | 0.0063 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 16 | Aruba | 0.006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 17 | Japan | 0.0057 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 18 | India | 0.0056 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 19 | Rwanda | 0.0056 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Denmark | 0.0053 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 21 | Liechtenstein | 0.005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 22 | Vietnam | 0.0049 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Albania | 0.0048 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 24 | Andorra | 0.0047 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 25 | Italy | 0.0046 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 26 | Philippines | 0.0045 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Switzerland | 0.0045 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 28 | Kuwait | 0.0045 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0044 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 30 | Comoros | 0.0043 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Saint Lucia | 0.0043 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 32 | Sri Lanka | 0.0041 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 33 | El Salvador | 0.0041 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 34 | Tuvalu | 0.004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 35 | Grenada | 0.0039 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 36 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0039 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 37 | Slovakia | 0.0038 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 38 | Burundi | 0.0036 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 397.9% | rising |
| 39 | Qatar | 0.0035 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Seychelles | 0.0035 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 41 | France | 0.0034 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 42 | Costa Rica | 0.0034 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Czechia | 0.0034 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 44 | Jamaica | 0.0034 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 45 | Spain | 0.0034 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 46 | Austria | 0.0033 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 47 | North Macedonia | 0.0033 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 48 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0032 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 49 | Pakistan | 0.0032 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 50 | Haiti | 0.0032 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 51 | Nauru | 0.0031 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 52 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 53 | China | 0.003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 54 | Nepal | 0.0029 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 0.0028 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 56 | Malawi | 0.0028 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Cyprus | 0.0028 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 58 | Portugal | 0.0028 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 59 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0027 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 60 | Gambia | 0.0025 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Poland | 0.0025 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 62 | Nigeria | 0.0024 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0023 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 64 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0023 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 65 | Hungary | 0.0022 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 66 | Slovenia | 0.0022 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 67 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0022 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Azerbaijan | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 69 | Guatemala | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Turkey | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 71 | Uganda | 0.002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Egypt | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Tonga | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 74 | Armenia | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 75 | Kiribati | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 76 | Indonesia | 0.0018 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Greece | 0.0018 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 78 | Ireland | 0.0017 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 79 | Togo | 0.0017 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Romania | 0.0017 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 81 | Lithuania | 0.0016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 82 | Thailand | 0.0016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 83 | Ghana | 0.0016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Serbia | 0.0016 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 85 | Senegal | 0.0015 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Colombia | 0.0015 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 87 | Malaysia | 0.0015 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Cuba | 0.0015 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 89 | Morocco | 0.0015 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 90 | Myanmar | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Croatia | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 92 | Moldova | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 93 | Dominica | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 94 | Uzbekistan | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 95 | Tunisia | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 96 | Benin | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Chile | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 98 | Ethiopia | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 99 | Marshall Islands | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 100 | Samoa | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 101 | Burkina Faso | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Syria | 0.0012 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 103 | Iraq | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Jordan | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Cambodia | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Mexico | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 107 | Ukraine | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 108 | United States | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 109 | Honduras | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Tajikistan | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 112 | Kenya | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Sierra Leone | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 114 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Montenegro | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 116 | Eswatini | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 117 | Panama | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 118 | Latvia | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 119 | Estonia | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 120 | East Timor | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 121 | Georgia | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 122 | Ecuador | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Belarus | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 124 | Lesotho | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 125 | Fiji | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 126 | Cameroon | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Belize | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 128 | South Africa | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 129 | Nicaragua | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 130 | Finland | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 131 | Guinea | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Afghanistan | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Yemen | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Bahamas | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 135 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 136 | Brunei | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Djibouti | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Sweden | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 140 | Eritrea | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 141 | New Zealand | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 143 | Brazil | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 144 | Laos | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Peru | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 146 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 148 | Liberia | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 149 | Norway | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 150 | Sudan | 0.0004 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 151 | Mozambique | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Madagascar | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 153 | Argentina | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 154 | Uruguay | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 155 | Algeria | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Niger | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Vanuatu | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 158 | Oman | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Somalia | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0003 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Zambia | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 162 | Angola | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 163 | South Sudan | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 164 | Mali | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Paraguay | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 166 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 168 | Turkmenistan | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 169 | Palau | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Chad | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 171 | Congo | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Russia | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 173 | Kazakhstan | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 174 | Canada | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 175 | Australia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Gabon | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Iceland | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 178 | Bhutan | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10,797.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Central African Republic | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 180 | Mauritania | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 181 | Guyana | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 182 | Botswana | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 183 | Libya | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 184 | Suriname | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 185 | Namibia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 186 | Mongolia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.001 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), 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) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.