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Waste — Emissions (N2O) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas...

Countries reporting
232
Highest
128.05 kt
OECD
Lowest
0 kt
Holy See
Median
0.52 kt
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
15,268

What the numbers show

Waste — Emissions (N2O) is currently reported for 232 countries. The highest value is 128.05 kt in OECD; the lowest is 0 kt in Holy See.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.52 kt, and the mean is 3.35 kt.

Over the past decade 200 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 15,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Holy See (down 100.0%).

Waste — Emissions (N2O): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 128.05 kt 2023 up 11.1% rising
2 China 105.08 kt 2023 up 18.5% rising
3 China, mainland 103 kt 2023 up 18.7% rising
4 India 63.3 kt 2023 up 22.0% rising
5 United States 36.1 kt 2023 up 16.5% rising
6 USSR 16.05 kt 1991 up 5.8% rising
7 Brazil 13.4 kt 2023 up 10.7% rising
8 Indonesia 12.6 kt 2023 up 26.0% volatile
9 Russia 9.57 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
9 Russian Federation 9.57 kt 2023 up 2.0% rising
11 Pakistan 9.37 kt 2023 up 32.3% rising
12 Germany 8.35 kt 2023 up 4.1% rising
13 Mexico 8.2 kt 2023 up 18.3% rising
14 Nigeria 8.17 kt 2023 up 24.9% volatile
15 Japan 7.84 kt 2023 down 8.2% rising
16 United Kingdom 7.76 kt 2023 up 16.3% rising
16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.76 kt 2023 up 16.3% rising
18 Egypt 7.31 kt 2023 up 16.6% volatile
19 France 7.01 kt 2023 up 9.5% rising
20 Bangladesh 6.97 kt 2023 up 25.6% rising
21 Spain 6.34 kt 2023 down 3.4% rising
22 Colombia 6.2 kt 2023 up 35.7% rising
23 Turkey 6.16 kt 2023 up 19.4% rising
23 Türkiye 6.16 kt 2023 up 19.4% rising
25 Vietnam 5.79 kt 2023 up 23.5% volatile
25 Viet Nam 5.79 kt 2023 up 23.5% volatile
27 Ethiopia 5.57 kt 2023 up 30.4% rising
28 Italy 5.16 kt 2023 down 0.4% rising
29 Philippines 5.08 kt 2023 up 34.7% volatile
30 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4.57 kt 2023 up 7.8% rising
31 Republic of Korea 4.36 kt 2023 up 7.9% rising
32 Canada 4.22 kt 2023 up 24.9% rising
33 Australia and New Zealand 4.08 kt 2023 up 15.5% rising
34 Chile 3.73 kt 2023 up 15.8% rising
35 Australia 3.64 kt 2023 up 12.7% volatile
36 Myanmar 3.54 kt 2023 up 21.6% volatile
37 Argentina 3.35 kt 2023 up 22.7% rising
38 Thailand 3.11 kt 2023 up 10.3% rising
39 South Africa 2.91 kt 2023 up 6.2% rising
40 Poland 2.9 kt 2023 up 7.4% rising
41 Algeria 2.66 kt 2023 up 20.4% volatile
42 Israel 2.63 kt 2023 up 24.1% rising
43 United Republic of Tanzania 2.55 kt 2023 up 34.9% volatile
44 Sudan 2.47 kt 2023 up 44.4% rising
45 Morocco 2.46 kt 2023 up 16.0% rising
46 Ukraine 2.33 kt 2023 down 8.6% falling
46 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2.33 kt 2023 up 8.4% rising
48 Uzbekistan 2.27 kt 2023 up 26.1% rising
49 Kenya 2.12 kt 2023 up 20.5% volatile
50 Saudi Arabia 2.03 kt 2023 up 18.7% volatile
51 Peru 2.01 kt 2023 up 25.6% rising
52 Sudan (former) 1.97 kt 2011 up 40.0% rising
53 Iraq 1.87 kt 2023 up 35.5% volatile
54 Malaysia 1.83 kt 2023 up 21.2% volatile
55 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.76 kt 2023 up 25.7% volatile
56 Caribbean 1.72 kt 2023 up 3.6% rising
57 Yugoslav SFR 1.65 kt 1991 up 2.5% rising
58 Nepal 1.55 kt 2023 up 28.1% volatile
59 Uganda 1.48 kt 2023 up 13.8% volatile
60 Ethiopia PDR 1.46 kt 1992 up 24.0% rising
61 Afghanistan 1.46 kt 2023 up 25.9% volatile
62 Romania 1.44 kt 2023 unchanged rising
63 Niger 1.4 kt 2023 up 51.0% volatile
64 Ghana 1.38 kt 2023 up 31.4% volatile
65 Kazakhstan 1.35 kt 2023 up 32.4% rising
65 China, Taiwan Province of 1.35 kt 2023 up 8.9% rising
67 Cameroon 1.24 kt 2023 up 25.5% volatile
68 Burkina Faso 1.23 kt 2023 up 41.4% volatile
69 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.2 kt 2023 down 17.8% rising
70 Czechoslovakia 1.17 kt 1992 down 6.0% rising
71 Cote d'Ivoire 1.14 kt 2023 up 46.0% volatile
71 Yemen 1.14 kt 2023 up 16.6% volatile
71 Côte d'Ivoire 1.14 kt 2023 up 46.0% volatile
74 Angola 1.13 kt 2023 up 28.0% volatile
75 Belgium 1.11 kt 2023 unchanged rising
75 Senegal 1.11 kt 2023 up 50.4% volatile
77 Mali 1.08 kt 2023 up 25.1% volatile
78 Austria 1.04 kt 2023 up 11.7% rising
79 Belgium-Luxembourg 1.01 kt 1999 up 51.3% rising
80 Mozambique 1 kt 2023 up 27.9% volatile
81 Czechia 0.997 kt 2023 up 38.1% rising
82 Malawi 0.985 kt 2023 up 38.5% volatile
83 Sri Lanka 0.966 kt 2023 up 20.3% rising
84 Portugal 0.952 kt 2023 up 7.4% rising
85 Guatemala 0.864 kt 2023 up 30.9% volatile
86 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.859 kt 2023 down 4.4% rising
87 Greece 0.855 kt 2023 up 3.9% rising
88 Chad 0.811 kt 2023 up 27.1% volatile
89 Syria 0.81 kt 2023 down 18.4% rising
89 Syrian Arab Republic 0.81 kt 2023 down 18.4% rising
91 Denmark 0.794 kt 2023 up 18.0% rising
91 Tunisia 0.794 kt 2023 up 15.7% rising
93 Sweden 0.77 kt 2023 up 6.9% rising
94 Hungary 0.753 kt 2023 up 19.3% rising
95 Cambodia 0.748 kt 2023 up 21.2% volatile
96 Ecuador 0.74 kt 2023 up 9.1% rising
97 Madagascar 0.721 kt 2023 up 10.6% rising
98 Finland 0.695 kt 2023 up 13.4% rising
99 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.69 kt 2023 up 21.5% rising
100 Slovakia 0.682 kt 2023 up 34.8% rising
101 Zambia 0.679 kt 2023 up 23.0% rising
102 Switzerland 0.671 kt 2023 up 12.8% rising
103 Azerbaijan 0.667 kt 2023 up 23.1% rising
104 Costa Rica 0.662 kt 2023 up 28.3% volatile
105 Somalia 0.652 kt 2023 up 42.4% volatile
106 Zimbabwe 0.643 kt 2023 up 10.3% rising
107 Belarus 0.585 kt 2023 up 5.2% falling
108 United Arab Emirates 0.584 kt 2023 up 11.2% volatile
109 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.576 kt 2023 up 11.6% rising
110 Cuba 0.575 kt 2023 down 17.9% rising
111 Benin 0.572 kt 2023 up 34.9% volatile
112 South Sudan 0.567 kt 2023 up 12.3% rising
113 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.559 kt 2023 up 29.1% volatile
114 Guinea 0.558 kt 2023 up 35.1% volatile
115 Tajikistan 0.527 kt 2023 up 61.2% rising
116 Rwanda 0.525 kt 2023 up 27.4% volatile
117 Dominican Republic 0.515 kt 2023 up 39.2% rising
118 Serbia 0.504 kt 2023 up 6.8% rising
119 Albania 0.494 kt 2023 up 15.2% rising
120 Norway 0.49 kt 2023 down 6.7% rising
121 Serbia and Montenegro 0.4881 kt 2005 down 17.5% falling
122 Melanesia 0.4559 kt 2023 up 22.4% volatile
123 Ireland 0.452 kt 2023 up 14.4% rising
124 New Zealand 0.445 kt 2023 up 44.5% rising
125 Honduras 0.426 kt 2023 up 25.7% volatile
126 Bulgaria 0.408 kt 2023 down 1.2% falling
127 Lithuania 0.387 kt 2023 up 54.8% rising
128 Jordan 0.378 kt 2023 down 1.8% volatile
129 Papua New Guinea 0.372 kt 2023 up 22.8% volatile
130 Laos 0.368 kt 2023 up 26.0% volatile
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.368 kt 2023 up 26.0% volatile
132 Libya 0.356 kt 2023 up 10.2% volatile
132 Turkmenistan 0.356 kt 2023 up 17.5% rising
134 Burundi 0.353 kt 2023 up 397.9% rising
135 Kyrgyzstan 0.349 kt 2023 up 14.4% rising
136 Lebanon 0.348 kt 2023 up 13.4% rising
137 Togo 0.345 kt 2023 up 38.6% volatile
138 Singapore 0.333 kt 2023 up 26.1% volatile
139 Haiti 0.332 kt 2023 up 7.4% rising
140 Oman 0.33 kt 2023 up 61.8% volatile
141 Paraguay 0.327 kt 2023 up 23.9% rising
142 El Salvador 0.323 kt 2023 up 10.6% rising
143 North Macedonia 0.314 kt 2023 up 9.4% rising
144 Kuwait 0.302 kt 2023 up 30.7% volatile
145 Croatia 0.295 kt 2023 up 21.9% rising
146 Nicaragua 0.285 kt 2023 up 22.3% rising
147 Mauritania 0.264 kt 2023 up 32.7% volatile
148 Sierra Leone 0.263 kt 2023 up 16.4% rising
149 Panama 0.247 kt 2023 up 30.7% rising
150 Congo 0.208 kt 2023 up 47.5% volatile
150 Eritrea 0.208 kt 2023 up 28.4% rising
150 Georgia 0.208 kt 2023 up 5.1% falling
153 Uruguay 0.206 kt 2023 up 9.6% rising
154 Latvia 0.205 kt 2023 up 17.1% rising
155 Armenia 0.201 kt 2023 up 12.3% rising
156 Mongolia 0.198 kt 2023 up 34.7% rising
157 Moldova 0.172 kt 2023 down 3.9% flat
157 Republic of Moldova 0.172 kt 2023 down 3.9% flat
159 Slovenia 0.166 kt 2023 up 12.9% rising
160 Central African Republic 0.16 kt 2023 up 14.3% rising
161 Qatar 0.151 kt 2023 up 34.8% volatile
162 Estonia 0.139 kt 2023 down 4.1% rising
162 Jamaica 0.139 kt 2023 up 5.3% rising
164 Liberia 0.137 kt 2023 up 31.7% rising
165 Namibia 0.121 kt 2023 up 33.4% rising
166 Botswana 0.12 kt 2023 up 21.8% rising
167 Gabon 0.111 kt 2023 up 15.1% volatile
168 Gambia 0.0973 kt 2023 up 38.8% volatile
169 Cyprus 0.0962 kt 2023 up 32.1% rising
170 Lesotho 0.0842 kt 2023 down 9.5% rising
171 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0763 kt 2023 up 6.4% rising
172 Mauritius 0.0737 kt 2023 unchanged rising
173 Luxembourg 0.0643 kt 2023 up 2.7% rising
174 Guinea-Bissau 0.0588 kt 2023 up 28.9% rising
175 Eswatini 0.058 kt 2023 up 23.1% rising
176 Belize 0.0548 kt 2023 up 25.7% rising
177 Guyana 0.051 kt 2023 up 30.1% rising
178 Fiji 0.0482 kt 2023 up 23.9% rising
179 East Timor 0.0478 kt 2023 up 14.6% rising
179 Timor-Leste 0.0478 kt 2023 up 14.6% rising
181 Montenegro 0.0476 kt 2023 up 16.4% rising
182 Djibouti 0.0463 kt 2023 up 25.1% volatile
183 Equatorial Guinea 0.043 kt 2023 up 34.4% volatile
184 China, Macao SAR 0.0428 kt 2023 up 16.6% volatile
185 Iceland 0.0426 kt 2023 up 31.1% rising
186 Bahrain 0.0343 kt 2023 up 11.4% rising
187 Comoros 0.0303 kt 2023 up 20.7% volatile
188 Maldives 0.0283 kt 2023 down 2.4% volatile
189 Malta 0.0271 kt 2023 down 9.4% rising
190 Cabo Verde 0.0265 kt 2023 up 15.7% rising
191 Suriname 0.0248 kt 2023 up 14.3% rising
192 Solomon Islands 0.0224 kt 2023 up 12.6% rising
193 Bahamas 0.021 kt 2023 down 1.4% rising
194 Polynesia 0.0194 kt 2023 up 21.2% rising
195 Barbados 0.0168 kt 2023 up 10.5% rising
196 Bhutan 0.0158 kt 2023 up 15,700.0% volatile
197 Vanuatu 0.0133 kt 2023 up 24.3% rising
198 Samoa 0.0127 kt 2023 up 22.1% rising
199 Brunei 0.0108 kt 2023 up 21.3% volatile
199 Brunei Darussalam 0.0108 kt 2023 up 21.3% volatile
201 Saint Lucia 0.0098 kt 2023 up 6.5% rising
202 Micronesia 0.0087 kt 2023 up 20.8% rising
203 Andorra 0.0083 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
204 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0082 kt 2023 up 30.2% rising
205 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0065 kt 2023 up 8.3% rising
206 Seychelles 0.006 kt 2023 up 20.0% volatile
207 Kiribati 0.0057 kt 2023 up 18.8% rising
208 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0054 kt 2023 up 8.0% rising
208 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0.0054 kt 2010 up 28.6% rising
210 Tonga 0.0053 kt 2023 up 20.5% rising
211 Grenada 0.0051 kt 2023 up 8.5% rising
212 Aruba 0.0041 kt 2023 up 7.9% rising
213 Monaco 0.004 kt 2023 up 17.6% rising
214 Dominica 0.0039 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
215 Liechtenstein 0.003 kt 2023 up 11.1% rising
216 San Marino 0.0029 kt 2023 unchanged rising
217 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0027 kt 2023 up 8.0% rising
218 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 0.0018 kt 1990 up 28.6% rising
219 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.0015 kt 2023 unchanged flat
220 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0014 kt 2023 up 16.7% rising
221 British Virgin Islands 0.0013 kt 2023 up 18.2% rising
222 Marshall Islands 0.0008 kt 2023 up 60.0% rising
222 Cook Islands 0.0008 kt 2023 up 14.3% rising
224 Anguilla 0.0006 kt 2023 up 20.0% rising
225 Tuvalu 0.0005 kt 2023 up 25.0% rising
226 Palau 0.0003 kt 2023 up 50.0% volatile
227 Nauru 0.0002 kt 2023 unchanged rising
227 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.0002 kt 2023 unchanged rising
227 Nauru 0.0002 kt 2023 unchanged rising
230 Niue 0.0001 kt 2023 unchanged rising
230 Tokelau 0.0001 kt 2023 — volatile
232 Holy See 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% 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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Indicator
Waste — Emissions (N2O)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
265 places, 15,268 data points, 1961–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf