Waste — Emissions (N2O), per square kilometre by country
Waste — Emissions (N2O) 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
0.0019 kt per square kilometre
Monaco
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
Mongolia
Median
0 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,734
What the numbers show
Waste — Emissions (N2O), per square kilometre is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 0.0019 kt per square kilometre in Monaco; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0 kt per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15,108.
Over the past decade 166 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 15,690.5%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 18.4%).
Waste — Emissions (N2O), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 2 | Singapore | 0.0005 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Israel | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 4 | Maldives | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Malta | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 7 | San Marino | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 8 | Bahrain | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 9 | Barbados | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 10 | Mauritius | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 11 | Belgium | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 12 | Lebanon | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 14 | Luxembourg | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 15 | Germany | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 16 | Aruba | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 17 | Japan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 18 | India | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 19 | Rwanda | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Denmark | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 21 | Liechtenstein | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 22 | Vietnam | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Albania | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 24 | Andorra | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 25 | Italy | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 26 | Philippines | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Switzerland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 28 | Kuwait | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Tuvalu | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 29 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 31 | Comoros | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Saint Lucia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 33 | Sri Lanka | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 34 | El Salvador | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 35 | Grenada | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 36 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 37 | Slovakia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 38 | Burundi | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 397.9% | rising |
| 39 | Qatar | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Seychelles | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 41 | France | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 42 | Costa Rica | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Czechia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 44 | Jamaica | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 45 | Spain | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 46 | Austria | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 47 | North Macedonia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 48 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 49 | Pakistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 50 | Haiti | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 52 | China | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 53 | Nepal | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Dominican Republic | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 55 | Malawi | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Cyprus | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 57 | Portugal | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 58 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 59 | Nauru | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 60 | Gambia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Poland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 62 | Nigeria | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 63 | British Virgin Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 64 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 65 | Hungary | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 66 | Slovenia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 67 | United Arab Emirates | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Azerbaijan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 69 | Guatemala | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Turkey | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 71 | Uganda | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Tonga | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 73 | Egypt | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Armenia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 75 | Kiribati | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 76 | Indonesia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Greece | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 78 | Ireland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 79 | Togo | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Romania | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 81 | Lithuania | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 82 | Thailand | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 83 | Ghana | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Serbia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 85 | Senegal | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Colombia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 87 | Malaysia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Cuba | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 89 | Morocco | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 90 | Myanmar | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Croatia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 92 | Moldova | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 93 | Dominica | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 94 | Uzbekistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 95 | Tunisia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 96 | Benin | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Chile | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 98 | Ethiopia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 99 | Samoa | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 100 | Burkina Faso | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Marshall Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 102 | Syria | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 103 | Iraq | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Jordan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Cambodia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Mexico | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 107 | Ukraine | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 108 | United States | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 109 | Honduras | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Tajikistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 112 | Kenya | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Sierra Leone | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 114 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Montenegro | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 116 | Eswatini | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 117 | Panama | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 118 | Latvia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 119 | Estonia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 120 | East Timor | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 121 | Georgia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 122 | Ecuador | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Belarus | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 124 | Lesotho | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 125 | Fiji | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 126 | Cameroon | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Belize | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 128 | South Africa | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 129 | Nicaragua | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 130 | Finland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 131 | Guinea | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Afghanistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Yemen | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Bahamas | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 135 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 136 | Brunei | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Djibouti | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Sweden | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 140 | Eritrea | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 141 | New Zealand | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 143 | Brazil | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 144 | Laos | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Peru | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 146 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 148 | Liberia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 149 | Norway | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 150 | Sudan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 151 | Mozambique | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Madagascar | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 153 | Argentina | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 154 | Uruguay | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 155 | Algeria | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Niger | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Vanuatu | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 158 | Oman | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Somalia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Saudi Arabia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Zambia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 162 | Angola | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 163 | South Sudan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 164 | Mali | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Paraguay | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 166 | Papua New Guinea | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 168 | Turkmenistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 169 | Palau | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Chad | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 171 | Congo | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Russia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 173 | Kazakhstan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 174 | Canada | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 175 | Australia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Gabon | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Iceland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 178 | Bhutan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15,690.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Central African Republic | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 180 | Mauritania | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 181 | Guyana | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 182 | Botswana | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 183 | Libya | 0 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 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Waste — Emissions (N2O) 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 (N2O) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Waste — Emissions 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 (N2O) 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.