Nitrous oxide emissions in Ethiopia

Ethiopia emitted 41.70 million tonnes of nitrous oxide (CO2 equivalent) in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.

Measure: Nitrous oxide emissions (EDGAR) Unit: Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent Data: 1970 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Ethiopia, 2024 41.70 Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent
Change from 2023 +2.6% 2023: 40.63 Mt CO2e
World, 2024 2,527.41 Mt CO2e Official aggregate
Position in 2024 9th of 203 See the full ranking

Nitrous oxide emissions in Ethiopia over time

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Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Nitrous oxide emissions (EDGAR) (million tonnes of CO2 equivalent), 2000 to 2024
Period EthiopiaWorld
2024 41.70 Mt CO2e 2,527.41 Mt CO2e
2023 40.63 Mt CO2e 2,505.59 Mt CO2e
2022 38.80 Mt CO2e 2,471.90 Mt CO2e
2021 37.16 Mt CO2e 2,454.32 Mt CO2e
2020 39.32 Mt CO2e 2,423.63 Mt CO2e
2019 37.27 Mt CO2e 2,419.56 Mt CO2e
2018 34.66 Mt CO2e 2,385.52 Mt CO2e
2017 34.23 Mt CO2e 2,376.62 Mt CO2e
2016 33.19 Mt CO2e 2,363.67 Mt CO2e
2015 32.28 Mt CO2e 2,341.39 Mt CO2e
2014 31.36 Mt CO2e 2,323.79 Mt CO2e
2013 30.10 Mt CO2e 2,323.96 Mt CO2e
2012 29.24 Mt CO2e 2,294.92 Mt CO2e
2011 28.00 Mt CO2e 2,278.65 Mt CO2e
2010 28.15 Mt CO2e 2,220.82 Mt CO2e
2009 26.84 Mt CO2e 2,186.55 Mt CO2e
2008 25.54 Mt CO2e 2,186.17 Mt CO2e
2007 24.49 Mt CO2e 2,210.85 Mt CO2e
2006 22.23 Mt CO2e 2,166.48 Mt CO2e
2005 20.97 Mt CO2e 2,126.09 Mt CO2e
2004 20.07 Mt CO2e 2,103.56 Mt CO2e
2003 19.32 Mt CO2e 2,045.86 Mt CO2e
2002 19.99 Mt CO2e 2,013.85 Mt CO2e
2001 18.31 Mt CO2e 2,006.31 Mt CO2e
2000 16.96 Mt CO2e 2,012.74 Mt CO2e

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.6% from 40.63 Mt CO2e in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 31.36 Mt CO2e, the figure has changed by +33.0%.
  • Among the 203 countries with data for 2024, Ethiopia has the 9th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 2,527.41 Mt CO2e.

Source and dates

Original producer
European Commission JRC, EDGAR Community GHG Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EN.GHG.N2O.MT.CE.AR5 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2024 for Ethiopia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: European Commission JRC, EDGAR Community GHG Database