Nitrous oxide emissions in North America
North America emitted 256.51 million tonnes of nitrous oxide (CO2 equivalent) in 2024.
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2024
256.51
Change from 2023
−0.1%
World, 2024
2,527.41 Mt CO2e
Nitrous oxide emissions in North America over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | North America | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 256.51 Mt CO2e | 2,527.41 Mt CO2e |
| 2023 | 256.66 Mt CO2e | 2,505.59 Mt CO2e |
| 2022 | 258.86 Mt CO2e | 2,471.90 Mt CO2e |
| 2021 | 254.39 Mt CO2e | 2,454.32 Mt CO2e |
| 2020 | 255.20 Mt CO2e | 2,423.63 Mt CO2e |
| 2019 | 260.31 Mt CO2e | 2,419.56 Mt CO2e |
| 2018 | 260.65 Mt CO2e | 2,385.52 Mt CO2e |
| 2017 | 260.62 Mt CO2e | 2,376.62 Mt CO2e |
| 2016 | 262.43 Mt CO2e | 2,363.67 Mt CO2e |
| 2015 | 260.69 Mt CO2e | 2,341.39 Mt CO2e |
| 2014 | 264.44 Mt CO2e | 2,323.79 Mt CO2e |
| 2013 | 265.78 Mt CO2e | 2,323.96 Mt CO2e |
| 2012 | 260.77 Mt CO2e | 2,294.92 Mt CO2e |
| 2011 | 265.06 Mt CO2e | 2,278.65 Mt CO2e |
| 2010 | 264.59 Mt CO2e | 2,220.82 Mt CO2e |
| 2009 | 257.15 Mt CO2e | 2,186.55 Mt CO2e |
| 2008 | 262.64 Mt CO2e | 2,186.17 Mt CO2e |
| 2007 | 273.62 Mt CO2e | 2,210.85 Mt CO2e |
| 2006 | 273.08 Mt CO2e | 2,166.48 Mt CO2e |
| 2005 | 268.64 Mt CO2e | 2,126.09 Mt CO2e |
| 2004 | 270.07 Mt CO2e | 2,103.56 Mt CO2e |
| 2003 | 271.47 Mt CO2e | 2,045.86 Mt CO2e |
| 2002 | 265.86 Mt CO2e | 2,013.85 Mt CO2e |
| 2001 | 270.44 Mt CO2e | 2,006.31 Mt CO2e |
| 2000 | 275.21 Mt CO2e | 2,012.74 Mt CO2e |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1% from 256.66 Mt CO2e in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 264.44 Mt CO2e, the figure has changed by −3.0%.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 2,527.41 Mt CO2e.