Nitrous oxide emissions in OECD members
OECD member countries emitted 665.83 million tonnes of nitrous oxide (CO2 equivalent) in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1970.
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2024
665.83
Change from 2023
−1.0%
World, 2024
2,527.41 Mt CO2e
Nitrous oxide emissions in OECD members 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.
| Period | OECD members | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 665.83 Mt CO2e | 2,527.41 Mt CO2e |
| 2023 | 672.84 Mt CO2e | 2,505.59 Mt CO2e |
| 2022 | 677.55 Mt CO2e | 2,471.90 Mt CO2e |
| 2021 | 683.85 Mt CO2e | 2,454.32 Mt CO2e |
| 2020 | 680.32 Mt CO2e | 2,423.63 Mt CO2e |
| 2019 | 691.49 Mt CO2e | 2,419.56 Mt CO2e |
| 2018 | 693.77 Mt CO2e | 2,385.52 Mt CO2e |
| 2017 | 701.01 Mt CO2e | 2,376.62 Mt CO2e |
| 2016 | 695.96 Mt CO2e | 2,363.67 Mt CO2e |
| 2015 | 690.70 Mt CO2e | 2,341.39 Mt CO2e |
| 2014 | 694.01 Mt CO2e | 2,323.79 Mt CO2e |
| 2013 | 693.26 Mt CO2e | 2,323.96 Mt CO2e |
| 2012 | 686.53 Mt CO2e | 2,294.92 Mt CO2e |
| 2011 | 687.12 Mt CO2e | 2,278.65 Mt CO2e |
| 2010 | 683.60 Mt CO2e | 2,220.82 Mt CO2e |
| 2009 | 669.97 Mt CO2e | 2,186.55 Mt CO2e |
| 2008 | 679.57 Mt CO2e | 2,186.17 Mt CO2e |
| 2007 | 713.36 Mt CO2e | 2,210.85 Mt CO2e |
| 2006 | 712.88 Mt CO2e | 2,166.48 Mt CO2e |
| 2005 | 713.90 Mt CO2e | 2,126.09 Mt CO2e |
| 2004 | 724.25 Mt CO2e | 2,103.56 Mt CO2e |
| 2003 | 722.66 Mt CO2e | 2,045.86 Mt CO2e |
| 2002 | 721.93 Mt CO2e | 2,013.85 Mt CO2e |
| 2001 | 733.29 Mt CO2e | 2,006.31 Mt CO2e |
| 2000 | 745.77 Mt CO2e | 2,012.74 Mt CO2e |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.0% from 672.84 Mt CO2e in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 694.01 Mt CO2e, the figure has changed by −4.1%.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 2,527.41 Mt CO2e.