Nitrous oxide emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa emitted 305.43 million tonnes of nitrous oxide (CO2 equivalent) in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024
305.43
Change from 2023
+2.4%
World, 2024
2,527.41 Mt CO2e
Nitrous oxide emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa 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 | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 305.43 Mt CO2e | 2,527.41 Mt CO2e |
| 2023 | 298.39 Mt CO2e | 2,505.59 Mt CO2e |
| 2022 | 294.05 Mt CO2e | 2,471.90 Mt CO2e |
| 2021 | 288.61 Mt CO2e | 2,454.32 Mt CO2e |
| 2020 | 284.52 Mt CO2e | 2,423.63 Mt CO2e |
| 2019 | 277.22 Mt CO2e | 2,419.56 Mt CO2e |
| 2018 | 269.06 Mt CO2e | 2,385.52 Mt CO2e |
| 2017 | 266.03 Mt CO2e | 2,376.62 Mt CO2e |
| 2016 | 262.09 Mt CO2e | 2,363.67 Mt CO2e |
| 2015 | 253.04 Mt CO2e | 2,341.39 Mt CO2e |
| 2014 | 248.57 Mt CO2e | 2,323.79 Mt CO2e |
| 2013 | 245.34 Mt CO2e | 2,323.96 Mt CO2e |
| 2012 | 238.63 Mt CO2e | 2,294.92 Mt CO2e |
| 2011 | 232.51 Mt CO2e | 2,278.65 Mt CO2e |
| 2010 | 227.96 Mt CO2e | 2,220.82 Mt CO2e |
| 2009 | 218.92 Mt CO2e | 2,186.55 Mt CO2e |
| 2008 | 216.42 Mt CO2e | 2,186.17 Mt CO2e |
| 2007 | 209.31 Mt CO2e | 2,210.85 Mt CO2e |
| 2006 | 199.85 Mt CO2e | 2,166.48 Mt CO2e |
| 2005 | 199.90 Mt CO2e | 2,126.09 Mt CO2e |
| 2004 | 192.31 Mt CO2e | 2,103.56 Mt CO2e |
| 2003 | 188.77 Mt CO2e | 2,045.86 Mt CO2e |
| 2002 | 182.62 Mt CO2e | 2,013.85 Mt CO2e |
| 2001 | 184.22 Mt CO2e | 2,006.31 Mt CO2e |
| 2000 | 179.82 Mt CO2e | 2,012.74 Mt CO2e |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.4% from 298.39 Mt CO2e in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 248.57 Mt CO2e, the figure has changed by +22.9%.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 2,527.41 Mt CO2e.