Nitrous oxide emissions (EDGAR)
Nitrous oxide emissions, mainly from agricultural soils and fertilisers, industry and combustion, excluding land use, in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
Highest in 2024
423.62 Mt CO2e
China
Lowest in 2024
0.00 Mt CO2e
Naoero
Euro area, 2024
150.72 Mt CO2e
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2024
203
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
203 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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Paraguay
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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 | Paraguay |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.25 Mt CO2e |
| 2023 | 6.17 Mt CO2e |
| 2022 | 6.04 Mt CO2e |
| 2021 | 6.62 Mt CO2e |
| 2020 | 6.73 Mt CO2e |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 203 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is China (423.62 Mt CO2e) and the lowest Naoero (0.00 Mt CO2e).
- Half of the countries are above 2.41 Mt CO2e and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 127 countries and fell in 66.
- The figure for the world was 2,527.41 Mt CO2e in 2024, against 2,419.56 Mt CO2e in 2019 (+4.5%).
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All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 China 423.62 Mt CO2e
- 2 India 283.50 Mt CO2e
- 3 United States 215.60 Mt CO2e
- 4 Brazil 169.13 Mt CO2e
- 5 Russia 87.53 Mt CO2e
- 6 Indonesia 64.15 Mt CO2e
- 7 Pakistan 59.45 Mt CO2e
- 8 Australia 50.81 Mt CO2e
- 9 Ethiopia 41.70 Mt CO2e
- 10 Canada 40.89 Mt CO2e
- 11 Argentina 37.33 Mt CO2e
- 12 Mexico 37.18 Mt CO2e
- 13 Türkiye 31.97 Mt CO2e
- 14 France 30.15 Mt CO2e
- 15 Germany 30.05 Mt CO2e
- 16 Iran 30.02 Mt CO2e
- 17 Sudan 29.88 Mt CO2e
- 18 Nigeria 28.96 Mt CO2e
- 19 Viet Nam 26.09 Mt CO2e
- 20 United Kingdom 25.62 Mt CO2e
- 21 Poland 24.17 Mt CO2e
- 22 Bangladesh 23.28 Mt CO2e
- 23 Chad 22.52 Mt CO2e
- 24 Tanzania 21.47 Mt CO2e
- 25 Egypt 19.37 Mt CO2e
- 26 South Africa 19.05 Mt CO2e
- 27 Spain 18.87 Mt CO2e
- 28 Colombia 18.65 Mt CO2e
- 29 Thailand 18.29 Mt CO2e
- 30 Japan 16.53 Mt CO2e
- 31 Kenya 16.11 Mt CO2e
- 32 Philippines 16.02 Mt CO2e
- 33 Ukraine 15.54 Mt CO2e
- 34 Belarus 14.79 Mt CO2e
- 35 Uzbekistan 14.39 Mt CO2e
- 36 South Korea 13.14 Mt CO2e
- 37 Myanmar 13.12 Mt CO2e
- 38 Italy 12.93 Mt CO2e
- 39 Mongolia 12.20 Mt CO2e
- 40 Uganda 10.85 Mt CO2e
- 41 Mali 10.62 Mt CO2e
- 42 Kazakhstan 10.47 Mt CO2e
- 43 Saudi Arabia 10.25 Mt CO2e
- 44 New Zealand 10.04 Mt CO2e
- 45 Niger 10.02 Mt CO2e
- 46 Romania 9.79 Mt CO2e
- 47 Venezuela 8.91 Mt CO2e
- 48 Bolivia 8.77 Mt CO2e
- 49 Zambia 8.67 Mt CO2e
- 50 Ireland 8.32 Mt CO2e
- 51 Netherlands 7.91 Mt CO2e
- 52 Peru 7.60 Mt CO2e
- 53 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7.48 Mt CO2e
- 54 Belgium 7.45 Mt CO2e
- 55 Malaysia 7.45 Mt CO2e
- 56 Uruguay 7.22 Mt CO2e
- 57 Iraq 6.93 Mt CO2e
- 58 Angola 6.85 Mt CO2e
- 59 Algeria 6.80 Mt CO2e
- 60 Burkina Faso 6.29 Mt CO2e
- 61 Paraguay 6.25 Mt CO2e
- 62 Finland 6.11 Mt CO2e
- 63 Turkmenistan 5.94 Mt CO2e
- 64 Chile 5.86 Mt CO2e
- 65 Sweden 5.78 Mt CO2e
- 66 Czechia 5.68 Mt CO2e
- 67 Morocco 5.67 Mt CO2e
- 68 Nepal 4.98 Mt CO2e
- 69 Hungary 4.86 Mt CO2e
- 70 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 4.85 Mt CO2e
- 71 Cameroon 4.78 Mt CO2e
- 72 Lithuania 4.74 Mt CO2e
- 73 Madagascar 4.72 Mt CO2e
- 74 Guatemala 4.55 Mt CO2e
- 75 Malawi 4.46 Mt CO2e
- 76 Zimbabwe 4.43 Mt CO2e
- 77 Central African Republic 4.38 Mt CO2e
- 78 Denmark 4.37 Mt CO2e
- 79 Mozambique 4.32 Mt CO2e
- 80 Guinea 4.29 Mt CO2e
- 81 Yemen 4.22 Mt CO2e
- 82 Syria 3.91 Mt CO2e
- 83 Ecuador 3.83 Mt CO2e
- 84 Bulgaria 3.81 Mt CO2e
- 85 Afghanistan 3.78 Mt CO2e
- 86 Senegal 3.74 Mt CO2e
- 87 Norway 3.69 Mt CO2e
- 88 Greece 3.54 Mt CO2e
- 89 Ghana 3.52 Mt CO2e
- 90 Slovakia 3.31 Mt CO2e
- 91 Austria 3.21 Mt CO2e
- 92 Laos 3.17 Mt CO2e
- 93 Cambodia 3.14 Mt CO2e
- 94 Dominican Republic 3.14 Mt CO2e
- 95 Côte d'Ivoire 3.06 Mt CO2e
- 96 Portugal 2.89 Mt CO2e
- 97 Nicaragua 2.61 Mt CO2e
- 98 Cuba 2.54 Mt CO2e
- 99 Azerbaijan 2.53 Mt CO2e
- 100 Israel 2.51 Mt CO2e
- 101 Tunisia 2.45 Mt CO2e
- 102 Namibia 2.41 Mt CO2e
- 103 Mauritania 2.38 Mt CO2e
- 104 Latvia 2.33 Mt CO2e
- 105 Croatia 2.21 Mt CO2e
- 106 United Arab Emirates 2.21 Mt CO2e
- 107 Sri Lanka 2.16 Mt CO2e
- 108 Benin 2.13 Mt CO2e
- 109 Switzerland 2.08 Mt CO2e
- 110 Tajikistan 2.08 Mt CO2e
- 111 Honduras 1.90 Mt CO2e
- 112 Kyrgyzstan 1.77 Mt CO2e
- 113 Costa Rica 1.75 Mt CO2e
- 114 North Korea 1.69 Mt CO2e
- 115 Estonia 1.68 Mt CO2e
- 116 Papua New Guinea 1.55 Mt CO2e
- 117 Libya 1.47 Mt CO2e
- 118 Burundi 1.46 Mt CO2e
- 119 Haiti 1.42 Mt CO2e
- 120 Georgia 1.41 Mt CO2e
- 121 Botswana 1.39 Mt CO2e
- 122 Togo 1.38 Mt CO2e
- 123 Rwanda 1.29 Mt CO2e
- 124 Eritrea 1.28 Mt CO2e
- 125 Oman 1.21 Mt CO2e
- 126 Jordan 1.15 Mt CO2e
- 127 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.15 Mt CO2e
- 128 Kuwait 1.09 Mt CO2e
- 129 Panama 1.05 Mt CO2e
- 130 Moldova 0.97 Mt CO2e
- 131 El Salvador 0.95 Mt CO2e
- 132 Sierra Leone 0.89 Mt CO2e
- 133 Qatar 0.84 Mt CO2e
- 134 Republic of the Congo 0.80 Mt CO2e
- 135 Albania 0.73 Mt CO2e
- 136 Lebanon 0.69 Mt CO2e
- 137 Slovenia 0.67 Mt CO2e
- 138 Puerto Rico (US) 0.64 Mt CO2e
- 139 Guinea-Bissau 0.54 Mt CO2e
- 140 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.54 Mt CO2e
- 141 Singapore 0.51 Mt CO2e
- 142 Guyana 0.48 Mt CO2e
- 143 Gabon 0.48 Mt CO2e
- 144 Liberia 0.46 Mt CO2e
- 145 Eswatini 0.46 Mt CO2e
- 146 Lesotho 0.46 Mt CO2e
- 147 Armenia 0.45 Mt CO2e
- 148 Brunei 0.43 Mt CO2e
- 149 North Macedonia 0.37 Mt CO2e
- 150 Jamaica 0.33 Mt CO2e
- 151 Cyprus 0.28 Mt CO2e
- 152 Iceland 0.26 Mt CO2e
- 153 Trinidad and Tobago 0.25 Mt CO2e
- 154 Timor-Leste 0.23 Mt CO2e
- 155 Bahrain 0.23 Mt CO2e
- 156 Luxembourg 0.22 Mt CO2e
- 157 Djibouti 0.22 Mt CO2e
- 158 Fiji 0.22 Mt CO2e
- 159 Gambia 0.22 Mt CO2e
- 160 New Caledonia 0.19 Mt CO2e
- 161 Bhutan 0.18 Mt CO2e
- 162 Mauritius 0.17 Mt CO2e
- 163 Suriname 0.16 Mt CO2e
- 164 Belize 0.12 Mt CO2e
- 165 Vanuatu 0.07 Mt CO2e
- 166 Cabo Verde 0.07 Mt CO2e
- 167 Comoros 0.06 Mt CO2e
- 168 Faroe Islands 0.05 Mt CO2e
- 169 Equatorial Guinea 0.05 Mt CO2e
- 170 Bahamas 0.04 Mt CO2e
- 171 Maldives 0.04 Mt CO2e
- 172 Malta 0.04 Mt CO2e
- 173 Macao SAR, China 0.04 Mt CO2e
- 174 Samoa 0.04 Mt CO2e
- 175 Barbados 0.04 Mt CO2e
- 176 French Polynesia 0.03 Mt CO2e
- 177 Solomon Islands 0.03 Mt CO2e
- 178 Palau 0.03 Mt CO2e
- 179 Tonga 0.03 Mt CO2e
- 180 Seychelles 0.02 Mt CO2e
- 181 São Tomé and Príncipe 0.02 Mt CO2e
- 182 Saint Lucia 0.02 Mt CO2e
- 183 Micronesia 0.02 Mt CO2e
- 184 Antigua and Barbuda 0.01 Mt CO2e
- 185 Dominica 0.01 Mt CO2e
- 186 Aruba 0.01 Mt CO2e
- 187 Grenada 0.01 Mt CO2e
- 188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.01 Mt CO2e
- 189 Cayman Islands 0.01 Mt CO2e
- 190 Gibraltar 0.01 Mt CO2e
- 191 Bermuda 0.01 Mt CO2e
- 192 Greenland 0.01 Mt CO2e
- 193 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.01 Mt CO2e
- 194 Kiribati 0.01 Mt CO2e
- 195 Guam 0.01 Mt CO2e
- 196 US Virgin Islands 0.01 Mt CO2e
- 197 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.00 Mt CO2e
- 198 British Virgin Islands 0.00 Mt CO2e
- 199 American Samoa 0.00 Mt CO2e
- 200 Tuvalu 0.00 Mt CO2e
- 201 Marshall Islands 0.00 Mt CO2e
- 202 Northern Mariana Islands 0.00 Mt CO2e
- 203 Naoero 0.00 Mt CO2e
- East Asia and Pacific 683.42 Mt CO2e
- Euro area 150.72 Mt CO2e
- Europe and Central Asia 429.14 Mt CO2e
- European Union 205.36 Mt CO2e
- Latin America and Caribbean 332.80 Mt CO2e
- Middle East and North Africa 164.51 Mt CO2e
- North America 256.51 Mt CO2e
- OECD members 665.83 Mt CO2e
- South Asia 314.14 Mt CO2e
- Sub-Saharan Africa 305.43 Mt CO2e
- World 2,527.41 Mt CO2e
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Grey: no value for 2024. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.