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