Nitrous oxide emissions by country, 2024, OECD (38 countries)
Nitrous oxide emissions, mainly from agricultural soils and fertilisers, industry and combustion, excluding land use, in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
38 places ranked for 2024. Highest: United States (215.60 Mt CO2e). Lowest: Luxembourg (0.22 Mt CO2e). The median is 5.98 Mt CO2e.
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Highest 10
- 1. United States 215.60 Mt CO2e
- 2. Australia 50.81 Mt CO2e
- 3. Canada 40.89 Mt CO2e
- 4. Mexico 37.18 Mt CO2e
- 5. Türkiye 31.97 Mt CO2e
- 6. France 30.15 Mt CO2e
- 7. Germany 30.05 Mt CO2e
- 8. United Kingdom 25.62 Mt CO2e
- 9. Poland 24.17 Mt CO2e
- 10. Spain 18.87 Mt CO2e
Lowest 10
- 38. Luxembourg 0.22 Mt CO2e
- 37. Iceland 0.26 Mt CO2e
- 36. Slovenia 0.67 Mt CO2e
- 35. Estonia 1.68 Mt CO2e
- 34. Costa Rica 1.75 Mt CO2e
- 33. Switzerland 2.08 Mt CO2e
- 32. Latvia 2.33 Mt CO2e
- 31. Israel 2.51 Mt CO2e
- 30. Portugal 2.89 Mt CO2e
- 29. Austria 3.21 Mt CO2e
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 215.60 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 2 | Australia | 50.81 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 3 | Canada | 40.89 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 4 | Mexico | 37.18 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 5 | Türkiye | 31.97 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 6 | France | 30.15 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 7 | Germany | 30.05 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 25.62 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 9 | Poland | 24.17 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 10 | Spain | 18.87 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 11 | Colombia | 18.65 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 12 | Japan | 16.53 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 13 | South Korea | 13.14 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 14 | Italy | 12.93 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 15 | New Zealand | 10.04 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 16 | Ireland | 8.32 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 17 | Netherlands | 7.91 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 18 | Belgium | 7.45 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 19 | Finland | 6.11 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 20 | Chile | 5.86 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 21 | Sweden | 5.78 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 22 | Czechia | 5.68 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 23 | Hungary | 4.86 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 24 | Lithuania | 4.74 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 25 | Denmark | 4.37 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 26 | Norway | 3.69 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 27 | Greece | 3.54 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 28 | Slovakia | 3.31 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 29 | Austria | 3.21 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 30 | Portugal | 2.89 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 31 | Israel | 2.51 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 32 | Latvia | 2.33 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 33 | Switzerland | 2.08 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 1.75 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 35 | Estonia | 1.68 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 36 | Slovenia | 0.67 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 37 | Iceland | 0.26 Mt CO2e | 2024 | |
| 38 | Luxembourg | 0.22 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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