Australia vs Botswana: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions by sector

Australia

3,376 kilograms per person

in 2023

Botswana

2,613 kilograms per person

in 2023

Australia rank

2nd

Botswana rank

3rd

Per capita nitrous oxide emissions by sector over time

Australia currently reports 3,376 kilograms per person against 2,613 kilograms per person in Botswana, a difference of 763.39 kilograms per person.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.3 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 2nd and Botswana ranks 3rd of 193 countries.

Indicator: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions by sector
Unit: kilograms per person
Source: Climate Watch (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 193 places, 6,559 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Emissions are measured in kilograms of carbon dioxide-equivalents per person.