Australia vs Uruguay: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions by sector

Australia

3,376 kilograms per person

in 2023

Uruguay

2,072 kilograms per person

in 2023

Australia rank

2nd

Uruguay rank

5th

Per capita nitrous oxide emissions by sector over time

Australia currently reports 3,376 kilograms per person against 2,072 kilograms per person in Uruguay, a difference of 1,304 kilograms per person.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.6 times Uruguay's.

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

Australia ranks 2nd and Uruguay ranks 5th 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.