Australia vs Mongolia: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions
Australia
2.54 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Mongolia
4.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Australia rank
4th
Mongolia rank
1st
Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time
- Australia
- Mongolia
How they compare
Mongolia currently reports 4.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 2.54 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Australia, a difference of 1.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
That makes Mongolia's figure about 1.7 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 19 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 4th and Mongolia ranks 1st of 201 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 12 and Mongolia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Mongolia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 10.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5018 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 9.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1860s | 6.17 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5268 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1870s | 5.94 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6561 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1880s | 6.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8577 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.17 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1890s | 4.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.55 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1900s | 4.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.76 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1910s | 4.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.67 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1920s | 3.88 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.7 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1930s | 3.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.85 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6764 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1940s | 3.9 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.65 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7558 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mongolia |
| 1950s | 4.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mongolia |
| 1960s | 4.68 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.68 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mongolia |
| 1970s | 4.9 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3999 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mongolia |
| 1980s | 4.31 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0631 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 1990s | 4.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.78 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2836 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 2000s | 3.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3347 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Australia |
| 2010s | 3.17 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.99 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8256 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mongolia |
| 2020s | 2.43 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.76 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mongolia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita nitrous oxide emissions, Australia or Mongolia?
- Mongolia, at 4.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 2.54 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita nitrous oxide emissions between Australia and Mongolia?
- 1.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Mongolia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Mongolia?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Mongolia rank globally for per capita nitrous oxide emissions?
- Australia ranks 4th and Mongolia ranks 1st of 201 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita nitrous oxide emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.