Botswana vs Mongolia: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions
Botswana
3.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Mongolia
4.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Botswana rank
2nd
Mongolia rank
1st
Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time
- Botswana
- Mongolia
How they compare
Mongolia currently reports 4.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 3.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Botswana, a difference of 1.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
That makes Mongolia's figure about 1.4 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Botswana ahead.
Botswana ranks 2nd and Mongolia ranks 1st of 201 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 9 and Mongolia in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Mongolia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 1.57 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5018 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Botswana |
| 1860s | 1.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5268 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9913 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Botswana |
| 1870s | 1.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6561 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Botswana |
| 1880s | 2.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8577 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.22 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Botswana |
| 1890s | 2.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.09 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Botswana |
| 1900s | 2.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8005 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Botswana |
| 1910s | 2.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.67 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7213 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Botswana |
| 1920s | 3.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9247 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Botswana |
| 1930s | 2.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.85 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0922 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mongolia |
| 1940s | 5.34 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.65 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6914 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Botswana |
| 1950s | 6.67 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3815 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mongolia |
| 1960s | 4.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.68 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mongolia |
| 1970s | 4.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mongolia |
| 1980s | 2.84 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.4 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mongolia |
| 1990s | 3.03 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.78 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7488 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mongolia |
| 2000s | 2.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.4 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mongolia |
| 2010s | 2.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.99 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.89 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mongolia |
| 2020s | 2.47 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.73 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, Botswana or Mongolia?
- Mongolia, at 4.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 3.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Botswana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita nitrous oxide emissions between Botswana and Mongolia?
- 1.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Mongolia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Mongolia?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Mongolia rank globally for per capita nitrous oxide emissions?
- Botswana ranks 2nd 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.