Botswana vs New Zealand: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions

Botswana
3.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
New Zealand
2.54 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Botswana rank
2nd
New Zealand rank
3rd

Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Botswana
  • New Zealand
05101520185019372024

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 3.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 2.54 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in New Zealand, a difference of 0.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.2 times New Zealand's.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was New Zealand ahead.

Botswana ranks 2nd and New Zealand ranks 3rd of 201 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 2 and New Zealand in 16.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana New Zealand Difference Ahead
1850s 1.57 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 18.67 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 17.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person New Zealand
1860s 1.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 11.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 9.97 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person New Zealand
1870s 1.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 7.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 5.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person New Zealand
1880s 2.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 6.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 4.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person New Zealand
1890s 2.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 4.9 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.76 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person New Zealand
1900s 2.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 4.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.98 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person New Zealand
1910s 2.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 4.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person New Zealand
1920s 3.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 3.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.7167 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person New Zealand
1930s 2.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 3.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.7054 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person New Zealand
1940s 5.34 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 3.81 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Botswana
1950s 6.67 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 4.55 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Botswana
1960s 4.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 4.62 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.0867 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person New Zealand
1970s 4.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 4.58 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3351 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person New Zealand
1980s 2.84 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 4.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.69 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person New Zealand
1990s 3.03 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 3.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.7203 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person New Zealand
2000s 2.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 3.44 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person New Zealand
2010s 2.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 3.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.9209 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person New Zealand
2020s 2.47 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.1676 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher per capita nitrous oxide emissions, Botswana or New Zealand?
Botswana, at 3.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 2.54 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in New Zealand as of 2024.
What is the difference in per capita nitrous oxide emissions between Botswana and New Zealand?
0.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Botswana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and New Zealand?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Botswana and New Zealand rank globally for per capita nitrous oxide emissions?
Botswana ranks 2nd and New Zealand ranks 3rd 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

Indicator
Per capita nitrous oxide emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Source
Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
201 places, 34,339 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.