Brazil vs Canada: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions

Brazil
0.9621 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Canada
1.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Brazil rank
21st
Canada rank
19th

Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Brazil
  • Canada
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How they compare

Canada currently reports 1.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.9621 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Brazil, a difference of 0.1635 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.2 times Brazil's.

Across all 175 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 21st and Canada ranks 19th of 201 countries.

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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.