Brazil vs Iceland: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions

Brazil
0.9621 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Iceland
0.8807 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Brazil rank
21st
Iceland rank
24th

Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Brazil
  • Iceland
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How they compare

Brazil currently reports 0.9621 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.8807 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Iceland, a difference of 0.0815 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Iceland ahead.

Brazil ranks 21st and Iceland ranks 24th 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.