Brazil vs Namibia: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions

Brazil

0.9621 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person

in 2024

Namibia

1.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person

in 2024

Brazil rank

21st

Namibia rank

20th

Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time

Brazil
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 1.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.9621 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Brazil, a difference of 0.1415 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Namibia ahead.

Brazil ranks 21st and Namibia ranks 20th 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: 07 August 2026

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