China vs Senegal: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions

China

0.335 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person

in 2024

Senegal

0.3306 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person

in 2024

China rank

81st

Senegal rank

83rd

Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time

China
Senegal

How they compare

China currently reports 0.335 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.3306 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Senegal, a difference of 0.0044 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Senegal ahead.

China ranks 81st and Senegal ranks 83rd 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.