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Colombia vs United Kingdom: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions

Colombia
0.4433 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
United Kingdom
0.4059 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Colombia rank
59th
United Kingdom rank
62nd

Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Colombia
  • United Kingdom
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How they compare

Colombia currently reports 0.4433 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.4059 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.0374 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

That makes Colombia's figure about 1.1 times United Kingdom's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Colombia ranks 59th and United Kingdom ranks 62nd 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.