Eritrea vs Turkey: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions
Eritrea
0.4667 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Turkey
0.4592 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Eritrea rank
53rd
Turkey rank
55th
Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time
- Eritrea
- Turkey
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 0.4667 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.4592 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Turkey, a difference of 0.0075 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Turkey ahead.
Eritrea ranks 53rd and Turkey ranks 55th of 201 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 15 and Turkey in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0964 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1165 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0201 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Turkey |
| 1860s | 0.1071 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.121 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0139 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Turkey |
| 1870s | 0.1396 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1432 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0037 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Turkey |
| 1880s | 0.1893 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1752 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.014 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Eritrea |
| 1890s | 0.2234 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1807 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0427 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Eritrea |
| 1900s | 0.2546 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.182 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0725 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Eritrea |
| 1910s | 0.3333 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1997 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1336 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Eritrea |
| 1920s | 0.4759 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.261 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2148 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Eritrea |
| 1930s | 0.4708 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3414 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1294 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Eritrea |
| 1940s | 0.9782 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4422 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.536 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Eritrea |
| 1950s | 1.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5333 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7462 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Eritrea |
| 1960s | 0.887 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5272 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3599 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Eritrea |
| 1970s | 0.7213 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5277 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1936 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Eritrea |
| 1980s | 0.592 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5191 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0729 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 0.5966 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4666 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1299 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 0.5631 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.417 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1461 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Eritrea |
| 2010s | 0.505 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4297 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0753 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Eritrea |
| 2020s | 0.4816 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4665 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0151 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita nitrous oxide emissions, Eritrea or Turkey?
- Eritrea, at 0.4667 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.4592 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Turkey as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita nitrous oxide emissions between Eritrea and Turkey?
- 0.0075 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Eritrea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Turkey?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Eritrea and Turkey rank globally for per capita nitrous oxide emissions?
- Eritrea ranks 53rd and Turkey ranks 55th of 201 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita nitrous oxide emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.