Germany vs Saudi Arabia: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions

Germany

0.3803 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person

in 2024

Saudi Arabia

0.3844 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person

in 2024

Germany rank

71st

Saudi Arabia rank

69th

Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time

Germany
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 0.3844 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.3803 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Germany, a difference of 0.0041 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

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

Germany ranks 71st and Saudi Arabia ranks 69th 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.