Guyana vs United States: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions

Guyana
0.6455 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
United States
0.6936 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Guyana rank
32nd
United States rank
30th

Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Guyana
  • United States
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How they compare

United States currently reports 0.6936 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.6455 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Guyana, a difference of 0.0481 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

That makes United States's figure about 1.1 times Guyana's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was United States ahead.

Guyana ranks 32nd and United States ranks 30th 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.