Iceland vs Norway: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions

Iceland
0.8807 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Norway
0.749 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Iceland rank
24th
Norway rank
27th

Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Iceland
  • Norway
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How they compare

Iceland currently reports 0.8807 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.749 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Norway, a difference of 0.1316 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.2 times Norway's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 24th and Norway ranks 27th 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.