Italy vs South Korea: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions

Italy
0.2564 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
South Korea
0.2647 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Italy rank
114th
South Korea rank
111th

Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Italy
  • South Korea
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 0.2647 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.2564 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Italy, a difference of 0.0082 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

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

Italy ranks 114th and South Korea ranks 111th 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.