Laos vs Turkey: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions
Laos
0.4532 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Turkey
0.4592 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Laos rank
58th
Turkey rank
55th
Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time
- Laos
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 0.4592 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.4532 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Laos, a difference of 0.006 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Turkey ahead.
Laos ranks 58th and Turkey ranks 55th of 201 countries.
Turkey has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Laos | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0521 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1165 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0644 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Turkey |
| 1860s | 0.0514 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.121 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0696 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Turkey |
| 1870s | 0.0546 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1432 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0886 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Turkey |
| 1880s | 0.0573 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1752 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.118 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Turkey |
| 1890s | 0.0558 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1807 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1249 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Turkey |
| 1900s | 0.0648 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.182 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1172 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Turkey |
| 1910s | 0.0965 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1997 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1032 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Turkey |
| 1920s | 0.1522 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.261 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1089 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Turkey |
| 1930s | 0.2113 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3414 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Turkey |
| 1940s | 0.2442 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4422 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.198 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Turkey |
| 1950s | 0.2741 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5333 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2592 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Turkey |
| 1960s | 0.3021 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5272 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.225 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Turkey |
| 1970s | 0.272 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5277 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2556 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Turkey |
| 1980s | 0.3214 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5191 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1977 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Turkey |
| 1990s | 0.3421 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4666 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1245 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Turkey |
| 2000s | 0.3402 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.417 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0769 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Turkey |
| 2010s | 0.4118 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4297 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0179 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Turkey |
| 2020s | 0.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4665 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0165 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita nitrous oxide emissions, Laos or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 0.4592 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.4532 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Laos as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita nitrous oxide emissions between Laos and Turkey?
- 0.006 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Turkey?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Laos and Turkey rank globally for per capita nitrous oxide emissions?
- Laos ranks 58th 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.