Lithuania vs Uruguay: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions
Lithuania
1.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Uruguay
2.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Lithuania rank
7th
Uruguay rank
5th
Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time
- Lithuania
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 2.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 1.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Lithuania, a difference of 0.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.3 times Lithuania's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Uruguay ahead.
Lithuania ranks 7th and Uruguay ranks 5th of 201 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Lithuania averaged higher in 5 and Uruguay in 13.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lithuania | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.4311 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6653 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2342 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Uruguay |
| 1860s | 0.3976 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4414 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0438 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Uruguay |
| 1870s | 0.4268 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.366 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0608 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1880s | 0.4851 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3338 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1513 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1890s | 0.4674 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4016 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0659 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1900s | 0.4268 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6524 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2255 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Uruguay |
| 1910s | 0.5385 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.799 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2605 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Uruguay |
| 1920s | 0.7512 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6369 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1142 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1930s | 0.7112 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5603 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1509 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1940s | 0.8236 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9905 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1669 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Uruguay |
| 1950s | 1.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.81 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5478 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Uruguay |
| 1960s | 1.67 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4714 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 1.86 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2073 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 1.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3934 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 1.29 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7708 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 1.61 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.463 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 2.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1172 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 1.96 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2413 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita nitrous oxide emissions, Lithuania or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 2.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 1.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Lithuania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita nitrous oxide emissions between Lithuania and Uruguay?
- 0.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and Uruguay?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Lithuania and Uruguay rank globally for per capita nitrous oxide emissions?
- Lithuania ranks 7th and Uruguay ranks 5th 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.