Norway vs United States: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions

Norway
0.749 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
United States
0.6936 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Norway rank
27th
United States rank
30th

Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Norway
  • United States
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How they compare

Norway currently reports 0.749 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.6936 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in United States, a difference of 0.0554 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was United States ahead.

Norway ranks 27th 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.