Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - AFOLU, per in Rwanda

Rwanda: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - AFOLU, per was 0.0607 units per square kilometre in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.0607 units per square kilometre
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
15th
of 206 countries
All-time high
0.0648 units per square kilometre
in 2015
All-time low
0.0226 units per square kilometre
in 1995
Years of data
30
1990–2019

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - AFOLU, per in Rwanda, 1990–2019

0.020.030.040.050.061990200420191990: 0.028 units per square kilometre1991: 0.029 units per square kilometre1992: 0.028 units per square kilometre1993: 0.027 units per square kilometre1994: 0.026 units per square kilometre1995: 0.023 units per square kilometre1996: 0.024 units per square kilometre1997: 0.025 units per square kilometre1998: 0.027 units per square kilometre1999: 0.029 units per square kilometre2000: 0.03 units per square kilometre2001: 0.032 units per square kilometre2002: 0.034 units per square kilometre2003: 0.037 units per square kilometre2004: 0.039 units per square kilometre2005: 0.042 units per square kilometre2006: 0.045 units per square kilometre2007: 0.048 units per square kilometre2008: 0.051 units per square kilometre2009: 0.052 units per square kilometre2010: 0.055 units per square kilometre2011: 0.053 units per square kilometre2012: 0.055 units per square kilometre2013: 0.057 units per square kilometre2014: 0.055 units per square kilometre2015: 0.065 units per square kilometre2016: 0.062 units per square kilometre2017: 0.063 units per square kilometre2018: 0.061 units per square kilometre2019: 0.061 units per square kilometre

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.

Analysis

Rwanda recorded 0.0607 units per square kilometre for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - afolu, per in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - afolu, per in Rwanda peaked at 0.0648 units per square kilometre in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0226 units per square kilometre, in 1995.

That places Rwanda 15th out of 206 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - AFOLU, per in Rwanda, year by year

Annual values for Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - AFOLU, per square kilometre in Rwanda, 1990 to 2019.
Year units per square kilometre Change
1990 0.0282 units per square kilometre
1991 0.0291 units per square kilometre +3.2%
1992 0.0284 units per square kilometre -2.6%
1993 0.0272 units per square kilometre -4.0%
1994 0.0258 units per square kilometre -5.2%
1995 0.0226 units per square kilometre -12.4%
1996 0.0244 units per square kilometre +7.6%
1997 0.0255 units per square kilometre +4.7%
1998 0.0271 units per square kilometre +6.4%
1999 0.0294 units per square kilometre +8.2%
2000 0.0301 units per square kilometre +2.4%
2001 0.0318 units per square kilometre +5.9%
2002 0.0338 units per square kilometre +6.1%
2003 0.0366 units per square kilometre +8.2%
2004 0.0391 units per square kilometre +6.9%
2005 0.0415 units per square kilometre +6.2%
2006 0.0452 units per square kilometre +9.0%
2007 0.048 units per square kilometre +6.2%
2008 0.0507 units per square kilometre +5.6%
2009 0.052 units per square kilometre +2.4%
2010 0.0552 units per square kilometre +6.3%
2011 0.0529 units per square kilometre -4.3%
2012 0.055 units per square kilometre +4.0%
2013 0.0566 units per square kilometre +2.8%
2014 0.0554 units per square kilometre -2.0%
2015 0.0648 units per square kilometre +16.8%
2016 0.0622 units per square kilometre -4.0%
2017 0.0627 units per square kilometre +0.9%
2018 0.0608 units per square kilometre -3.0%
2019 0.0607 units per square kilometre -0.2%

Rwanda compared with similar countries

  • Rwanda's 0.0607 units per square kilometre is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0168 units per square kilometre, 3.6× the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Rwanda's 0.0607 units per square kilometre is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.018 units per square kilometre, 3.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0268 units per square kilometre 0.0226 units per square kilometre 0.0294 units per square kilometre 10
2000s 0.0409 units per square kilometre 0.0301 units per square kilometre 0.052 units per square kilometre 10
2010s 0.0586 units per square kilometre 0.0529 units per square kilometre 0.0648 units per square kilometre 10

Countries ranked near Rwanda

  1. 12 Barbados 0.0672 units per square kilometre compare
  2. 13 India 0.0661 units per square kilometre compare
  3. 14 Malta 0.0632 units per square kilometre compare
  4. 16 Vietnam 0.0606 units per square kilometre compare
  5. 17 Hong Kong 0.0586 units per square kilometre compare
  6. 18 Mauritius 0.0582 units per square kilometre compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - afolu, per in Rwanda?
Emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - afolu, per in Rwanda was 0.0607 units per square kilometre in 2019, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - afolu, per recorded in Rwanda?
The highest recorded value was 0.0648 units per square kilometre in 2015.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - afolu, per recorded in Rwanda?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0226 units per square kilometre in 1995.
How does Rwanda rank for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - afolu, per?
Rwanda ranks 15th out of 206 countries with data for 2019.
Is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - afolu, per rising or falling in Rwanda?
Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Rwanda data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - AFOLU, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - AFOLU, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
206 places, 6,030 data points, 1990–2019
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Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - AFOLU divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.