Per capita nitrous oxide emissions by sector by country
Emissions are measured in kilograms of carbon dioxide-equivalents per person.
Countries reporting
189
Highest
3,800 kilograms per person
Mongolia
Lowest
0 kilograms per person
Niue
Median
205.08 kilograms per person
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,559
What the numbers show
Per capita nitrous oxide emissions by sector is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 3,800 kilograms per person in Mongolia; the lowest is 0 kilograms per person in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 205.08 kilograms per person, and the mean is 343.71 kilograms per person.
Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 128 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia (country) (up 92.0%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 100.0%).
Per capita nitrous oxide emissions by sector: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 3,800 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 2 | Australia | 3,376 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 51.9% | falling |
| 3 | Botswana | 2,613 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 70.5% | falling |
| 4 | New Zealand | 2,252 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 5 | Uruguay | 2,072 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 6 | South Sudan | 1,554 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 7 | Belarus | 1,486 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 8 | Chad | 1,460 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 10 | Paraguay | 1,219 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 11 | Central African Republic | 1,190 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 12 | Lithuania | 1,156 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 13 | Estonia | 1,046 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 14 | Namibia | 1,006 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 15 | Latvia | 988.1 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 16 | Canada | 956.76 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 17 | Argentina | 851.81 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 18 | Brazil | 808.04 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 19 | Turkmenistan | 769.92 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 20 | Bolivia | 748.11 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 21 | Finland | 744.49 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 22 | Iceland | 722.47 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 23 | Denmark | 618.68 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 24 | Guyana | 580.86 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 25 | Mali | 578.9 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 26 | Mauritania | 571.43 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 27 | Zambia | 545.26 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 28 | Sudan | 491.58 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 29 | Bulgaria | 464.99 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 30 | Poland | 464.88 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 31 | Nicaragua | 463.1 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 32 | Norway | 443.91 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 33 | United States | 442.33 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 34 | Niger | 438.46 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 35 | Belize | 437.84 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 36 | Hungary | 429.46 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 37 | Guinea | 429 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 38 | Angola | 427.21 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 39 | Eritrea | 420.7 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 40 | Laos | 409.65 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 41 | Ukraine | 402.3 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 42 | Serbia | 400.11 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 15.1% | flat |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 399.69 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 15.6% | flat |
| 44 | France | 381.25 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 45 | Sweden | 374.36 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 46 | Tanzania | 373.32 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 47 | Kazakhstan | 372.85 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 48 | Ethiopia | 357.68 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 49 | Burkina Faso | 355.25 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 50 | Colombia | 354.73 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 51 | Venezuela | 352.99 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 52 | Romania | 342.6 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 53 | Netherlands | 329.42 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 54 | Russia | 329.41 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 55 | Costa Rica | 325.14 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 56 | Turkey | 318.21 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 57 | Kenya | 308.82 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 58 | Thailand | 304.73 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 59 | Somalia | 297.95 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 60 | Guinea-Bissau | 297.21 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 61 | Moldova | 296.7 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 40.5% | flat |
| 62 | United Kingdom | 292.94 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 63 | Eswatini | 284.44 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 64 | Malawi | 278.14 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 85.8% | rising |
| 65 | Zimbabwe | 277.22 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 66 | Greece | 273.36 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 67 | Senegal | 272.71 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 68 | Suriname | 270.32 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 69 | Mexico | 262.37 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 70 | Croatia | 261.81 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 71 | Germany | 259.26 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 72 | Azerbaijan | 254.89 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 73 | Spain | 251.09 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 247.99 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 75 | Panama | 246.71 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 76 | Czechia | 246.07 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 77 | Pakistan | 245.01 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 79 | Mozambique | 234.87 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 80 | Kyrgyzstan | 234.68 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 81 | Georgia | 233.75 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 82 | Austria | 228.91 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 83 | Cambodia | 224.98 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 84 | Albania | 224.07 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 85 | Uganda | 223.4 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 86 | Slovenia | 221.87 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 87 | Vanuatu | 218.46 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 88 | Belgium | 216.85 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 89 | Honduras | 214.19 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 90 | Chile | 212.63 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 91 | South Africa | 212.62 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 92 | Peru | 212.44 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 93 | Tajikistan | 210.78 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 94 | Slovakia | 208.41 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 95 | China | 206.99 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 96 | Togo | 206.72 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 97 | Cuba | 205.08 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 98 | Guatemala | 201.93 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 99 | Vietnam | 201.19 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 100 | Indonesia | 200.01 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 101 | Djibouti | 199.49 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 102 | Brunei | 196.1 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 103 | Myanmar | 195.81 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 104 | Congo | 195.7 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 105 | Benin | 193.47 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 106 | Tonga | 191.18 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 107 | Iran | 185.08 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 108 | Fiji | 183.95 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 109 | Lesotho | 181.7 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 110 | Madagascar | 181.43 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 111 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 178.96 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 39.6% | rising |
| 112 | Micronesia (country) | 177.55 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 92.0% | rising |
| 113 | Cameroon | 173.76 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 114 | Morocco | 170.24 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 115 | North Macedonia | 169.23 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 116 | Ecuador | 168.52 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 117 | Armenia | 166.47 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 41.4% | rising |
| 118 | East Timor | 166.15 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 119 | Switzerland | 165.72 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 120 | Portugal | 164.9 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 121 | Tunisia | 163.93 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 122 | Libya | 161.52 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 17.2% | flat |
| 123 | India | 153.35 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 124 | Malaysia | 152.59 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 125 | Italy | 152.1 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 126 | Dominica | 150.31 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 127 | Saudi Arabia | 149.71 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 34.5% | falling |
| 128 | Nepal | 147.16 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 129 | Papua New Guinea | 143.41 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 130 | Montenegro | 142.06 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 131 | Samoa | 138.46 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 31.4% | flat |
| 132 | Ghana | 138.22 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 133 | Oman | 130.71 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 134 | Bangladesh | 128.01 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 135 | Sierra Leone | 120.56 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 136 | Nigeria | 120.41 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 137 | Syria | 117.82 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 138 | Algeria | 116.11 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 139 | El Salvador | 115.7 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 140 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 114.94 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 141 | Burundi | 114.69 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 142 | Cyprus | 111.53 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 143 | Gabon | 108.66 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 144 | Antigua and Barbuda | 107.15 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 106.46 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 146 | Barbados | 106.25 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 147 | Egypt | 105.64 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 148 | Haiti | 104.83 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 149 | Cote d'Ivoire | 101.72 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 150 | Gambia | 100.08 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 151 | Cape Verde | 95.72 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 152 | Afghanistan | 92.39 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 153 | Rwanda | 89.58 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 154 | Bhutan | 89.01 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 155 | South Korea | 87.92 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 156 | Qatar | 87.28 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 61.3% | falling |
| 157 | Grenada | 85.4 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 158 | Israel | 84.27 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 159 | Philippines | 83.99 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 160 | Lebanon | 83.14 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 161 | Iraq | 81.64 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 162 | Jamaica | 80.99 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 163 | Yemen | 78.7 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 164 | Mauritius | 78.52 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 165 | Kuwait | 68.2 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 166 | United Arab Emirates | 65.78 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 167 | Sri Lanka | 60.51 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 168 | Jordan | 59.44 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 169 | Saint Lucia | 55.78 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Japan | 54.11 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 171 | North Korea | 48.45 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Comoros | 47.04 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe | 43.31 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Liberia | 41.87 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 176 | Bahamas | 25.03 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 52.6% | flat |
| 177 | Bahrain | 12.74 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 178 | Solomon Islands | 12.5 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 62.8% | falling |
| 179 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.41 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 180 | Singapore | 1.73 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 181 | Andorra | 0 kilograms per person | 2023 | — | flat |
| 181 | Kiribati | 0 kilograms per person | 2023 | — | flat |
| 181 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 kilograms per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Maldives | 0 kilograms per person | 2023 | — | flat |
| 181 | Marshall Islands | 0 kilograms per person | 2023 | — | flat |
| 181 | Nauru | 0 kilograms per person | 2023 | — | flat |
| 181 | Palau | 0 kilograms per person | 2023 | — | flat |
| 181 | Seychelles | 0 kilograms per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Tuvalu | 0 kilograms per person | 2023 | — | flat |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 181 | Cook Islands | 0 kilograms per person | 2023 | — | flat |
| 181 | Niue | 0 kilograms per person | 2023 | — | flat |
About this data
Emissions are measured in kilograms of carbon dioxide-equivalents per person.