Per capita nitrous oxide by country
Countries reporting
199
Highest
4.26
Mongolia
Lowest
0.0273
Equatorial Guinea
Median
0.2736
Years covered
175
1850–2024
Data points
34,339
What the numbers show
Per capita nitrous oxide is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 4.26 in Mongolia; the lowest is 0.0273 in Equatorial Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2736, and the mean is 0.4598.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 156.
Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 135 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei (up 357.2%), and the largest decrease in Vanuatu (down 48.4%).
Per capita nitrous oxide: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 4.26 | 2024 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Botswana | 3.14 | 2024 | up 138.5% | volatile |
| 3 | New Zealand | 2.54 | 2024 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Australia | 2.54 | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 5 | Uruguay | 2.23 | 2024 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Central African Republic | 1.88 | 2024 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Lithuania | 1.75 | 2024 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Palau | 1.7 | 2024 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Belarus | 1.7 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 10 | Ireland | 1.65 | 2024 | down 17.2% | flat |
| 11 | South Sudan | 1.56 | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Chad | 1.52 | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Estonia | 1.25 | 2024 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Paraguay | 1.24 | 2024 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Brunei | 1.23 | 2024 | up 357.2% | falling |
| 16 | Latvia | 1.17 | 2024 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Argentina | 1.14 | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 18 | Finland | 1.13 | 2024 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Canada | 1.13 | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 20 | Namibia | 1.1 | 2024 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Brazil | 0.9621 | 2024 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Turkmenistan | 0.9601 | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 23 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.8827 | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 24 | Iceland | 0.8807 | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 25 | Bolivia | 0.8418 | 2024 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Denmark | 0.7848 | 2024 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Norway | 0.749 | 2024 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Belgium | 0.7138 | 2024 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Poland | 0.6987 | 2024 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 30 | United States | 0.6936 | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 31 | Zambia | 0.6678 | 2024 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Guyana | 0.6455 | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Czechia | 0.6233 | 2024 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Mauritania | 0.6177 | 2024 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Slovakia | 0.5941 | 2024 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Bulgaria | 0.5934 | 2024 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Russia | 0.5886 | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 38 | Kazakhstan | 0.5811 | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 39 | Serbia | 0.5763 | 2024 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Sweden | 0.5719 | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Sudan | 0.5695 | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Mali | 0.5626 | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Hungary | 0.5609 | 2024 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Croatia | 0.5482 | 2024 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Romania | 0.5357 | 2024 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Ukraine | 0.5353 | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 47 | Guinea | 0.5261 | 2024 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Niger | 0.5203 | 2024 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Georgia | 0.4976 | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 50 | Nicaragua | 0.4946 | 2024 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Netherlands | 0.4924 | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 52 | France | 0.4896 | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Eritrea | 0.4667 | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4629 | 2024 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Turkey | 0.4592 | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 56 | Angola | 0.4561 | 2024 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Andorra | 0.455 | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Laos | 0.4532 | 2024 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Colombia | 0.4433 | 2024 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Uzbekistan | 0.4329 | 2024 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Burkina Faso | 0.4213 | 2024 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 62 | United Kingdom | 0.4059 | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Eswatini | 0.4046 | 2024 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 64 | Greece | 0.3939 | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Spain | 0.3934 | 2024 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Venezuela | 0.3912 | 2024 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 67 | Ethiopia | 0.3909 | 2024 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Austria | 0.3904 | 2024 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Saudi Arabia | 0.3844 | 2024 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Tanzania | 0.3819 | 2024 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Germany | 0.3803 | 2024 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Chile | 0.3696 | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Mozambique | 0.3671 | 2024 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Kenya | 0.3634 | 2024 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Luxembourg | 0.3632 | 2024 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Suriname | 0.3596 | 2024 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.3566 | 2024 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Slovenia | 0.3546 | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Iran | 0.3501 | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 0.339 | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 81 | China | 0.335 | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Moldova | 0.3344 | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 83 | Senegal | 0.3306 | 2024 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 0.3288 | 2024 | up 18.2% | flat |
| 85 | Cook Islands | 0.3275 | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 86 | Somalia | 0.3235 | 2024 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Belize | 0.3218 | 2024 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Zimbabwe | 0.3176 | 2024 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 89 | South Africa | 0.3171 | 2024 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 90 | Mexico | 0.3022 | 2024 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Vietnam | 0.3001 | 2024 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Qatar | 0.3 | 2024 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Congo | 0.2996 | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | 0.288 | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 95 | Panama | 0.2862 | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 96 | Togo | 0.2861 | 2024 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Pakistan | 0.2843 | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 98 | Thailand | 0.2799 | 2024 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 99 | Peru | 0.2783 | 2024 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Guatemala | 0.2736 | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 101 | Seychelles | 0.2734 | 2024 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Gabon | 0.2729 | 2024 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Israel | 0.2724 | 2024 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 104 | Tunisia | 0.2721 | 2024 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Cuba | 0.2709 | 2024 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 106 | Oman | 0.2683 | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Portugal | 0.2675 | 2024 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Vanuatu | 0.2665 | 2024 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2658 | 2024 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 110 | Cyprus | 0.2658 | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 111 | South Korea | 0.2647 | 2024 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Cambodia | 0.2587 | 2024 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Malawi | 0.2573 | 2024 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Italy | 0.2564 | 2024 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Libya | 0.2547 | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 116 | Albania | 0.2544 | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 117 | North Macedonia | 0.251 | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Indonesia | 0.2504 | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Malaysia | 0.2493 | 2024 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 120 | Montenegro | 0.2493 | 2024 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Honduras | 0.2492 | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 122 | Uganda | 0.2491 | 2024 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Kuwait | 0.2483 | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 124 | Taiwan | 0.2467 | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 125 | Switzerland | 0.2456 | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 126 | Ecuador | 0.2447 | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Tajikistan | 0.2444 | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 128 | Bhutan | 0.2409 | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 129 | Armenia | 0.2393 | 2024 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 130 | United Arab Emirates | 0.239 | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 131 | Samoa | 0.2377 | 2024 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 132 | Nepal | 0.2353 | 2024 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 133 | Tonga | 0.2352 | 2024 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Djibouti | 0.2298 | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Singapore | 0.2293 | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Morocco | 0.2276 | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Cameroon | 0.224 | 2024 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Benin | 0.2222 | 2024 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Myanmar | 0.221 | 2024 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 140 | Madagascar | 0.22 | 2024 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 141 | India | 0.2137 | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 142 | Lesotho | 0.2103 | 2024 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 143 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.2069 | 2024 | up 86.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Saint Helena | 0.2042 | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 145 | Ghana | 0.1966 | 2024 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Fiji | 0.1962 | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 147 | Egypt | 0.1957 | 2024 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Bangladesh | 0.1844 | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 149 | Dominica | 0.1827 | 2024 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Nigeria | 0.1803 | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 151 | East Timor | 0.1786 | 2024 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Liechtenstein | 0.1769 | 2024 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 153 | Niue | 0.1753 | 2024 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 154 | Algeria | 0.1733 | 2024 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1709 | 2024 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Sierra Leone | 0.169 | 2024 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 157 | Cape Verde | 0.1678 | 2024 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Barbados | 0.1665 | 2024 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Syria | 0.1648 | 2024 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1612 | 2024 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Philippines | 0.1589 | 2024 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 162 | Iraq | 0.1532 | 2024 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 163 | Lebanon | 0.1531 | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 164 | Mauritius | 0.1463 | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 165 | El Salvador | 0.1454 | 2024 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 166 | Japan | 0.1452 | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Micronesia (country) | 0.1446 | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 168 | Tuvalu | 0.1439 | 2024 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 169 | Haiti | 0.1383 | 2024 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.1342 | 2024 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Bahrain | 0.1329 | 2024 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Jordan | 0.1276 | 2024 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 173 | Yemen | 0.1259 | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Jamaica | 0.1258 | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 175 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1257 | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 176 | Burundi | 0.1195 | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Bahamas | 0.1189 | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 178 | Maldives | 0.1147 | 2024 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 179 | British Virgin Islands | 0.114 | 2024 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 180 | Rwanda | 0.1129 | 2024 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 181 | Saint Lucia | 0.1108 | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Gambia | 0.109 | 2024 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1036 | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 184 | Afghanistan | 0.1019 | 2024 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Liberia | 0.0927 | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Sri Lanka | 0.0884 | 2024 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 187 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0876 | 2024 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 188 | Grenada | 0.0853 | 2024 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 189 | Macao | 0.0846 | 2024 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 190 | Malta | 0.0814 | 2024 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 191 | Aruba | 0.0787 | 2024 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 192 | Comoros | 0.0786 | 2024 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 193 | North Korea | 0.0729 | 2024 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 194 | Hong Kong | 0.0596 | 2024 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 195 | Kiribati | 0.0551 | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 196 | Nauru | 0.0485 | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 197 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0484 | 2024 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 198 | Solomon Islands | 0.0424 | 2024 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 199 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0273 | 2024 | down 32.1% | rising |