Per capita nitrous oxide emissions by country

Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.

Countries reporting
197
Highest
4.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Mongolia
Lowest
0 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Anguilla
Median
0.2734 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Years covered
175
1850–2024
Data points
34,339

What the numbers show

Per capita nitrous oxide emissions is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 4.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Mongolia; the lowest is 0 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Anguilla.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2734 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, and the mean is 0.453 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 131 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei (up 357.2%), and the largest decrease in Vanuatu (down 48.4%).

Per capita nitrous oxide emissions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 4.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 4.6% volatile
2 Botswana 3.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 138.5% volatile
3 New Zealand 2.54 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 18.6% volatile
4 Australia 2.54 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 21.1% falling
5 Uruguay 2.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 0.7% volatile
6 Central African Republic 1.88 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 7.8% volatile
7 Lithuania 1.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 16.3% volatile
8 Palau 1.7 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 18.4% volatile
9 Belarus 1.7 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 3.3% rising
11 South Sudan 1.56 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 9.1% volatile
12 Chad 1.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 15.1% volatile
13 Estonia 1.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 4.1% volatile
14 Paraguay 1.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 17.3% volatile
15 Brunei 1.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 357.2% falling
16 Latvia 1.17 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 9.5% volatile
17 Argentina 1.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 19.5% rising
18 Finland 1.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 17.3% volatile
19 Canada 1.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 4.7% rising
20 Namibia 1.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 11.4% volatile
21 Brazil 0.9621 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 14.7% volatile
22 Turkmenistan 0.9601 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 4.0% rising
23 Trinidad and Tobago 0.8827 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 5.4% falling
24 Iceland 0.8807 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 20.0% rising
25 Bolivia 0.8418 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 19.6% volatile
26 Denmark 0.7848 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 11.7% volatile
27 Norway 0.749 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 6.3% volatile
28 Belgium 0.7138 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 14.1% volatile
29 Poland 0.6987 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 2.9% volatile
30 United States 0.6936 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 11.2% falling
31 Zambia 0.6678 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 16.3% volatile
32 Guyana 0.6455 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 12.5% volatile
33 Czechia 0.6233 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 10.1% volatile
34 Mauritania 0.6177 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 15.2% volatile
35 Slovakia 0.5941 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 2.3% volatile
36 Bulgaria 0.5934 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 15.4% volatile
37 Russia 0.5886 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 13.3% rising
38 Kazakhstan 0.5811 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 1.3% flat
39 Serbia 0.5763 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 14.7% volatile
40 Sweden 0.5719 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 10.0% volatile
41 Sudan 0.5695 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 18.5% volatile
42 Mali 0.5626 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 7.4% volatile
43 Hungary 0.5609 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 2.4% volatile
44 Croatia 0.5482 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 7.1% volatile
45 Romania 0.5357 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 8.5% volatile
46 Ukraine 0.5353 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 0.5% rising
47 Guinea 0.5261 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 9.5% volatile
48 Niger 0.5203 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 10.8% volatile
49 Georgia 0.4976 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 3.4% rising
50 Nicaragua 0.4946 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 0.4% volatile
51 Netherlands 0.4924 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 13.7% volatile
52 France 0.4896 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 18.5% volatile
53 Eritrea 0.4667 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 7.4% volatile
54 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4629 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 8.3% volatile
55 Turkey 0.4592 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 7.2% rising
56 Angola 0.4561 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 26.9% volatile
57 Andorra 0.455 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 18.8% volatile
58 Laos 0.4532 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 13.0% volatile
59 Colombia 0.4433 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 10.8% volatile
60 Uzbekistan 0.4329 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 9.2% volatile
61 Burkina Faso 0.4213 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 10.5% volatile
62 United Kingdom 0.4059 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 13.7% volatile
63 Eswatini 0.4046 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 8.2% rising
64 Greece 0.3939 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 8.8% volatile
65 Spain 0.3934 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 12.7% volatile
66 Venezuela 0.3912 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 11.9% rising
67 Ethiopia 0.3909 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 5.1% volatile
68 Austria 0.3904 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 13.9% volatile
69 Saudi Arabia 0.3844 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 16.5% volatile
70 Tanzania 0.3819 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 12.6% volatile
71 Germany 0.3803 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 25.7% volatile
72 Chile 0.3696 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 16.7% volatile
73 Mozambique 0.3671 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 16.5% volatile
74 Kenya 0.3634 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 5.3% volatile
76 Suriname 0.3596 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 9.7% volatile
77 Guinea-Bissau 0.3566 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 22.3% volatile
78 Slovenia 0.3546 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 8.3% volatile
79 Iran 0.3501 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 6.2% volatile
80 Costa Rica 0.339 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 0.2% rising
81 China 0.335 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 0.1% volatile
82 Moldova 0.3344 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 16.0% rising
83 Senegal 0.3306 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 1.8% volatile
84 Dominican Republic 0.3288 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 18.2% flat
85 Cook Islands 0.3275 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 20.2% rising
86 Somalia 0.3235 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 33.1% volatile
87 Belize 0.3218 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 42.9% volatile
88 Zimbabwe 0.3176 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 10.7% rising
89 South Africa 0.3171 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 13.3% rising
90 Mexico 0.3022 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 11.4% volatile
91 Vietnam 0.3001 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 21.9% volatile
92 Qatar 0.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 1.1% volatile
93 Congo 0.2996 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 8.6% volatile
94 Azerbaijan 0.288 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 13.7% rising
95 Panama 0.2862 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 10.0% rising
96 Togo 0.2861 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 37.0% volatile
97 Pakistan 0.2843 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 11.8% rising
98 Thailand 0.2799 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 17.8% rising
99 Peru 0.2783 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 2.8% volatile
100 Guatemala 0.2736 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 2.2% rising
101 Seychelles 0.2734 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 26.2% volatile
102 Gabon 0.2729 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 9.6% volatile
103 Israel 0.2724 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 12.8% flat
104 Tunisia 0.2721 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 0.0% volatile
105 Cuba 0.2709 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 24.6% rising
106 Oman 0.2683 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 6.5% volatile
107 Portugal 0.2675 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 17.3% volatile
108 Vanuatu 0.2665 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 48.4% volatile
109 Kyrgyzstan 0.2658 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 12.3% flat
110 Cyprus 0.2658 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 0.9% rising
111 South Korea 0.2647 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 9.3% volatile
112 Cambodia 0.2587 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 11.6% volatile
113 Malawi 0.2573 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 24.9% volatile
114 Italy 0.2564 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 2.6% volatile
115 Libya 0.2547 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 13.9% rising
116 Albania 0.2544 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 36.5% volatile
117 North Macedonia 0.251 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 14.3% volatile
118 Indonesia 0.2504 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 3.4% volatile
119 Malaysia 0.2493 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 22.2% rising
120 Montenegro 0.2493 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 9.6% volatile
121 Honduras 0.2492 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 11.8% rising
122 Uganda 0.2491 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 16.0% volatile
123 Kuwait 0.2483 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 12.8% falling
124 Taiwan 0.2467 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 7.3% rising
125 Switzerland 0.2456 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 12.3% rising
126 Ecuador 0.2447 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 21.3% volatile
127 Tajikistan 0.2444 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 18.5% rising
128 Bhutan 0.2409 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 5.9% rising
129 Armenia 0.2393 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 27.6% rising
130 United Arab Emirates 0.239 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 15.1% falling
131 Samoa 0.2377 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 15.9% rising
132 Nepal 0.2353 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 6.2% flat
133 Tonga 0.2352 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 14.1% volatile
134 Djibouti 0.2298 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 13.7% volatile
135 Singapore 0.2293 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 4.3% volatile
136 Morocco 0.2276 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 6.1% volatile
137 Cameroon 0.224 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 16.6% volatile
138 Benin 0.2222 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 3.6% volatile
139 Myanmar 0.221 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 38.7% falling
140 Madagascar 0.22 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 28.7% volatile
141 India 0.2137 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 7.9% rising
142 Lesotho 0.2103 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 33.4% rising
143 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.2069 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 86.6% volatile
144 Saint Helena 0.2042 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 6.4% rising
145 Ghana 0.1966 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 8.0% volatile
146 Fiji 0.1962 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 1.9% rising
147 Egypt 0.1957 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 15.7% volatile
148 Bangladesh 0.1844 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 7.6% rising
149 Dominica 0.1827 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 3.6% volatile
150 Nigeria 0.1803 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 6.2% rising
151 East Timor 0.1786 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 10.8% volatile
153 Niue 0.1753 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 15.9% rising
154 Algeria 0.1733 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 15.0% volatile
155 Papua New Guinea 0.1709 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 16.4% volatile
156 Sierra Leone 0.169 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 18.2% rising
157 Cape Verde 0.1678 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 6.0% volatile
158 Barbados 0.1665 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 7.9% volatile
159 Syria 0.1648 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 20.9% volatile
160 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.1612 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 20.2% volatile
161 Philippines 0.1589 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 34.7% rising
162 Iraq 0.1532 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 10.3% rising
163 Lebanon 0.1531 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 8.1% rising
164 Mauritius 0.1463 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 11.8% rising
165 El Salvador 0.1454 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 21.1% rising
166 Japan 0.1452 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 8.8% volatile
167 Micronesia (country) 0.1446 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 4.6% rising
168 Tuvalu 0.1439 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 18.7% rising
169 Haiti 0.1383 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 15.5% volatile
170 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1342 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 14.5% volatile
171 Bahrain 0.1329 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 9.6% volatile
172 Jordan 0.1276 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 24.0% rising
173 Yemen 0.1259 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 21.3% volatile
174 Jamaica 0.1258 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 7.6% rising
175 Cote d'Ivoire 0.1257 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 6.6% rising
176 Burundi 0.1195 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 4.4% volatile
177 Bahamas 0.1189 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 2.1% rising
178 Maldives 0.1147 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 8.7% volatile
179 British Virgin Islands 0.114 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 14.4% rising
180 Rwanda 0.1129 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 19.1% rising
181 Saint Lucia 0.1108 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 0.3% volatile
182 Gambia 0.109 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 35.5% volatile
183 Sao Tome and Principe 0.1036 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 11.7% volatile
184 Afghanistan 0.1019 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 30.9% volatile
185 Liberia 0.0927 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 19.9% volatile
186 Sri Lanka 0.0884 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 31.9% falling
187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0876 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 3.7% volatile
188 Grenada 0.0853 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 0.5% volatile
189 Macao 0.0846 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 19.4% volatile
191 Aruba 0.0787 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 11.5% volatile
192 Comoros 0.0786 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 8.2% volatile
193 North Korea 0.0729 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 27.5% volatile
194 Hong Kong 0.0596 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 24.0% volatile
195 Kiribati 0.0551 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 4.7% rising
196 Nauru 0.0485 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 7.5% rising
197 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0484 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 6.3% volatile
198 Solomon Islands 0.0424 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 25.7% volatile
199 Equatorial Guinea 0.0273 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 32.1% rising
200 Marshall Islands 0 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 flat
200 Anguilla 0 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 flat

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.