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Per capita nitrous oxide in Kiribati

Kiribati: Per capita nitrous oxide was 0.0551 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.0551
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
195th
of 201 countries
All-time high
0.0577
in 2008
All-time low
0.0151
in 1850
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita nitrous oxide in Kiribati, 1850–2024

0.020.030.040.050.06185019372024

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2024, per capita nitrous oxide in Kiribati stood at 0.0551.

The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita nitrous oxide in Kiribati peaked at 0.0577 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0151, in 1850.

That places Kiribati 195th out of 201 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 175 years of available data.

Per capita nitrous oxide in Kiribati, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 0.0151 —
1851 0.0153 +1.1%
1852 0.0154 +1.0%
1853 0.0155 +0.9%
1854 0.0157 +0.8%
1855 0.0158 +0.7%
1856 0.0159 +0.6%
1857 0.0159 +0.4%
1858 0.016 +0.2%
1859 0.016 +0.1%
1860 0.016 -0.1%
1861 0.0159 -0.3%
1862 0.0159 -0.3%
1863 0.0158 -0.3%
1864 0.0158 -0.3%
1865 0.0157 -0.3%
1866 0.0157 -0.3%
1867 0.0156 -0.3%
1868 0.0156 -0.3%
1869 0.0155 -0.3%
1870 0.0155 -0.3%
1871 0.0156 +0.7%
1872 0.016 +2.4%
1873 0.0165 +3.5%
1874 0.0172 +4.2%
1875 0.018 +4.4%
1876 0.0187 +4.3%
1877 0.0195 +3.8%
1878 0.0201 +3.1%
1879 0.0205 +2.2%
1880 0.0207 +1.1%
1881 0.0208 +0.4%
1882 0.0209 +0.3%
1883 0.0209 +0.1%
1884 0.0209 +0.1%
1885 0.0209 +0.0%
1886 0.0209 -0.0%
1887 0.0209 -0.0%
1888 0.0209 -0.0%
1889 0.0209 +0.0%
1890 0.0224 +6.9%
1891 0.0217 -3.1%
1892 0.0211 -2.8%
1893 0.0205 -2.5%
1894 0.0201 -2.2%
1895 0.0197 -1.8%
1896 0.0194 -1.5%
1897 0.0192 -1.2%
1898 0.019 -0.9%
1899 0.0189 -0.6%
1900 0.0189 -0.3%
1901 0.0189 +0.4%
1902 0.0192 +1.3%
1903 0.0196 +2.0%
1904 0.02 +2.4%
1905 0.0205 +2.6%
1906 0.0211 +2.6%
1907 0.0216 +2.4%
1908 0.022 +2.1%
1909 0.0224 +1.6%
1910 0.0226 +1.0%
1911 0.0227 +0.5%
1912 0.0228 +0.4%
1913 0.0229 +0.3%
1914 0.0229 +0.3%
1915 0.023 +0.2%
1916 0.023 +0.2%
1917 0.0231 +0.2%
1918 0.0231 +0.3%
1919 0.0232 +0.4%
1920 0.0233 +0.4%
1921 0.0234 +0.5%
1922 0.0236 +0.6%
1923 0.0238 +0.7%
1924 0.0239 +0.7%
1925 0.0241 +0.7%
1926 0.0243 +0.6%
1927 0.0244 +0.5%
1928 0.0245 +0.4%
1929 0.0245 +0.2%
1930 0.0245 -0.1%
1931 0.0245 -0.2%
1932 0.0244 -0.1%
1933 0.0245 +0.0%
1934 0.0245 +0.1%
1935 0.0245 +0.2%
1936 0.0246 +0.3%
1937 0.0247 +0.3%
1938 0.0248 +0.4%
1939 0.0249 +0.4%
1940 0.025 +0.5%
1941 0.0254 +1.6%
1942 0.0263 +3.6%
1943 0.0276 +4.9%
1944 0.0291 +5.6%
1945 0.0308 +5.8%
1946 0.0325 +5.6%
1947 0.0342 +5.1%
1948 0.0356 +4.3%
1949 0.0367 +3.0%
1950 0.0372 +1.4%
1951 0.0372 -0.1%
1952 0.0371 -0.2%
1953 0.037 -0.2%
1954 0.0369 -0.3%
1955 0.0368 -0.3%
1956 0.0366 -0.4%
1957 0.0365 -0.4%
1958 0.0364 -0.3%
1959 0.0362 -0.3%
1960 0.0361 -0.4%
1961 0.0346 -4.1%
1962 0.035 +1.1%
1963 0.035 +0.0%
1964 0.0393 +12.2%
1965 0.0393 +0.0%
1966 0.0376 -4.4%
1967 0.0381 +1.4%
1968 0.0395 +3.7%
1969 0.0395 +0.0%
1970 0.0369 -6.6%
1971 0.0371 +0.4%
1972 0.0375 +1.1%
1973 0.0384 +2.6%
1974 0.039 +1.5%
1975 0.0397 +1.7%
1976 0.0403 +1.4%
1977 0.043 +6.8%
1978 0.0433 +0.6%
1979 0.0441 +1.9%
1980 0.0451 +2.4%
1981 0.0446 -1.2%
1982 0.0446 +0.1%
1983 0.0447 +0.1%
1984 0.0407 -9.0%
1985 0.0412 +1.4%
1986 0.0411 -0.4%
1987 0.0421 +2.5%
1988 0.0417 -0.8%
1989 0.0407 -2.4%
1990 0.043 +5.5%
1991 0.0429 -0.3%
1992 0.0436 +1.7%
1993 0.0436 +0.0%
1994 0.0434 -0.4%
1995 0.0427 -1.6%
1996 0.0432 +1.1%
1997 0.0432 -0.0%
1998 0.0433 +0.2%
1999 0.043 -0.5%
2000 0.0472 +9.8%
2001 0.0475 +0.5%
2002 0.0528 +11.2%
2003 0.0519 -1.6%
2004 0.0522 +0.6%
2005 0.0547 +4.6%
2006 0.0551 +0.9%
2007 0.056 +1.5%
2008 0.0577 +3.1%
2009 0.0545 -5.5%
2010 0.0552 +1.2%
2011 0.0535 -3.0%
2012 0.0534 -0.2%
2013 0.0527 -1.4%
2014 0.0526 -0.2%
2015 0.0527 +0.2%
2016 0.0537 +2.0%
2017 0.055 +2.3%
2018 0.0546 -0.7%
2019 0.0545 -0.1%
2020 0.054 -0.9%
2021 0.0547 +1.2%
2022 0.0549 +0.4%
2023 0.0548 -0.1%
2024 0.0551 +0.5%

Kiribati compared with similar countries

  • Kiribati's 0.0551 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2468, 22% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
  • Kiribati's 0.0551 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2323, 24% of the median. (32 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.0157 0.0151 0.016 10
1860s 0.0158 0.0155 0.016 10
1870s 0.0178 0.0155 0.0205 10
1880s 0.0209 0.0207 0.0209 10
1890s 0.0202 0.0189 0.0224 10
1900s 0.0204 0.0189 0.0224 10
1910s 0.0229 0.0226 0.0232 10
1920s 0.024 0.0233 0.0245 10
1930s 0.0246 0.0244 0.0249 10
1940s 0.0303 0.025 0.0367 10
1950s 0.0368 0.0362 0.0372 10
1960s 0.0374 0.0346 0.0395 10
1970s 0.0399 0.0369 0.0441 10
1980s 0.0427 0.0407 0.0451 10
1990s 0.0432 0.0427 0.0436 10
2000s 0.053 0.0472 0.0577 10
2010s 0.0538 0.0526 0.0552 10
2020s 0.0547 0.054 0.0551 5

Countries ranked near Kiribati

  1. 192 Comoros 0.0786 compare
  2. 193 North Korea 0.0729 compare
  3. 194 Hong Kong 0.0596 compare
  4. 196 Nauru 0.0485 compare
  5. 197 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0484 compare
  6. 198 Solomon Islands 0.0424 compare

See the full ranking of 201 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita nitrous oxide in Kiribati?
Per capita nitrous oxide in Kiribati was 0.0551 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita nitrous oxide recorded in Kiribati?
The highest recorded value was 0.0577 in 2008.
What is the lowest per capita nitrous oxide recorded in Kiribati?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0151 in 1850.
How does Kiribati rank for per capita nitrous oxide?
Kiribati ranks 195th out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita nitrous oxide rising or falling in Kiribati?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kiribati data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita nitrous oxide. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Per capita nitrous oxide
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
201 places, 34,339 data points, 1850–2024
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