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Per capita nitrous oxide in Myanmar

Myanmar: Per capita nitrous oxide was 0.221 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
0.221
Change on year
down 3.4%
World rank
139th
of 201 countries
All-time high
0.798
in 1880
All-time low
0.2188
in 1960
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita nitrous oxide in Myanmar, 1850–2024

0.20.40.60.8185019372024

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for per capita nitrous oxide in Myanmar is 0.221, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and down 38.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita nitrous oxide in Myanmar peaked at 0.798 in 1880 and was at its lowest, 0.2188, in 1960.

That places Myanmar 139th out of 201 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Per capita nitrous oxide in Myanmar, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 0.4129 —
1851 0.4204 +1.8%
1852 0.4277 +1.7%
1853 0.4346 +1.6%
1854 0.441 +1.5%
1855 0.4467 +1.3%
1856 0.4517 +1.1%
1857 0.4557 +0.9%
1858 0.4587 +0.7%
1859 0.4605 +0.4%
1860 0.461 +0.1%
1861 0.4606 -0.1%
1862 0.4601 -0.1%
1863 0.4595 -0.1%
1864 0.4587 -0.2%
1865 0.4579 -0.2%
1866 0.4571 -0.2%
1867 0.4563 -0.2%
1868 0.4557 -0.1%
1869 0.4567 +0.2%
1870 0.4595 +0.6%
1871 0.4707 +2.4%
1872 0.4954 +5.3%
1873 0.5316 +7.3%
1874 0.5752 +8.2%
1875 0.6238 +8.4%
1876 0.6745 +8.1%
1877 0.7246 +7.4%
1878 0.7709 +6.4%
1879 0.7969 +3.4%
1880 0.798 +0.1%
1881 0.7781 -2.5%
1882 0.7449 -4.3%
1883 0.7016 -5.8%
1884 0.66 -5.9%
1885 0.6204 -6.0%
1886 0.5829 -6.0%
1887 0.5477 -6.0%
1888 0.5148 -6.0%
1889 0.4885 -5.1%
1890 0.4824 -1.2%
1891 0.4629 -4.0%
1892 0.4475 -3.3%
1893 0.4358 -2.6%
1894 0.4244 -2.6%
1895 0.4134 -2.6%
1896 0.4027 -2.6%
1897 0.3923 -2.6%
1898 0.3822 -2.6%
1899 0.3735 -2.3%
1900 0.3661 -2.0%
1901 0.3601 -1.7%
1902 0.3552 -1.3%
1903 0.3516 -1.0%
1904 0.348 -1.0%
1905 0.3444 -1.0%
1906 0.3409 -1.0%
1907 0.3373 -1.0%
1908 0.3337 -1.1%
1909 0.3304 -1.0%
1910 0.3275 -0.9%
1911 0.3249 -0.8%
1912 0.3226 -0.7%
1913 0.3208 -0.6%
1914 0.3189 -0.6%
1915 0.3169 -0.6%
1916 0.315 -0.6%
1917 0.3131 -0.6%
1918 0.3108 -0.7%
1919 0.3085 -0.7%
1920 0.3063 -0.7%
1921 0.3041 -0.7%
1922 0.302 -0.7%
1923 0.3 -0.7%
1924 0.2981 -0.6%
1925 0.2962 -0.6%
1926 0.2943 -0.6%
1927 0.2923 -0.7%
1928 0.2903 -0.7%
1929 0.2879 -0.8%
1930 0.2852 -0.9%
1931 0.2822 -1.1%
1932 0.279 -1.1%
1933 0.2757 -1.2%
1934 0.2724 -1.2%
1935 0.2692 -1.2%
1936 0.266 -1.2%
1937 0.2628 -1.2%
1938 0.2597 -1.2%
1939 0.2566 -1.2%
1940 0.2534 -1.3%
1941 0.2508 -1.0%
1942 0.2493 -0.6%
1943 0.2485 -0.3%
1944 0.2484 -0.0%
1945 0.2486 +0.1%
1946 0.2489 +0.1%
1947 0.249 +0.0%
1948 0.2486 -0.1%
1949 0.2477 -0.4%
1950 0.2458 -0.8%
1951 0.243 -1.1%
1952 0.2403 -1.1%
1953 0.2378 -1.1%
1954 0.2352 -1.1%
1955 0.2326 -1.1%
1956 0.23 -1.1%
1957 0.2274 -1.2%
1958 0.2247 -1.2%
1959 0.2218 -1.3%
1960 0.2188 -1.4%
1961 0.2195 +0.3%
1962 0.2195 -0.0%
1963 0.2255 +2.7%
1964 0.2342 +3.9%
1965 0.2342 -0.0%
1966 0.2215 -5.4%
1967 0.227 +2.5%
1968 0.2303 +1.4%
1969 0.2316 +0.6%
1970 0.2461 +6.3%
1971 0.2404 -2.3%
1972 0.2413 +0.4%
1973 0.2494 +3.3%
1974 0.2358 -5.5%
1975 0.2366 +0.4%
1976 0.2346 -0.8%
1977 0.2415 +2.9%
1978 0.2497 +3.4%
1979 0.2475 -0.9%
1980 0.2558 +3.4%
1981 0.2616 +2.2%
1982 0.2762 +5.6%
1983 0.2948 +6.7%
1984 0.2798 -5.1%
1985 0.2772 -0.9%
1986 0.2728 -1.6%
1987 0.2672 -2.1%
1988 0.2628 -1.6%
1989 0.2365 -10.0%
1990 0.2375 +0.4%
1991 0.2368 -0.3%
1992 0.2407 +1.6%
1993 0.2431 +1.0%
1994 0.2535 +4.3%
1995 0.2561 +1.0%
1996 0.2571 +0.4%
1997 0.2535 -1.4%
1998 0.2559 +0.9%
1999 0.2607 +1.9%
2000 0.2655 +1.9%
2001 0.2554 -3.8%
2002 0.249 -2.5%
2003 0.2701 +8.5%
2004 0.2921 +8.1%
2005 0.2803 -4.0%
2006 0.2877 +2.7%
2007 0.3084 +7.2%
2008 0.2963 -3.9%
2009 0.314 +6.0%
2010 0.322 +2.5%
2011 0.3185 -1.1%
2012 0.3314 +4.0%
2013 0.3406 +2.8%
2014 0.3605 +5.9%
2015 0.3586 -0.5%
2016 0.3625 +1.1%
2017 0.3983 +9.9%
2018 0.2643 -33.6%
2019 0.2762 +4.5%
2020 0.2966 +7.4%
2021 0.2788 -6.0%
2022 0.2438 -12.5%
2023 0.2287 -6.2%
2024 0.221 -3.4%

Myanmar compared with similar countries

  • Myanmar's 0.221 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2468, 90% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
  • Myanmar's 0.221 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2323, 95% of the median. (32 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Per capita nitrous oxide in Myanmar changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2018 -33.6% 0.3983 0.2643

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.441 0.4129 0.4605 10
1860s 0.4584 0.4557 0.461 10
1870s 0.6123 0.4595 0.7969 10
1880s 0.6437 0.4885 0.798 10
1890s 0.4217 0.3735 0.4824 10
1900s 0.3468 0.3304 0.3661 10
1910s 0.3179 0.3085 0.3275 10
1920s 0.2971 0.2879 0.3063 10
1930s 0.2709 0.2566 0.2852 10
1940s 0.2493 0.2477 0.2534 10
1950s 0.2339 0.2218 0.2458 10
1960s 0.2262 0.2188 0.2342 10
1970s 0.2423 0.2346 0.2497 10
1980s 0.2685 0.2365 0.2948 10
1990s 0.2495 0.2368 0.2607 10
2000s 0.2819 0.249 0.314 10
2010s 0.3333 0.2643 0.3983 10
2020s 0.2538 0.221 0.2966 5

Countries ranked near Myanmar

  1. 136 Morocco 0.2276 compare
  2. 137 Cameroon 0.224 compare
  3. 138 Benin 0.2222 compare
  4. 140 Madagascar 0.22 compare
  5. 141 India 0.2137 compare
  6. 142 Lesotho 0.2103 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita nitrous oxide in Myanmar?
Per capita nitrous oxide in Myanmar was 0.221 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita nitrous oxide recorded in Myanmar?
The highest recorded value was 0.798 in 1880.
What is the lowest per capita nitrous oxide recorded in Myanmar?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2188 in 1960.
How does Myanmar rank for per capita nitrous oxide?
Myanmar ranks 139th out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita nitrous oxide rising or falling in Myanmar?
Over the last ten years it is down 38.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Myanmar 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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