Per capita nitrous oxide in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe: Per capita nitrous oxide was 0.3176 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.3176
Change on year
down 1.0%
World rank
88th
of 201 countries
All-time high
1.17
in 1950
All-time low
0.269
in 1870
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita nitrous oxide in Zimbabwe, 1850–2024

0.20.40.60.811.2185019372024

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Zimbabwe recorded 0.3176 for per capita nitrous oxide in 2024.

That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 10.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita nitrous oxide in Zimbabwe peaked at 1.17 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.269, in 1870.

That places Zimbabwe 88th out of 201 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Per capita nitrous oxide in Zimbabwe, year by year

Annual values for Per capita nitrous oxide in Zimbabwe, 1850 to 2024.
Year Value Change
1850 0.2777 —
1851 0.2828 +1.8%
1852 0.2863 +1.2%
1853 0.288 +0.6%
1854 0.2895 +0.5%
1855 0.2905 +0.4%
1856 0.2912 +0.2%
1857 0.2914 +0.1%
1858 0.2911 -0.1%
1859 0.2902 -0.3%
1860 0.2887 -0.5%
1861 0.2868 -0.7%
1862 0.2848 -0.7%
1863 0.2828 -0.7%
1864 0.2807 -0.7%
1865 0.2787 -0.7%
1866 0.2766 -0.7%
1867 0.2746 -0.7%
1868 0.2726 -0.7%
1869 0.2708 -0.7%
1870 0.269 -0.7%
1871 0.2701 +0.4%
1872 0.2761 +2.2%
1873 0.2856 +3.4%
1874 0.2975 +4.2%
1875 0.3105 +4.4%
1876 0.3236 +4.2%
1877 0.3356 +3.7%
1878 0.3456 +3.0%
1879 0.3525 +2.0%
1880 0.3555 +0.8%
1881 0.3557 +0.1%
1882 0.3554 -0.1%
1883 0.3547 -0.2%
1884 0.3536 -0.3%
1885 0.3523 -0.4%
1886 0.3509 -0.4%
1887 0.3494 -0.4%
1888 0.3481 -0.4%
1889 0.347 -0.3%
1890 0.3595 +3.6%
1891 0.3596 +0.0%
1892 0.3598 +0.1%
1893 0.3601 +0.1%
1894 0.3605 +0.1%
1895 0.3611 +0.2%
1896 0.3617 +0.2%
1897 0.3625 +0.2%
1898 0.3633 +0.2%
1899 0.3637 +0.1%
1900 0.3637 -0.0%
1901 0.3632 -0.1%
1902 0.3623 -0.2%
1903 0.361 -0.4%
1904 0.3598 -0.3%
1905 0.3588 -0.3%
1906 0.3579 -0.2%
1907 0.3573 -0.2%
1908 0.3569 -0.1%
1909 0.3569 -0.0%
1910 0.3573 +0.1%
1911 0.3598 +0.7%
1912 0.3656 +1.6%
1913 0.3739 +2.3%
1914 0.384 +2.7%
1915 0.3953 +2.9%
1916 0.407 +3.0%
1917 0.4186 +2.9%
1918 0.4297 +2.6%
1919 0.4391 +2.2%
1920 0.4464 +1.7%
1921 0.4531 +1.5%
1922 0.4607 +1.7%
1923 0.4682 +1.6%
1924 0.4755 +1.6%
1925 0.4818 +1.3%
1926 0.4865 +1.0%
1927 0.4891 +0.5%
1928 0.4891 -0.0%
1929 0.486 -0.6%
1930 0.4794 -1.4%
1931 0.4697 -2.0%
1932 0.4582 -2.5%
1933 0.4455 -2.8%
1934 0.4321 -3.0%
1935 0.4188 -3.1%
1936 0.406 -3.1%
1937 0.3942 -2.9%
1938 0.384 -2.6%
1939 0.3758 -2.1%
1940 0.37 -1.5%
1941 0.3936 +6.4%
1942 0.4634 +17.7%
1943 0.5653 +22.0%
1944 0.6861 +21.4%
1945 0.8137 +18.6%
1946 0.9366 +15.1%
1947 1.04 +11.5%
1948 1.13 +7.9%
1949 1.17 +4.1%
1950 1.17 +0.1%
1951 1.13 -3.6%
1952 1.07 -5.2%
1953 1 -6.5%
1954 0.9295 -7.4%
1955 0.8543 -8.1%
1956 0.7829 -8.4%
1957 0.7189 -8.2%
1958 0.6658 -7.4%
1959 0.6263 -5.9%
1960 0.6031 -3.7%
1961 0.7295 +21.0%
1962 0.7121 -2.4%
1963 0.7021 -1.4%
1964 0.691 -1.6%
1965 0.6803 -1.5%
1966 0.6514 -4.2%
1967 0.6964 +6.9%
1968 0.6859 -1.5%
1969 0.7513 +9.5%
1970 0.8639 +15.0%
1971 0.7835 -9.3%
1972 0.7724 -1.4%
1973 0.7647 -1.0%
1974 0.7394 -3.3%
1975 0.7742 +4.7%
1976 0.732 -5.5%
1977 0.739 +1.0%
1978 0.7073 -4.3%
1979 0.7053 -0.3%
1980 0.6437 -8.7%
1981 0.5983 -7.1%
1982 0.6063 +1.3%
1983 0.5677 -6.4%
1984 0.5121 -9.8%
1985 0.5278 +3.1%
1986 0.5227 -1.0%
1987 0.5462 +4.5%
1988 0.5052 -7.5%
1989 0.4995 -1.1%
1990 0.5789 +15.9%
1991 0.5081 -12.2%
1992 0.4985 -1.9%
1993 0.4404 -11.7%
1994 0.4523 +2.7%
1995 0.4402 -2.7%
1996 0.5253 +19.3%
1997 0.4988 -5.1%
1998 0.5144 +3.1%
1999 0.5248 +2.0%
2000 0.4815 -8.2%
2001 0.5173 +7.4%
2002 0.4359 -15.7%
2003 0.4259 -2.3%
2004 0.4445 +4.4%
2005 0.4285 -3.6%
2006 0.4107 -4.2%
2007 0.4201 +2.3%
2008 0.4214 +0.3%
2009 0.4464 +5.9%
2010 0.466 +4.4%
2011 0.4709 +1.1%
2012 0.4286 -9.0%
2013 0.405 -5.5%
2014 0.3556 -12.2%
2015 0.3843 +8.1%
2016 0.3438 -10.6%
2017 0.35 +1.8%
2018 0.3463 -1.0%
2019 0.3339 -3.6%
2020 0.2957 -11.4%
2021 0.3075 +4.0%
2022 0.3237 +5.3%
2023 0.321 -0.8%
2024 0.3176 -1.0%

Zimbabwe compared with similar countries

  • Zimbabwe's 0.3176 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2468, 1.3× the median. (46 countries reporting)
  • Zimbabwe's 0.3176 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3083, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.2879 0.2777 0.2914 10
1860s 0.2797 0.2708 0.2887 10
1870s 0.3066 0.269 0.3525 10
1880s 0.3523 0.347 0.3557 10
1890s 0.3612 0.3595 0.3637 10
1900s 0.3598 0.3569 0.3637 10
1910s 0.393 0.3573 0.4391 10
1920s 0.4736 0.4464 0.4891 10
1930s 0.4264 0.3758 0.4794 10
1940s 0.7573 0.37 1.17 10
1950s 0.8963 0.6263 1.17 10
1960s 0.6903 0.6031 0.7513 10
1970s 0.7582 0.7053 0.8639 10
1980s 0.5529 0.4995 0.6437 10
1990s 0.4982 0.4402 0.5789 10
2000s 0.4432 0.4107 0.5173 10
2010s 0.3884 0.3339 0.4709 10
2020s 0.3131 0.2957 0.3237 5

Countries ranked near Zimbabwe

  1. 85 Cook Islands 0.3275 compare
  2. 86 Somalia 0.3235 compare
  3. 87 Belize 0.3218 compare
  4. 89 South Africa 0.3171 compare
  5. 90 Mexico 0.3022 compare
  6. 91 Vietnam 0.3001 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita nitrous oxide in Zimbabwe?
Per capita nitrous oxide in Zimbabwe was 0.3176 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita nitrous oxide recorded in Zimbabwe?
The highest recorded value was 1.17 in 1950.
What is the lowest per capita nitrous oxide recorded in Zimbabwe?
The lowest recorded value was 0.269 in 1870.
How does Zimbabwe rank for per capita nitrous oxide?
Zimbabwe ranks 88th out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita nitrous oxide rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Zimbabwe 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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