Australia vs Canada: Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture

Australia
38.62 Mt CO2e
in 2024
Canada
31.85 Mt CO2e
in 2024
Australia rank
8th
Canada rank
11th

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture over time

  • Australia
  • Canada
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 38.62 Mt CO2e against 31.85 Mt CO2e in Canada, a difference of 6.77 Mt CO2e.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Australia ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 8th and Canada ranks 11th of 201 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
Unit
Mt CO2e
Source
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
248 places, 13,637 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

A measure of annual emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agricultural sector. This includes emissions from livestock (IPCC 2006 codes 3.A.1 (enteric fermentation, 3.a.2 (manure management) and crops (IPCC 2006 codes 3.C.1 Emissions from biomass burning, 3.C.2 Liming, 3.C.3 Urea application, 3.C.4 Direct N2O Emissions from managed soils, 3.C.5 Indirect N2O Emissions from managed soils, 3.C.6 Indirect N2O Emissions from manure management, 3.C.7 Rice cultivations). The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).