Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) by country
A measure of annual emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the building sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.4 Residential and other sectors, 1.A.5 Non-Specified. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the...
Countries reporting
197
Highest
9.31 Mt CO2e
China
Lowest
0 Mt CO2e
United States Virgin Islands
Median
0.0546 Mt CO2e
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
13,420
What the numbers show
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 9.31 Mt CO2e in China; the lowest is 0 Mt CO2e in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0546 Mt CO2e, and the mean is 0.3328 Mt CO2e.
Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Malaysia (up 1,437.8%), and the largest decrease in Brunei (down 100.0%).
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 9.31 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 2 | India | 8.28 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 5.54 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 4 | Brazil | 2.69 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 2.63 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Russia | 2.02 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Australia | 1.73 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 1.58 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 9 | Canada | 1.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 10 | Pakistan | 1.22 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 11 | Mexico | 1.21 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 12 | France | 1.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 13 | Iran | 1.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 14 | Turkey | 1.15 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 15 | Argentina | 1.11 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 16 | Nigeria | 1.08 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 17 | Germany | 1.04 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 104.7% | falling |
| 18 | Poland | 1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 19 | Japan | 0.9263 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 20 | Vietnam | 0.9126 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 21 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.8995 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 22 | Italy | 0.8747 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 23 | Thailand | 0.811 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 43.2% | rising |
| 24 | Tanzania | 0.6866 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Spain | 0.6735 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 26 | Nepal | 0.5681 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 27 | Uganda | 0.4925 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 28 | Myanmar | 0.4706 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 29 | Kenya | 0.4097 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 30 | Ukraine | 0.4035 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 31 | South Africa | 0.4027 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 32 | Indonesia | 0.3832 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 33 | Guatemala | 0.3428 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 34 | Egypt | 0.3388 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Morocco | 0.326 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 36 | Sudan | 0.3044 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 37 | Romania | 0.2824 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 38 | Cameroon | 0.2804 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 39 | United Kingdom | 0.2649 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 40 | Philippines | 0.2597 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 41 | Somalia | 0.2582 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 42 | Zambia | 0.2497 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 43 | Belarus | 0.2455 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 0.2334 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 45 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.2328 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 46 | Burkina Faso | 0.2162 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 47 | Angola | 0.2123 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 48 | Madagascar | 0.2064 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 49 | Mozambique | 0.1992 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 50 | Czechia | 0.1949 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 51 | Tunisia | 0.1921 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 52 | South Korea | 0.1835 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Guinea | 0.1766 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 54 | Hungary | 0.1695 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 55 | Finland | 0.1694 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 56 | Chile | 0.1556 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 57 | Netherlands | 0.1536 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 58 | Belgium | 0.1523 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 59 | Austria | 0.1516 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 60 | Malaysia | 0.1507 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 1,437.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 0.1498 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 62 | Liberia | 0.1459 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Niger | 0.1402 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 64 | Portugal | 0.1346 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 65 | Denmark | 0.1325 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 66 | Colombia | 0.1278 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 67 | Peru | 0.1245 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 68 | Chad | 0.1233 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 69 | Sweden | 0.1216 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 70 | New Zealand | 0.1162 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 71 | Rwanda | 0.1115 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 72 | Croatia | 0.1069 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Cambodia | 0.105 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 74 | Bolivia | 0.0979 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Ghana | 0.0964 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 76 | Malawi | 0.0962 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 77 | Mali | 0.0917 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 78 | North Korea | 0.091 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 51.9% | falling |
| 79 | Ireland | 0.0909 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 79 | Sierra Leone | 0.0909 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 0.0904 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | 0.0868 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 83 | Central African Republic | 0.0861 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 172.5% | rising |
| 84 | Burundi | 0.0854 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 36.4% | rising |
| 85 | Benin | 0.0839 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 86 | Togo | 0.0823 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 72.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0817 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 127.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Haiti | 0.0785 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 0.0734 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 90 | Lesotho | 0.0721 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 91 | Norway | 0.0671 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0665 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 93 | Moldova | 0.0654 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 94 | Latvia | 0.0628 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 95 | Bhutan | 0.0597 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 96 | Honduras | 0.0595 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 52.0% | rising |
| 97 | Laos | 0.0583 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 98 | Syria | 0.0571 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Congo | 0.0546 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 0.0528 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 101 | Uruguay | 0.0516 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 102 | Gabon | 0.0506 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 103 | Uzbekistan | 0.0488 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 85.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Dominican Republic | 0.0459 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 105 | Switzerland | 0.0451 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 106 | Suriname | 0.0433 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Greece | 0.0425 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 108 | Mauritania | 0.0424 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 109 | Mongolia | 0.0419 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 46.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0415 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 111 | Eritrea | 0.0404 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 112 | Senegal | 0.0401 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 113 | Slovakia | 0.0395 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Estonia | 0.0392 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 115 | Afghanistan | 0.0381 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Lithuania | 0.0381 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Slovenia | 0.0376 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Paraguay | 0.0368 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 119 | Botswana | 0.031 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 120 | Armenia | 0.0291 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 903.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Cuba | 0.0291 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 122 | Turkmenistan | 0.0242 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 123 | Yemen | 0.0236 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 77.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Algeria | 0.0221 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Albania | 0.019 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 126 | Ecuador | 0.0151 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Oman | 0.0147 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 53.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Georgia | 0.0138 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 129 | Iraq | 0.0133 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 130 | Gambia | 0.0126 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 131 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0125 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Eswatini | 0.0125 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 133 | Venezuela | 0.0115 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Guyana | 0.0112 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 65.1% | rising |
| 134 | North Macedonia | 0.0112 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Luxembourg | 0.0106 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 137 | Libya | 0.0102 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 138 | Lebanon | 0.0084 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 138 | Namibia | 0.0084 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Costa Rica | 0.0081 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Cyprus | 0.0077 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Djibouti | 0.0075 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 142 | Panama | 0.0075 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 144 | Comoros | 0.0063 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Jordan | 0.0058 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 107.1% | volatile |
| 146 | El Salvador | 0.0054 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Tajikistan | 0.0052 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Israel | 0.0049 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 149 | Fiji | 0.0046 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Jamaica | 0.0045 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 151 | New Caledonia | 0.0044 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0042 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 153 | Cape Verde | 0.0041 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 154 | Saudi Arabia | 0.004 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 155 | Maldives | 0.0035 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Malta | 0.0035 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 483.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Iceland | 0.0032 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 158 | Palau | 0.003 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Macao | 0.0029 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | 0.002 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 161 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0019 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 161 | East Timor | 0.0019 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 163 | Puerto Rico | 0.0018 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 163 | French Polynesia | 0.0018 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Vanuatu | 0.0015 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Kuwait | 0.0014 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Seychelles | 0.0014 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 166 | Samoa | 0.0014 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 169 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0012 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Belize | 0.0012 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 171 | Hong Kong | 0.0011 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 172 | Bahamas | 0.0009 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 173 | Bermuda | 0.0008 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Greenland | 0.0008 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Mauritius | 0.0008 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 176 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0007 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Singapore | 0.0004 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 178 | Aruba | 0.0003 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Barbados | 0.0003 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Qatar | 0.0003 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 178 | Tonga | 0.0003 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0002 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Bahrain | 0.0002 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 182 | Cayman Islands | 0.0002 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Kiribati | 0.0002 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 182 | Saint Lucia | 0.0002 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 187 | Dominica | 0.0001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 187 | Grenada | 0.0001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 193 | Brunei | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Faroe Islands | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 193 | Gibraltar | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 193 | Guam | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 193 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 63.18 Mt CO2e
- IDA & IBRD total 49.59 Mt CO2e
- Low & middle income 45.98 Mt CO2e
- Middle income 39.5 Mt CO2e
- IBRD only 34.89 Mt CO2e
- Early-demographic dividend 22.78 Mt CO2e
- Upper middle income 21.87 Mt CO2e
- High income 19.59 Mt CO2e
- OECD members 19.47 Mt CO2e
- Late-demographic dividend 19.04 Mt CO2e
- Lower middle income 17.63 Mt CO2e
- Post-demographic dividend 16.52 Mt CO2e
About this data
A measure of annual emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the building sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.4 Residential and other sectors, 1.A.5 Non-Specified. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).