Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) by country
A measure of annual emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from fugitive emissions (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.1.bc Petroleum Refining - Manufacture of Solid Fuels and Other Energy Industries, 1.B.1 Solid Fuels, 1.B.2 Oil and Natural Gas,...
Countries reporting
187
Highest
0.9269 Mt CO2e
China
Lowest
0 Mt CO2e
Samoa
Median
0.0044 Mt CO2e
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
12,870
What the numbers show
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 0.9269 Mt CO2e in China; the lowest is 0 Mt CO2e in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0044 Mt CO2e, and the mean is 0.0317 Mt CO2e.
Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 1,600.0%), and the largest decrease in Sri Lanka (down 100.0%).
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 0.9269 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Brazil | 0.7769 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 0.3089 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 4 | Russia | 0.2576 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 5 | South Africa | 0.2275 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 0.2154 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 7 | Iran | 0.2033 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 63.7% | falling |
| 8 | Iraq | 0.1761 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1745 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 10 | India | 0.1621 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 11 | Canada | 0.1133 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 12 | Uganda | 0.1109 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 112.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Nigeria | 0.1054 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 14 | Zambia | 0.1014 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 69.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Kenya | 0.0954 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 16 | Venezuela | 0.0842 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Egypt | 0.0798 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 18 | Sudan | 0.0778 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0727 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Philippines | 0.0717 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 21 | Mexico | 0.0715 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 22 | Algeria | 0.0709 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 23 | Tanzania | 0.0654 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Angola | 0.059 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 25 | Ghana | 0.0586 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Indonesia | 0.0557 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 27 | Libya | 0.0534 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 94.9% | falling |
| 28 | Somalia | 0.0529 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0514 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Mozambique | 0.0513 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Haiti | 0.0441 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 32 | Thailand | 0.0403 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 75.1% | flat |
| 33 | Madagascar | 0.0367 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Qatar | 0.0291 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Argentina | 0.0289 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 36 | Kazakhstan | 0.0288 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Burkina Faso | 0.0275 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Togo | 0.0275 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Malaysia | 0.0239 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 40.4% | rising |
| 40 | Oman | 0.0236 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Australia | 0.0231 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 41 | Congo | 0.0231 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 43 | Malawi | 0.0222 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Japan | 0.0219 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 45 | United Kingdom | 0.0215 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 46 | Benin | 0.0204 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Chad | 0.0203 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Kuwait | 0.0202 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Germany | 0.0196 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 50 | Ecuador | 0.0188 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 51 | Sierra Leone | 0.0173 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Vietnam | 0.0165 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 53 | Guinea | 0.0152 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0145 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 55 | South Korea | 0.0136 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Pakistan | 0.0134 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 57 | Namibia | 0.0132 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 169.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Burundi | 0.013 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Liberia | 0.0124 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Turkmenistan | 0.0124 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Paraguay | 0.0122 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Italy | 0.0117 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 63 | Rwanda | 0.0114 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Spain | 0.0104 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 45.8% | rising |
| 65 | Norway | 0.0103 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 66 | Tunisia | 0.0101 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 67 | Cameroon | 0.0096 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 68 | Cambodia | 0.0094 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Gabon | 0.0092 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 70 | Syria | 0.0089 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 134.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Peru | 0.0086 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 21.8% | flat |
| 72 | Mauritania | 0.0085 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Ukraine | 0.0084 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Senegal | 0.0082 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 36.9% | flat |
| 75 | Central African Republic | 0.008 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Poland | 0.0077 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Myanmar | 0.0074 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 221.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Laos | 0.0068 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Colombia | 0.0067 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 80 | Mali | 0.0066 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Uzbekistan | 0.0065 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 82 | North Korea | 0.006 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 83 | Brunei | 0.0059 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Eritrea | 0.0059 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 83 | Yemen | 0.0059 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 86 | France | 0.0056 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Afghanistan | 0.0055 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 0.0052 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 40.5% | falling |
| 88 | Netherlands | 0.0052 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 90 | Greece | 0.0051 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 91 | Austria | 0.0048 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 92 | Turkey | 0.0046 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 93 | Bolivia | 0.0045 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 94 | Singapore | 0.0044 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Portugal | 0.0043 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 96 | Bangladesh | 0.0041 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Lesotho | 0.004 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | 0.0039 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Romania | 0.0036 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 100 | Guatemala | 0.0035 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 101 | Cuba | 0.0034 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 102 | Belarus | 0.0032 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 103 | Niger | 0.0031 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Belgium | 0.0029 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 104 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0029 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0028 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 107 | Bahrain | 0.0026 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 107 | Botswana | 0.0026 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 107 | Czechia | 0.0026 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Gambia | 0.0026 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0024 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Eswatini | 0.002 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 113 | Djibouti | 0.0019 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Hungary | 0.0019 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 113 | Sweden | 0.0019 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 116 | Comoros | 0.0018 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Guyana | 0.0017 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 1,600.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Israel | 0.0015 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Finland | 0.0014 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Lithuania | 0.0012 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 121 | Denmark | 0.0011 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 45.0% | rising |
| 121 | Jordan | 0.0011 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Bulgaria | 0.001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 123 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Slovakia | 0.001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 126 | Croatia | 0.0009 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Jamaica | 0.0009 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 30.8% | rising |
| 126 | Zimbabwe | 0.0009 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Chile | 0.0008 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Morocco | 0.0008 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0008 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Mongolia | 0.0006 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Nicaragua | 0.0005 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 134 | New Zealand | 0.0004 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Uruguay | 0.0004 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 136 | Bhutan | 0.0003 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 136 | Nepal | 0.0003 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0003 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 139 | Albania | 0.0002 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 139 | Ireland | 0.0002 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Latvia | 0.0002 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 139 | East Timor | 0.0002 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Bahamas | 0.0001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 143 | Belize | 0.0001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 143 | Switzerland | 0.0001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 87.5% | falling |
| 143 | Costa Rica | 0.0001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 143 | Fiji | 0.0001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 143 | Lebanon | 0.0001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 143 | Macao | 0.0001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 143 | Solomon Islands | 0.0001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 143 | Suriname | 0.0001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 152 | Aruba | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | Armenia | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | Bermuda | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | Barbados | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | Cape Verde | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Cayman Islands | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | Cyprus | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Dominica | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | Estonia | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Georgia | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Hong Kong | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Honduras | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | Kiribati | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | Saint Lucia | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | Sri Lanka | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Luxembourg | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | Moldova | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | Maldives | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | North Macedonia | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Mauritius | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 152 | New Caledonia | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | Panama | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Palau | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Puerto Rico | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | French Polynesia | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | El Salvador | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Slovenia | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Seychelles | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | Tajikistan | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | Tonga | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | British Virgin Islands | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | Vanuatu | 0 Mt CO2e | 2024 | — | flat |
| 152 | Samoa | 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 8.5 Mt CO2e
- IDA & IBRD total 5.16 Mt CO2e
- Low & middle income 4.89 Mt CO2e
- Middle income 3.99 Mt CO2e
- IBRD only 3.57 Mt CO2e
- Upper middle income 2.88 Mt CO2e
- Late-demographic dividend 2.21 Mt CO2e
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 1.79 Mt CO2e
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.79 Mt CO2e
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.79 Mt CO2e
- Early-demographic dividend 1.68 Mt CO2e
- IDA total 1.59 Mt CO2e
About this data
A measure of annual emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from fugitive emissions (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.1.bc Petroleum Refining - Manufacture of Solid Fuels and Other Energy Industries, 1.B.1 Solid Fuels, 1.B.2 Oil and Natural Gas, 5.B. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).