Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) by country
A measure of annual emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from industrial processes including IPCC 2006 codes 2.A.1 Cement production, 2.A.2 Lime production, 2.A.3 Glass Production, 2.A.4 Other Process Uses of Carbonates, 2.B Chemical Industry, 2.C Metal Industry, 2.D...
Countries reporting
203
Highest
38.52 Mt CO2e
China
Lowest
0 Mt CO2e
United States Virgin Islands
Median
0.2584 Mt CO2e
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
13,750
What the numbers show
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 38.52 Mt CO2e in China; the lowest is 0 Mt CO2e in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2584 Mt CO2e, and the mean is 1.37 Mt CO2e.
Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia (up 965.0%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 59.1%).
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 38.52 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 2 | United States | 33.89 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 3 | Russia | 23.35 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 4 | India | 17.63 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 8.6 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 21.9% | falling |
| 6 | Australia | 6.82 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 7 | Iran | 6.5 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 8 | Egypt | 6.37 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 9 | Turkey | 6.27 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 10 | Indonesia | 5.08 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 11 | Poland | 4.66 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 12 | Belgium | 4.42 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 13 | Germany | 4.36 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 3.98 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.59 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Canada | 3.58 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Zambia | 3.23 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 18 | South Africa | 2.92 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 19 | Japan | 2.89 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 20 | Ukraine | 2.77 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Angola | 2.76 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 22 | South Korea | 2.68 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Iraq | 2.67 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 24 | Bolivia | 2.65 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 965.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Mexico | 2.54 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 26 | United Kingdom | 2.52 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 27 | France | 2.47 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Thailand | 2.28 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 29 | Sudan | 2.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 30 | Vietnam | 2.19 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 77.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Spain | 2.14 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 32 | Romania | 2.09 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 33 | Mozambique | 1.98 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Nigeria | 1.8 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 35 | Algeria | 1.69 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Malaysia | 1.64 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Pakistan | 1.64 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 38 | Tanzania | 1.64 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Ethiopia | 1.59 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 40 | Slovakia | 1.58 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 41 | Central African Republic | 1.53 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Netherlands | 1.46 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Italy | 1.41 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Lithuania | 1.38 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 37.1% | rising |
| 45 | Yemen | 1.37 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 46 | Syria | 1.26 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 47 | Finland | 1.26 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 48 | Norway | 1.07 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Philippines | 1.07 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 50 | Croatia | 1.06 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 25.4% | falling |
| 51 | United Arab Emirates | 1.06 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Argentina | 1.03 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 53 | Czechia | 1.01 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 54 | Bangladesh | 0.9946 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Turkmenistan | 0.9414 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 0.9134 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 57 | Colombia | 0.8944 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 58 | Myanmar | 0.8936 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 59 | Chile | 0.8933 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Belarus | 0.792 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Israel | 0.7777 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 62 | Georgia | 0.7561 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 63 | Venezuela | 0.7443 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 64 | Sweden | 0.7001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 65 | Uganda | 0.6936 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 66 | Greece | 0.6838 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 67 | Kenya | 0.6314 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 68 | Peru | 0.5576 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 36.2% | falling |
| 69 | Kuwait | 0.5447 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 70 | Cuba | 0.54 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 71 | Ghana | 0.5253 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 72 | Jordan | 0.5182 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 73 | Tunisia | 0.4875 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 74 | Nepal | 0.4671 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 75 | Austria | 0.4567 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Morocco | 0.4526 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Oman | 0.4502 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Madagascar | 0.4457 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Cambodia | 0.4272 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 80 | North Korea | 0.4133 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 98.6% | falling |
| 81 | Laos | 0.405 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 110.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Ecuador | 0.4037 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 83 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.4019 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 84 | Portugal | 0.3994 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 85 | Uzbekistan | 0.3889 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 52.1% | falling |
| 86 | Guatemala | 0.3785 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 87 | Mali | 0.3661 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Qatar | 0.3609 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Burkina Faso | 0.3452 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 90 | Hungary | 0.3406 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Libya | 0.336 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 92 | Chad | 0.3277 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Cameroon | 0.3203 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Guinea | 0.3173 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 95 | Congo | 0.3106 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Paraguay | 0.2994 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Senegal | 0.2934 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 98 | Lebanon | 0.2913 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 99 | Zimbabwe | 0.284 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 100 | Botswana | 0.2816 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Malawi | 0.2763 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 102 | Dominican Republic | 0.2584 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 103 | New Zealand | 0.2492 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 104 | Somalia | 0.2478 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Honduras | 0.2267 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Sri Lanka | 0.2219 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 107 | Bulgaria | 0.2007 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Benin | 0.1776 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 109 | Haiti | 0.1749 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 110 | Switzerland | 0.1703 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 111 | Azerbaijan | 0.1659 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 112 | Singapore | 0.1509 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Gabon | 0.1506 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Togo | 0.1502 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 115 | Mongolia | 0.1462 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 116 | Denmark | 0.1428 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Bahrain | 0.1398 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Guyana | 0.1359 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 245.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Uruguay | 0.1331 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 120 | Hong Kong | 0.133 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 121 | Sierra Leone | 0.1325 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 122 | Niger | 0.1244 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 59.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Rwanda | 0.1242 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 124 | Ireland | 0.1225 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Liberia | 0.115 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Namibia | 0.1132 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Nicaragua | 0.1084 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 128 | Afghanistan | 0.1025 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Panama | 0.0961 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 130 | Costa Rica | 0.0948 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 131 | Mauritania | 0.0944 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 61.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0913 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 20.3% | flat |
| 133 | Cyprus | 0.0833 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 134 | Slovenia | 0.0829 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 135 | Burundi | 0.0813 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 136 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0747 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Puerto Rico | 0.0733 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 138 | El Salvador | 0.0728 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 139 | Jamaica | 0.0548 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 140 | Eswatini | 0.0542 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 141 | Lesotho | 0.052 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 142 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0503 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 142 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0503 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 144 | Estonia | 0.0452 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 145 | Moldova | 0.0426 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 146 | Mauritius | 0.0421 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 147 | Tajikistan | 0.0419 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 87.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Bhutan | 0.0398 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Albania | 0.0388 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 150 | Armenia | 0.0385 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Latvia | 0.0359 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 152 | Eritrea | 0.0341 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 153 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0331 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Suriname | 0.0302 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Belize | 0.0294 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 338.8% | volatile |
| 156 | North Macedonia | 0.0275 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 157 | New Caledonia | 0.025 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 158 | Gambia | 0.0217 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Iceland | 0.0216 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 160 | Fiji | 0.021 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 161 | Bahamas | 0.0193 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 162 | Brunei | 0.0189 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 163 | Maldives | 0.0161 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Luxembourg | 0.0159 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 165 | Djibouti | 0.0151 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 166 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.015 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Palau | 0.0145 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 168 | Macao | 0.013 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Comoros | 0.0118 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 57.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Seychelles | 0.01 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Cape Verde | 0.0092 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 172 | French Polynesia | 0.0088 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 173 | Malta | 0.0073 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 35.4% | rising |
| 174 | Solomon Islands | 0.0071 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 175 | Barbados | 0.0064 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 176 | East Timor | 0.0061 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 177 | Aruba | 0.0047 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Bermuda | 0.0045 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 178 | Cayman Islands | 0.0045 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 178 | Vanuatu | 0.0045 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 181 | Samoa | 0.0043 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 182 | Saint Lucia | 0.004 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0037 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 184 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0032 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 185 | Greenland | 0.0031 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0029 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 190.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Gibraltar | 0.0027 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 188 | Grenada | 0.0022 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 189 | Tonga | 0.002 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 190 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0018 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0017 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 192 | Kiribati | 0.0014 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 193 | Dominica | 0.0012 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 193 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0012 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 195 | Guam | 0.001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 196 | Faroe Islands | 0.0006 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 196 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0006 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 198 | American Samoa | 0.0003 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 198 | Marshall Islands | 0.0003 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 198 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0003 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 201 | Nauru | 0.0001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 201 | Tuvalu | 0.0001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 203 | 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 278.68 Mt CO2e
- IDA & IBRD total 191.87 Mt CO2e
- Low & middle income 160.02 Mt CO2e
- IBRD only 158.14 Mt CO2e
- Middle income 142.6 Mt CO2e
- High income 119.1 Mt CO2e
- Upper middle income 94.86 Mt CO2e
- OECD members 94.54 Mt CO2e
- Late-demographic dividend 94.16 Mt CO2e
- Post-demographic dividend 82.38 Mt CO2e
- Early-demographic dividend 75.06 Mt CO2e
- Europe & Central Asia 73.07 Mt CO2e
About this data
A measure of annual emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from industrial processes including IPCC 2006 codes 2.A.1 Cement production, 2.A.2 Lime production, 2.A.3 Glass Production, 2.A.4 Other Process Uses of Carbonates, 2.B Chemical Industry, 2.C Metal Industry, 2.D Non-Energy Products from Fuels and Solvent Use, 2.E Electronics Industry, 2.F Product Uses as Substitutes for Ozone Depleting Substances, 2.G Other Product Manufacture and Use and 5.A Indirect N2O emissions from the atmospheric deposition of nitrogen in NOx and NH3). The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).