Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) by country
A measure of annual emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the transportation sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.3.a Civil Aviation, 1.A.3.b_noRES Road Transportation no resuspension, 1.A.3.c Railways, 1.A.3.d Water-borne Navigation,...
Countries reporting
194
Highest
23.15 Mt CO2e
China
Lowest
0.0003 Mt CO2e
British Virgin Islands
Median
0.0557 Mt CO2e
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
13,255
What the numbers show
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 23.15 Mt CO2e in China; the lowest is 0.0003 Mt CO2e in British Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0557 Mt CO2e, and the mean is 0.5235 Mt CO2e.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 77,171.
Over the past decade 145 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Togo (up 285.7%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 76.9%).
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 23.15 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 2 | United States | 20.68 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 3 | India | 7.48 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Iran | 4.51 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Brazil | 3.59 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Russia | 3.57 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 57.5% | falling |
| 7 | Canada | 2.07 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 8 | Japan | 1.83 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Indonesia | 1.76 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 1.67 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Australia | 1.64 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 12 | South Korea | 1.64 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Mexico | 1.33 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Germany | 1.31 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 15 | France | 1.14 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 16 | Thailand | 1.14 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 1.12 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 18 | Italy | 0.9325 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 19 | Spain | 0.8927 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 20 | Egypt | 0.8798 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Pakistan | 0.8796 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Bangladesh | 0.6849 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 23 | South Africa | 0.665 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 24 | Argentina | 0.6625 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 25 | Kazakhstan | 0.6605 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 207.5% | rising |
| 26 | Nigeria | 0.6115 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 40.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Poland | 0.5911 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 75.5% | rising |
| 28 | Algeria | 0.5896 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Turkey | 0.578 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 30 | Malaysia | 0.5648 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Colombia | 0.485 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Vietnam | 0.4764 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Iraq | 0.4492 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 74.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Peru | 0.4417 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 57.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Chile | 0.4238 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | 0.4165 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 279.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Philippines | 0.3995 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3122 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Ecuador | 0.2678 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Ukraine | 0.2648 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 41 | Morocco | 0.2525 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Belgium | 0.2274 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 43 | Romania | 0.2209 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 44 | Netherlands | 0.213 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 45 | Israel | 0.2107 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Austria | 0.1988 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 47 | Bolivia | 0.1973 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 66.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Czechia | 0.1971 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Libya | 0.1834 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Kuwait | 0.179 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Cambodia | 0.1716 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 118.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Sudan | 0.1707 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Myanmar | 0.1674 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Qatar | 0.164 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Belarus | 0.1589 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 56 | Hong Kong | 0.1578 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 94.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 0.1557 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 58 | New Zealand | 0.1547 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 59 | Portugal | 0.1544 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 60 | Venezuela | 0.1425 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 73.1% | rising |
| 61 | Greece | 0.1407 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 62 | Switzerland | 0.1351 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 63 | Ghana | 0.133 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Sweden | 0.1328 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 65 | Guatemala | 0.1277 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 69.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Hungary | 0.1263 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 26.9% | falling |
| 67 | Kenya | 0.1227 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 78.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Tanzania | 0.1221 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 106.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Ireland | 0.1211 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 70 | Denmark | 0.1169 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 71 | Norway | 0.113 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 72 | Azerbaijan | 0.1071 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 73 | Oman | 0.1041 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 0.103 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Tunisia | 0.1022 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Angola | 0.1006 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Paraguay | 0.0975 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Ethiopia | 0.0917 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 99.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Finland | 0.0907 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 80 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0905 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 212.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Jordan | 0.0883 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 0.0866 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 83 | Mongolia | 0.0847 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 47.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Croatia | 0.0815 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 85 | Nepal | 0.0813 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 105.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Slovakia | 0.0793 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 87 | Panama | 0.0746 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 60.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Costa Rica | 0.0745 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Turkmenistan | 0.0709 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 90 | Senegal | 0.0698 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 162.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Singapore | 0.0658 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 92 | Honduras | 0.0642 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Mozambique | 0.0616 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 91.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Lithuania | 0.0601 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 22.4% | falling |
| 95 | Mali | 0.0569 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 240.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Uruguay | 0.0568 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 97 | Syria | 0.0561 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0554 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 105.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Slovenia | 0.053 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 100 | Uganda | 0.0525 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 65.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Georgia | 0.0522 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 102 | El Salvador | 0.0508 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Afghanistan | 0.0498 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 83.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Benin | 0.0452 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Burkina Faso | 0.0451 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 166.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Cameroon | 0.044 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Armenia | 0.0429 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Lebanon | 0.0426 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Zimbabwe | 0.0418 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 110 | Luxembourg | 0.041 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Mauritania | 0.0398 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 161.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Guinea | 0.039 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 169.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Laos | 0.0346 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Nicaragua | 0.0321 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 115 | Latvia | 0.0317 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 116 | Moldova | 0.0307 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0305 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 118 | Jamaica | 0.0295 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 119 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0282 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 120 | Zambia | 0.0278 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 121 | Bahrain | 0.0275 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Tajikistan | 0.0271 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Botswana | 0.027 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Estonia | 0.0265 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 125 | North Korea | 0.0256 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 67.3% | volatile |
| 126 | North Macedonia | 0.0254 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Namibia | 0.023 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Puerto Rico | 0.0222 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 129 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0201 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.02 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Malawi | 0.0198 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 260.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Congo | 0.0195 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Chad | 0.0189 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Madagascar | 0.0187 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Cyprus | 0.0185 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 135 | Yemen | 0.0185 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Haiti | 0.0179 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Niger | 0.0177 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 139 | New Caledonia | 0.0143 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 140 | Mauritius | 0.0135 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Togo | 0.0135 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 285.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Guyana | 0.0132 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 78.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Cuba | 0.013 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 144 | Eswatini | 0.0129 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 95.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Sierra Leone | 0.0113 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 59.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Maldives | 0.0111 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Palau | 0.01 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 148 | Albania | 0.0099 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Brunei | 0.0098 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Iceland | 0.0092 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 151 | Rwanda | 0.0091 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Fiji | 0.0086 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 152 | Lesotho | 0.0086 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 120.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Macao | 0.0086 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Seychelles | 0.0076 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Burundi | 0.0072 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 213.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Somalia | 0.0072 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Malta | 0.0066 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 159 | Djibouti | 0.0061 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Cape Verde | 0.0058 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Liberia | 0.0058 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 160 | French Polynesia | 0.0058 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Gibraltar | 0.0052 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Suriname | 0.0051 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Bahamas | 0.0049 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0049 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Gambia | 0.0042 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Comoros | 0.0038 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 280.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Eritrea | 0.0032 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Bhutan | 0.0031 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 171 | East Timor | 0.003 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0029 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Central African Republic | 0.0028 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 180.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Barbados | 0.0021 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Samoa | 0.0021 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Gabon | 0.002 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Aruba | 0.0019 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 177 | Solomon Islands | 0.0019 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Vanuatu | 0.0017 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 88.9% | volatile |
| 180 | Belize | 0.0013 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0013 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0012 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Cayman Islands | 0.0012 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Saint Lucia | 0.001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 184 | Tonga | 0.001 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Bermuda | 0.0009 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Greenland | 0.0008 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 187 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0008 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 189 | Grenada | 0.0006 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Kiribati | 0.0005 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 190 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0005 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0004 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 193 | Dominica | 0.0003 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 193 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0003 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 111.42 Mt CO2e
- IDA & IBRD total 62.86 Mt CO2e
- IBRD only 57.79 Mt CO2e
- Low & middle income 57.65 Mt CO2e
- Middle income 56.84 Mt CO2e
- High income 43.92 Mt CO2e
- Upper middle income 43.54 Mt CO2e
- OECD members 39.37 Mt CO2e
- Late-demographic dividend 37.17 Mt CO2e
- Post-demographic dividend 36.28 Mt CO2e
- East Asia & Pacific 33.55 Mt CO2e
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 28.02 Mt CO2e
About this data
A measure of annual emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the transportation sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.3.a Civil Aviation, 1.A.3.b_noRES Road Transportation no resuspension, 1.A.3.c Railways, 1.A.3.d Water-borne Navigation, 1.A.3.e Other Transportation. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).