Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF in Low & middle income

Low & middle income: Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF was 1,777 Mt CO2e in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1,777 Mt CO2e
Change on year
up 1.5%
All-time high
1,777 Mt CO2e
in 2024
All-time low
609.42 Mt CO2e
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF in Low & middle income, 1970–2024

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Source: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission. Measured in Mt CO2e.

Analysis

Low & middle income recorded 1,777 Mt CO2e for nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.

The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf in Low & middle income peaked at 1,777 Mt CO2e in 2024 and was at its lowest, 609.42 Mt CO2e, in 1970.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 680.19 Mt CO2e 609.42 Mt CO2e 781.24 Mt CO2e 10
1980s 908.69 Mt CO2e 807.22 Mt CO2e 1,008 Mt CO2e 10
1990s 1,109 Mt CO2e 1,022 Mt CO2e 1,205 Mt CO2e 10
2000s 1,331 Mt CO2e 1,206 Mt CO2e 1,453 Mt CO2e 10
2010s 1,571 Mt CO2e 1,471 Mt CO2e 1,655 Mt CO2e 10
2020s 1,725 Mt CO2e 1,676 Mt CO2e 1,777 Mt CO2e 5

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Frequently asked questions

What is nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf in Low & middle income?
Nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf in Low & middle income was 1,777 Mt CO2e in 2024, according to EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission.
What is the highest nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf recorded in Low & middle income?
The highest recorded value was 1,777 Mt CO2e in 2024.
What is the lowest nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf recorded in Low & middle income?
The lowest recorded value was 609.42 Mt CO2e in 1970.
Is nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf rising or falling in Low & middle income?
Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Low & middle income data come from?
The figures come from EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, published as part of Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (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
250 places, 13,750 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 agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF.. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).