environmental2024

Share of global nitrous oxide emissions

Name: Share of global nitrous oxide emissions
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: environmental, %, share, global, nitrous, oxide, emissions

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•201 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

0.5%

Median: 0.1%

Countries Covered

201

with available data

Highest

People's Republic of China

16.2%

Lowest

Anguilla

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1People's Republic of China16.2%

2India10.6%

3United States of America8.2%

4Brazil6.9%

5Russian Federation2.9%

By Region

North America2.8%(4 countries)

South America1.5%(7 countries)

Asia1.5%(27 countries)

Oceania1.4%(2 countries)

Africa0.7%(9 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (16.2%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.5%)

North America (4)

South America (7)

Asia (27)

Oceania (2)

Africa (9)

Europe (32)

Other (120)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	People's Republic of China	16.2%
2	India	10.6%
3	United States of America	8.2%
4	Brazil	6.9%
5	Russian Federation	2.9%
6	Pakistan	2.4%
7	Indonesia	2.4%
8	Australia	2.3%
9	Argentina	1.8%
10	Ethiopia	1.8%
11	Canada	1.5%
12	Nigeria	1.4%
13	Türkiye	1.4%
14	Mexico	1.3%
15	France	1.1%
16	Germany	1.1%
17	Islamic Republic of Iran	1.1%
18	Bangladesh	1.1%
19	Chad	1.0%
20	Vietnam	1.0%
21	Sudan	1.0%
22	United Kingdom	1.0%
23	Poland	0.9%
24	United Republic of Tanzania	0.9%
25	Colombia	0.8%
26	Egypt	0.8%
27	Kenya	0.7%
28	South Africa	0.7%
29	Ukraine	0.7%
30	Thailand	0.7%
31	Spain	0.6%
32	South Sudan	0.6%
33	Philippines	0.6%
34	Japan	0.6%
35	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.6%
36	Angola	0.6%
37	Uzbekistan	0.5%
38	Belarus	0.5%
39	Italy	0.5%
40	Mongolia	0.5%
41	Zambia	0.5%
42	Niger	0.5%
43	Mali	0.5%
44	South Korea	0.5%
45	New Zealand	0.5%
46	Saudi Arabia	0.4%
47	Mozambique	0.4%
48	Uganda	0.4%
49	Myanmar	0.4%
50	Kazakhstan	0.4%
51	Venezuela	0.4%
52	Bolivia	0.4%
53	Romania	0.3%
54	Central African Republic	0.3%
55	Burkina Faso	0.3%
56	Peru	0.3%
57	Netherlands	0.3%
58	Malaysia	0.3%
59	Ireland	0.3%
60	Morocco	0.3%
61	Paraguay	0.3%
62	Belgium	0.3%
63	Algeria	0.3%
64	Botswana	0.3%
65	Guinea	0.3%
66	Uruguay	0.3%
67	Chile	0.2%
68	Turkmenistan	0.2%
69	Iraq	0.2%
70	Madagascar	0.2%
71	Nepal	0.2%
72	Ghana	0.2%
73	Czech Republic	0.2%
74	Cameroon	0.2%
75	Finland	0.2%
76	Somalia	0.2%
77	Senegal	0.2%
78	Sweden	0.2%
79	Taiwan, Province of China	0.2%
80	Malawi	0.2%
81	Hungary	0.2%
82	Zimbabwe	0.2%
83	Yemen	0.2%
84	Guatemala	0.2%
85	Lithuania	0.2%
86	Denmark	0.2%
87	Cambodia	0.2%
88	Ecuador	0.2%
89	Afghanistan	0.1%
90	Norway	0.1%
91	Syrian Arab Republic	0.1%
92	Cote d'Ivoire	0.1%
93	Bulgaria	0.1%
94	Greece	0.1%
95	Serbia	0.1%
96	Dominican Republic	0.1%
97	Austria	0.1%
98	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.1%
99	Nicaragua	0.1%
100	Namibia	0.1%
101	Tunisia	0.1%
102	Slovakia	0.1%
103	Benin	0.1%
104	Mauritania	0.1%
105	Azerbaijan	0.1%
106	Cuba	0.1%
107	Portugal	0.1%
108	Honduras	0.1%
109	United Arab Emirates	0.1%
110	Tajikistan	0.1%
111	Israel	0.1%
112	Togo	0.1%
113	Switzerland	0.1%
114	Latvia	0.1%
115	Croatia	0.1%
116	Sri Lanka	0.1%
117	North Korea	0.1%
118	Kyrgyzstan	0.1%
119	Republic of the Congo	0.1%
120	Georgia	0.1%
121	Libya	0.1%
122	Papua New Guinea	0.1%
123	Costa Rica	0.1%
124	Estonia	0.1%
125	Burundi	0.1%
126	Eritrea	0.1%
127	Haiti	0.1%
128	Rwanda	0.1%
129	Jordan	0.1%
130	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.0%
131	Sierra Leone	0.0%
132	Oman	0.0%
133	Singapore	0.0%
134	Trinidad and Tobago	0.0%
135	Panama	0.0%
136	Kuwait	0.0%
137	Moldova, Republic of	0.0%
138	El Salvador	0.0%
139	Qatar	0.0%
140	Lebanon	0.0%
141	Guinea-Bissau	0.0%
142	Slovenia	0.0%
143	Armenia	0.0%
144	Albania	0.0%
145	Gabon	0.0%
146	Brunei Darussalam	0.0%
147	Guyana	0.0%
148	Liberia	0.0%
149	Eswatini	0.0%
150	Lesotho	0.0%
151	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.0%
152	Hong Kong	0.0%
153	Cyprus	0.0%
154	Jamaica	0.0%
155	Iceland	0.0%
156	Republic of The Gambia	0.0%
157	Djibouti	0.0%
158	Timor-Leste	0.0%
159	Luxembourg	0.0%
160	Suriname	0.0%
161	Bahrain	0.0%
162	Bhutan	0.0%
163	Mauritius	0.0%
164	Fiji	0.0%
165	Montenegro	0.0%
166	Belize	0.0%
167	Cape Verde	0.0%
168	Vanuatu	0.0%
169	Comoros	0.0%
170	Macao	0.0%
171	Maldives	0.0%
172	Samoa	0.0%
173	Equatorial Guinea	0.0%
174	Bahamas	0.0%
175	Barbados	0.0%
176	Malta	0.0%
177	Andorra	0.0%
178	Seychelles	0.0%
179	Solomon Islands	0.0%
180	Palau	0.0%
181	Tonga	0.0%
182	Sao Tome and Principe	0.0%
183	Saint Lucia	0.0%
184	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.0%
185	Antigua and Barbuda	0.0%
186	Dominica	0.0%
187	Grenada	0.0%
188	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.0%
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.0%
190	Aruba	0.0%
191	Kiribati	0.0%
192	Liechtenstein	0.0%
193	Virgin Islands, British	0.0%
194	Cook Islands	0.0%
195	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.0%
196	Tuvalu	0.0%
197	Saint Helena	0.0%
198	Nauru	0.0%
199	Niue	0.0%
200	Marshall Islands	0.0%
201	Anguilla	0.0%

Showing 201 of 201 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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