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Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•203 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.7indicator value
Median: 0.1indicator value
Countries Covered
203
with available data
Highest
People's Republic of China
31.7indicator value
Lowest
Tuvalu
0.0indicator value
Top 5 Countries
1People's Republic of China31.7indicator value
2India18.9indicator value
3United States of America9.9indicator value
4Brazil3.8indicator value
5Indonesia3.8indicator value
By Region
North America3.5indicator value(4 countries)
Asia2.8indicator value(26 countries)
South America1.1indicator value(7 countries)
Africa1.0indicator value(9 countries)
Oceania0.6indicator value(2 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0indicator value)High (31.7indicator value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.7indicator value)

North America (4)
Asia (26)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Oceania (2)
Europe (31)
Other (124)

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 World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

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

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1People's Republic of China31.7indicator value
2India18.9indicator value
3United States of America9.9indicator value
4Brazil3.8indicator value
5Indonesia3.8indicator value
6Russian Federation3.1indicator value
7Pakistan2.6indicator value
8Japan2.5indicator value
9Mexico2.4indicator value
10Germany2.3indicator value
11Nigeria2.2indicator value
12United Kingdom2.0indicator value
13Bangladesh2.0indicator value
14Egypt1.9indicator value
15France1.9indicator value
16Türkiye1.7indicator value
17Vietnam1.7indicator value
18Colombia1.7indicator value
19Ethiopia1.6indicator value
20Spain1.5indicator value
21Philippines1.5indicator value
22Italy1.4indicator value
23Canada1.3indicator value
24South Korea1.2indicator value
25Islamic Republic of Iran1.2indicator value
26Australia1.0indicator value
27Argentina1.0indicator value
28Thailand0.9indicator value
29Poland0.9indicator value
30South Africa0.8indicator value
31Sudan0.8indicator value
32Algeria0.7indicator value
33Myanmar0.7indicator value
34United Republic of Tanzania0.7indicator value
35Ukraine0.6indicator value
36Morocco0.6indicator value
37Uzbekistan0.6indicator value
38Saudi Arabia0.6indicator value
39Netherlands0.6indicator value
40Iraq0.6indicator value
41Malaysia0.5indicator value
42Peru0.5indicator value
43Kenya0.5indicator value
44Democratic Republic of the Congo0.5indicator value
45Uganda0.5indicator value
46Nepal0.4indicator value
47Afghanistan0.4indicator value
48Niger0.4indicator value
49Ghana0.4indicator value
50Israel0.4indicator value
51Chile0.4indicator value
52Venezuela0.4indicator value
53Kazakhstan0.4indicator value
54Burkina Faso0.4indicator value
55Romania0.4indicator value
56Cameroon0.3indicator value
57Yemen0.3indicator value
58Cote d'Ivoire0.3indicator value
59Belgium0.3indicator value
60Senegal0.3indicator value
61Angola0.3indicator value
62Mali0.3indicator value
63Mozambique0.3indicator value
64Portugal0.3indicator value
65Czech Republic0.3indicator value
66Syrian Arab Republic0.3indicator value
67Sri Lanka0.3indicator value
68Austria0.3indicator value
69Malawi0.2indicator value
70Slovakia0.2indicator value
71Guatemala0.2indicator value
72Chad0.2indicator value
73United Arab Emirates0.2indicator value
74Ecuador0.2indicator value
75Tunisia0.2indicator value
76Belarus0.2indicator value
77Sweden0.2indicator value
78Denmark0.2indicator value
79Madagascar0.2indicator value
80Greece0.2indicator value
81Finland0.2indicator value
82Hungary0.2indicator value
83Zimbabwe0.2indicator value
84Cambodia0.2indicator value
85Switzerland0.2indicator value
86Azerbaijan0.2indicator value
87Hong Kong0.2indicator value
88Cuba0.2indicator value
89Dominican Republic0.2indicator value
90Benin0.2indicator value
91Bolivia0.2indicator value
92Zambia0.2indicator value
93Bosnia and Herzegovina0.2indicator value
94Guinea0.2indicator value
95Tajikistan0.1indicator value
96Ireland0.1indicator value
97New Zealand0.1indicator value
98Norway0.1indicator value
99Rwanda0.1indicator value
100Jordan0.1indicator value
101Somalia0.1indicator value
102Libya0.1indicator value
103Honduras0.1indicator value
104Bulgaria0.1indicator value
105Turkmenistan0.1indicator value
106Lao People's Democratic Republic0.1indicator value
107Kyrgyzstan0.1indicator value
108Albania0.1indicator value
109El Salvador0.1indicator value
110Lebanon0.1indicator value
111Papua New Guinea0.1indicator value
112Paraguay0.1indicator value
113Singapore0.1indicator value
114Burundi0.1indicator value
115Croatia0.1indicator value
116Haiti0.1indicator value
117Kuwait0.1indicator value
118Lithuania0.1indicator value
119Oman0.1indicator value
120The Republic of North Macedonia0.1indicator value
121Togo0.1indicator value
122Nicaragua0.1indicator value
123Qatar0.1indicator value
124Costa Rica0.1indicator value
125Sierra Leone0.1indicator value
126Mongolia0.1indicator value
127Mauritania0.1indicator value
128Panama0.1indicator value
129Uruguay0.1indicator value
130Georgia0.1indicator value
131Republic of the Congo0.1indicator value
132Eritrea0.1indicator value
133Moldova, Republic of0.1indicator value
134Central African Republic0.1indicator value
135Latvia0.1indicator value
136Armenia0.1indicator value
137Jamaica0.0indicator value
138Puerto Rico0.0indicator value
139Slovenia0.0indicator value
140Liberia0.0indicator value
141Estonia0.0indicator value
142Gabon0.0indicator value
143Namibia0.0indicator value
144Bahrain0.0indicator value
145Cyprus0.0indicator value
146Botswana0.0indicator value
147Republic of The Gambia0.0indicator value
148Mauritius0.0indicator value
149Trinidad and Tobago0.0indicator value
150Lesotho0.0indicator value
151Guinea-Bissau0.0indicator value
152Luxembourg0.0indicator value
153Eswatini0.0indicator value
154Belize0.0indicator value
155Timor-Leste0.0indicator value
156Guyana0.0indicator value
157Fiji0.0indicator value
158Djibouti0.0indicator value
159Macao0.0indicator value
160Equatorial Guinea0.0indicator value
161Bhutan0.0indicator value
162Iceland0.0indicator value
163Comoros0.0indicator value
164Maldives0.0indicator value
165Cape Verde0.0indicator value
166Suriname0.0indicator value
167Malta0.0indicator value
168Bahamas0.0indicator value
169Solomon Islands0.0indicator value
170French Polynesia0.0indicator value
171Barbados0.0indicator value
172New Caledonia0.0indicator value
173Vanuatu0.0indicator value
174Samoa0.0indicator value
175Saint Lucia0.0indicator value
176Guam0.0indicator value
177Tonga0.0indicator value
178Sao Tome and Principe0.0indicator value
179Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.0indicator value
180Seychelles0.0indicator value
181Kiribati0.0indicator value
182Grenada0.0indicator value
183Antigua and Barbuda0.0indicator value
184Micronesia, Federated States of0.0indicator value
185Dominica0.0indicator value
186Aruba0.0indicator value
187Greenland0.0indicator value
188Marshall Islands0.0indicator value
189Virgin Islands, U.S.0.0indicator value
190Faroe Islands0.0indicator value
191Northern Mariana Islands0.0indicator value
192Saint Kitts and Nevis0.0indicator value
193Cayman Islands0.0indicator value
194North Korea0.0indicator value
195American Samoa0.0indicator value
196Gibraltar0.0indicator value
197Turks and Caicos Islands0.0indicator value
198Bermuda0.0indicator value
199Palau0.0indicator value
200Virgin Islands, British0.0indicator value
201Brunei Darussalam0.0indicator value
202Nauru0.0indicator value
203Tuvalu0.0indicator value
Showing 203 of 203 countries

Topics

#environmental#indicator value#nitrous#oxide#n2o#emissions#from#waste#co2e

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2026).

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