environmental2024
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.
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Key Insights
Global Average
93.6% change from 1990
Median: 43.1% change from 1990
Countries Covered
203
with available data
Highest
Turks and Caicos Islands
4,500.0% change from 1990
Lowest
North Korea
-71.7% change from 1990
Top 5 Countries
1Turks and Caicos Islands4,500.0% change from 1990
2Brunei Darussalam933.6% change from 1990
3Chad726.5% change from 1990
4Qatar532.3% change from 1990
5Maldives529.2% change from 1990
By Region
Other126.0% change from 1990(124 countries)
Asia102.8% change from 1990(26 countries)
Africa95.8% change from 1990(9 countries)
South America58.5% change from 1990(7 countries)
North America40.5% change from 1990(4 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (-71.7% change from 1990)High (4,500.0% change from 1990)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 93.6% change from 1990)
Other (124)
Asia (26)
Africa (9)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Oceania (2)
Europe (31)
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 World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. 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 ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,500.0% change from 1990 |
| 2 | Brunei Darussalam | 933.6% change from 1990 |
| 3 | Chad | 726.5% change from 1990 |
| 4 | Qatar | 532.3% change from 1990 |
| 5 | Maldives | 529.2% change from 1990 |
| 6 | Northern Mariana Islands | 500.0% change from 1990 |
| 7 | Malawi | 357.5% change from 1990 |
| 8 | Marshall Islands | 333.3% change from 1990 |
| 9 | Niger | 326.0% change from 1990 |
| 10 | Guinea | 248.7% change from 1990 |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 247.8% change from 1990 |
| 12 | Oman | 246.7% change from 1990 |
| 13 | Mali | 242.9% change from 1990 |
| 14 | Gibraltar | 240.0% change from 1990 |
| 15 | Turkmenistan | 217.7% change from 1990 |
| 16 | Guam | 211.1% change from 1990 |
| 17 | Uganda | 205.3% change from 1990 |
| 18 | Vietnam | 202.6% change from 1990 |
| 19 | Bolivia | 199.0% change from 1990 |
| 20 | Kuwait | 194.4% change from 1990 |
| 21 | Bahrain | 192.4% change from 1990 |
| 22 | Cayman Islands | 183.3% change from 1990 |
| 23 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 182.5% change from 1990 |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 174.9% change from 1990 |
| 25 | Benin | 171.7% change from 1990 |
| 26 | Sao Tome and Principe | 168.6% change from 1990 |
| 27 | Togo | 167.4% change from 1990 |
| 28 | Equatorial Guinea | 157.0% change from 1990 |
| 29 | United Republic of Tanzania | 154.4% change from 1990 |
| 30 | Pakistan | 154.1% change from 1990 |
| 31 | Ghana | 153.0% change from 1990 |
| 32 | Greenland | 150.0% change from 1990 |
| 33 | Nauru | 150.0% change from 1990 |
| 34 | Guatemala | 145.3% change from 1990 |
| 35 | Timor-Leste | 138.1% change from 1990 |
| 36 | Burkina Faso | 138.1% change from 1990 |
| 37 | Nigeria | 134.6% change from 1990 |
| 38 | Burundi | 129.5% change from 1990 |
| 39 | Aruba | 127.3% change from 1990 |
| 40 | Jordan | 126.8% change from 1990 |
| 41 | India | 122.6% change from 1990 |
| 42 | Seychelles | 120.2% change from 1990 |
| 43 | Belize | 117.9% change from 1990 |
| 44 | Cote d'Ivoire | 116.8% change from 1990 |
| 45 | Brazil | 116.6% change from 1990 |
| 46 | Senegal | 113.3% change from 1990 |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 110.6% change from 1990 |
| 48 | Yemen | 110.3% change from 1990 |
| 49 | Algeria | 107.5% change from 1990 |
| 50 | Philippines | 107.2% change from 1990 |
| 51 | Kenya | 106.7% change from 1990 |
| 52 | Sudan | 103.1% change from 1990 |
| 53 | Saudi Arabia | 102.0% change from 1990 |
| 54 | Liberia | 101.7% change from 1990 |
| 55 | Bangladesh | 97.4% change from 1990 |
| 56 | Kiribati | 97.2% change from 1990 |
| 57 | Egypt | 96.8% change from 1990 |
| 58 | Republic of the Congo | 93.6% change from 1990 |
| 59 | New Caledonia | 92.8% change from 1990 |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 91.2% change from 1990 |
| 61 | American Samoa | 90.9% change from 1990 |
| 62 | Mauritania | 90.7% change from 1990 |
| 63 | Malaysia | 89.0% change from 1990 |
| 64 | Indonesia | 88.1% change from 1990 |
| 65 | Nicaragua | 86.6% change from 1990 |
| 66 | Afghanistan | 86.0% change from 1990 |
| 67 | Peru | 85.9% change from 1990 |
| 68 | Comoros | 84.5% change from 1990 |
| 69 | Virgin Islands, British | 80.0% change from 1990 |
| 70 | Macao | 79.5% change from 1990 |
| 71 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 79.1% change from 1990 |
| 72 | Rwanda | 75.4% change from 1990 |
| 73 | Uzbekistan | 74.9% change from 1990 |
| 74 | Guinea-Bissau | 73.3% change from 1990 |
| 75 | Paraguay | 73.3% change from 1990 |
| 76 | Iraq | 73.1% change from 1990 |
| 77 | Guyana | 73.0% change from 1990 |
| 78 | Haiti | 72.9% change from 1990 |
| 79 | Honduras | 72.4% change from 1990 |
| 80 | Gabon | 70.0% change from 1990 |
| 81 | Mongolia | 68.7% change from 1990 |
| 82 | Lebanon | 68.3% change from 1990 |
| 83 | Myanmar | 68.3% change from 1990 |
| 84 | Tuvalu | 66.7% change from 1990 |
| 85 | Namibia | 65.7% change from 1990 |
| 86 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 63.5% change from 1990 |
| 87 | People's Republic of China | 62.7% change from 1990 |
| 88 | Tajikistan | 62.5% change from 1990 |
| 89 | Singapore | 59.9% change from 1990 |
| 90 | Trinidad and Tobago | 57.1% change from 1990 |
| 91 | Grenada | 56.5% change from 1990 |
| 92 | Cape Verde | 56.0% change from 1990 |
| 93 | Bahamas | 54.8% change from 1990 |
| 94 | Türkiye | 52.7% change from 1990 |
| 95 | Nepal | 51.0% change from 1990 |
| 96 | Solomon Islands | 47.8% change from 1990 |
| 97 | Libya | 47.2% change from 1990 |
| 98 | Uruguay | 47.0% change from 1990 |
| 99 | Chile | 45.2% change from 1990 |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 44.7% change from 1990 |
| 101 | Tunisia | 43.5% change from 1990 |
| 102 | Cambodia | 43.1% change from 1990 |
| 103 | Israel | 42.8% change from 1990 |
| 104 | Angola | 42.7% change from 1990 |
| 105 | Panama | 42.6% change from 1990 |
| 106 | Ecuador | 42.4% change from 1990 |
| 107 | South Korea | 40.9% change from 1990 |
| 108 | Cameroon | 39.2% change from 1990 |
| 109 | Saint Lucia | 38.4% change from 1990 |
| 110 | Argentina | 38.2% change from 1990 |
| 111 | Zambia | 36.7% change from 1990 |
| 112 | Mozambique | 35.4% change from 1990 |
| 113 | Djibouti | 35.3% change from 1990 |
| 114 | Eritrea | 34.5% change from 1990 |
| 115 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 34.2% change from 1990 |
| 116 | Colombia | 33.9% change from 1990 |
| 117 | Papua New Guinea | 33.4% change from 1990 |
| 118 | Thailand | 32.8% change from 1990 |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 32.7% change from 1990 |
| 120 | Tonga | 31.3% change from 1990 |
| 121 | Australia | 30.9% change from 1990 |
| 122 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 30.4% change from 1990 |
| 123 | Suriname | 30.3% change from 1990 |
| 124 | Morocco | 29.6% change from 1990 |
| 125 | Dominica | 27.5% change from 1990 |
| 126 | Republic of The Gambia | 26.2% change from 1990 |
| 127 | Bhutan | 23.2% change from 1990 |
| 128 | Costa Rica | 21.6% change from 1990 |
| 129 | Puerto Rico | 19.7% change from 1990 |
| 130 | Mexico | 18.4% change from 1990 |
| 131 | Cyprus | 18.1% change from 1990 |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.2% change from 1990 |
| 133 | South Africa | 16.6% change from 1990 |
| 134 | Samoa | 12.9% change from 1990 |
| 135 | New Zealand | 12.4% change from 1990 |
| 136 | Mauritius | 8.0% change from 1990 |
| 137 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.8% change from 1990 |
| 138 | Central African Republic | 7.5% change from 1990 |
| 139 | Venezuela | 7.2% change from 1990 |
| 140 | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.8% change from 1990 |
| 141 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.7% change from 1990 |
| 142 | Faroe Islands | 5.0% change from 1990 |
| 143 | Somalia | 4.0% change from 1990 |
| 144 | Hong Kong | 3.7% change from 1990 |
| 145 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.1% change from 1990 |
| 146 | Belarus | 2.7% change from 1990 |
| 147 | Finland | 2.0% change from 1990 |
| 148 | Canada | 1.7% change from 1990 |
| 149 | Barbados | 0.8% change from 1990 |
| 150 | Bermuda | 0.0% change from 1990 |
| 151 | Belgium | -0.7% change from 1990 |
| 152 | Poland | -1.0% change from 1990 |
| 153 | United States of America | -3.5% change from 1990 |
| 154 | Lithuania | -4.1% change from 1990 |
| 155 | Madagascar | -4.3% change from 1990 |
| 156 | Estonia | -4.3% change from 1990 |
| 157 | Zimbabwe | -4.4% change from 1990 |
| 158 | El Salvador | -4.6% change from 1990 |
| 159 | French Polynesia | -4.9% change from 1990 |
| 160 | Eswatini | -6.3% change from 1990 |
| 161 | Spain | -6.7% change from 1990 |
| 162 | Latvia | -7.3% change from 1990 |
| 163 | Sweden | -8.0% change from 1990 |
| 164 | Ireland | -10.3% change from 1990 |
| 165 | Georgia | -10.8% change from 1990 |
| 166 | Luxembourg | -11.1% change from 1990 |
| 167 | Vanuatu | -11.3% change from 1990 |
| 168 | Lesotho | -11.8% change from 1990 |
| 169 | Jamaica | -12.7% change from 1990 |
| 170 | Russian Federation | -15.6% change from 1990 |
| 171 | Fiji | -15.9% change from 1990 |
| 172 | Slovakia | -16.5% change from 1990 |
| 173 | Moldova, Republic of | -17.2% change from 1990 |
| 174 | Kyrgyzstan | -19.2% change from 1990 |
| 175 | Switzerland | -19.3% change from 1990 |
| 176 | Iceland | -21.2% change from 1990 |
| 177 | Palau | -21.3% change from 1990 |
| 178 | Botswana | -21.8% change from 1990 |
| 179 | Norway | -22.3% change from 1990 |
| 180 | Portugal | -23.5% change from 1990 |
| 181 | Kazakhstan | -24.8% change from 1990 |
| 182 | Malta | -25.5% change from 1990 |
| 183 | Austria | -25.9% change from 1990 |
| 184 | Armenia | -28.2% change from 1990 |
| 185 | United Kingdom | -28.8% change from 1990 |
| 186 | Croatia | -29.7% change from 1990 |
| 187 | Slovenia | -34.8% change from 1990 |
| 188 | Denmark | -35.7% change from 1990 |
| 189 | Albania | -38.8% change from 1990 |
| 190 | Netherlands | -39.8% change from 1990 |
| 191 | Romania | -41.7% change from 1990 |
| 192 | Bulgaria | -42.8% change from 1990 |
| 193 | France | -43.0% change from 1990 |
| 194 | Japan | -43.2% change from 1990 |
| 195 | Greece | -44.4% change from 1990 |
| 196 | Hungary | -46.1% change from 1990 |
| 197 | Italy | -48.8% change from 1990 |
| 198 | Czech Republic | -50.1% change from 1990 |
| 199 | Cuba | -54.3% change from 1990 |
| 200 | Germany | -54.5% change from 1990 |
| 201 | The Republic of North Macedonia | -57.4% change from 1990 |
| 202 | Ukraine | -62.0% change from 1990 |
| 203 | North Korea | -71.7% change from 1990 |
Showing 203 of 203 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).
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