Nitrous oxide emissions are emissions from agricultural biomass burning, industrial activities, and livestock management. Each year of data shows the percentage change to that year from 1990.
Source: World Bank staff estimates from original source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)/Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR): http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/.
Top 10 Countries with Highest % of Nitrous oxide emissions (% change from 1990) :
American Samoa 2457.90%Turks and Caicos Islands 240.57%
Maldives 197.09%
St. Kitts and Nevis 119.85%
Grenada 110.24%
Singapore 97.59%
Equatorial Guinea 97.20%
Gibraltar 94.54%
Bolivia 91.39%
Vietnam 89.08%
Countries with Lowest % of Nitrous oxide emissions (% change from 1990) :
Puerto Rico -35.17%Zambia -37.09%
Slovak Republic -37.16%
Croatia -41.50%
Belarus -42.88%
Togo -43.06%
Central African Republic -44.47%
United Kingdom -44.54%
Kazakhstan -45.93%
Botswana -48.70%
| Country | % | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| American Samoa | 2457.90% | ↓ |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 240.57% | ↓ |
| Maldives | 197.09% | ↓ |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 119.85% | ↑ |
| Grenada | 110.24% | ↓ |
| Singapore | 97.59% | ↓ |
| Equatorial Guinea | 97.20% | ↓ |
| Gibraltar | 94.54% | ↓ |
| Bolivia | 91.39% | ↑ |
| Vietnam | 89.08% | ↓ |
| Turkmenistan | 84.29% | ↓ |
| Lao PDR | 84.06% | ↓ |
| Timor-Leste | 83.98% | ↓ |
| Lebanon | 70.53% | ↑ |
| Cambodia | 70.24% | ↓ |
| Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 68.25% | ↓ |
| Rwanda | 67.50% | ↓ |
| Oman | 66.46% | ↓ |
| Cayman Islands | 60.59% | ↓ |
| Haiti | 58.61% | ↓ |
| Bahamas, The | 55.09% | ↓ |
| Liberia | 54.72% | ↓ |
| Seychelles | 53.77% | ↓ |
| Yemen, Rep. | 53.20% | ↓ |
| Chile | 52.42% | ↓ |
| Guatemala | 51.68% | ↓ |
| Cabo Verde | 49.76% | ↓ |
| Bahrain | 49.73% | ↓ |
| Burkina Faso | 48.44% | ↓ |
| Namibia | 47.96% | ↑ |
| Mauritania | 46.06% | ↓ |
| Pakistan | 43.85% | ↓ |
| Ecuador | 43.64% | ↓ |
| Tuvalu | 42.52% | ↑ |
| Brazil | 40.84% | ↑ |
| Gabon | 40.33% | ↓ |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 39.86% | ↑ |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 39.53% | ↓ |
| Kiribati | 36.62% | ↓ |
| Jamaica | 36.04% | ↑ |
| Mali | 34.56% | ↓ |
| China | 32.36% | ↓ |
| Bangladesh | 30.82% | ↓ |
| Peru | 30.63% | ↓ |
| United Arab Emirates | 30.19% | ↓ |
| Guinea-Bissau | 30.05% | ↓ |
| Djibouti | 29.95% | ↓ |
| Senegal | 29.47% | ↓ |
| Chad | 27.26% | ↓ |
| Korea, Rep. | 25.75% | ↓ |
| Guam | 24.93% | ↓ |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 24.65% | ↓ |
| Philippines | 24.64% | ↓ |
| Argentina | 24.56% | ↓ |
| Israel | 23.58% | ↑ |
| Nepal | 23.57% | ↓ |
| India | 23.35% | ↓ |
| Sudan | 23.19% | ↓ |
| Somalia | 23.02% | ↑ |
| Comoros | 22.84% | ↓ |
| Afghanistan | 21.98% | ↓ |
| New Zealand | 21.91% | ↑ |
| Macao SAR, China | 21.13% | ↓ |
| Nauru | 20.41% | ↓ |
| Greenland | 20.40% | ↓ |
| Cyprus | 20.36% | ↓ |
| Bhutan | 20.04% | ↓ |
| Indonesia | 19.62% | ↑ |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.34% | ↑ |
| British Virgin Islands | 19.20% | ↓ |
| Sri Lanka | 18.10% | ↓ |
| Venezuela, RB | 16.91% | ↓ |
| Vanuatu | 16.89% | ↑ |
| Panama | 16.51% | ↓ |
| Uruguay | 16.16% | ↓ |
| Thailand | 15.83% | ↓ |
| Honduras | 15.51% | ↓ |
| Tonga | 14.92% | ↑ |
| Samoa | 14.51% | ↓ |
| Eritrea | 14.44% | ↓ |
| Algeria | 13.82% | ↓ |
| Kenya | 12.95% | ↓ |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 11.89% | ↓ |
| Ethiopia | 11.51% | ↓ |
| Nigeria | 11.49% | ↓ |
| Australia | 10.69% | ↑ |
| Gambia, The | 9.57% | ↓ |
| Luxembourg | 9.44% | ↓ |
| Bermuda | 9.25% | ↓ |
| Turkey | 8.87% | ↓ |
| Dominican Republic | 8.14% | ↑ |
| Hong Kong SAR, China | 7.76% | ↓ |
| Morocco | 7.52% | ↑ |
| Palau | 7.04% | ↓ |
| South Africa | 6.64% | ↑ |
| Nicaragua | 6.61% | ↓ |
| French Polynesia | 6.56% | ↑ |
| Colombia | 6.26% | ↓ |
| Fiji | 6.18% | ↑ |
| Suriname | 5.91% | ↑ |
| Faroe Islands | 4.80% | ↓ |
| El Salvador | 4.77% | ↑ |
| St. Lucia | 4.74% | ↓ |
| Belize | 4.57% | ↓ |
| Malaysia | 4.52% | ↓ |
| Kuwait | 4.20% | ↓ |
| Marshall Islands | 3.83% | ↓ |
| Spain | 1.65% | ↑ |
| Tunisia | 0.70% | ↓ |
| Isle of Man | 0.00% | ↑ |
| West Bank and Gaza | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Channel Islands | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Andorra | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Liechtenstein | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Montenegro | 0.00% | ↑ |
| San Marino | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Monaco | 0.00% | ↑ |
| St. Martin (French part) | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Kosovo | 0.00% | ↑ |
| South Sudan | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Curaçao | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 0.00% | ↑ |
| São Tomé and Principe | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Niger | -0.78% | ↓ |
| Mauritius | -0.91% | ↓ |
| Guyana | -0.93% | ↓ |
| Saudi Arabia | -1.49% | ↑ |
| Poland | -1.86% | ↑ |
| Portugal | -1.86% | ↑ |
| Canada | -2.26% | ↑ |
| New Caledonia | -2.85% | ↑ |
| United States | -3.01% | ↑ |
| Jordan | -3.94% | ↑ |
| Malta | -4.02% | ↑ |
| Iceland | -5.35% | ↑ |
| Guinea | -5.43% | ↓ |
| Uganda | -6.00% | ↓ |
| Mexico | -6.18% | ↓ |
| Burundi | -6.48% | ↓ |
| Libya | -6.62% | ↓ |
| Paraguay | -7.76% | ↓ |
| Italy | -7.78% | ↑ |
| Finland | -7.94% | ↑ |
| Azerbaijan | -8.29% | ↓ |
| Myanmar | -8.89% | ↑ |
| Malawi | -9.49% | ↓ |
| Sierra Leone | -10.54% | ↓ |
| Tanzania | -11.23% | ↑ |
| Ireland | -11.76% | ↓ |
| Slovenia | -11.77% | ↓ |
| Cameroon | -11.80% | ↓ |
| Uzbekistan | -12.02% | ↓ |
| Eswatini | -12.20% | ↓ |
| Norway | -12.40% | ↑ |
| Tajikistan | -12.72% | ↓ |
| Belgium | -12.86% | ↓ |
| Papua New Guinea | -14.20% | ↑ |
| Sweden | -14.28% | ↑ |
| Switzerland | -14.52% | ↑ |
| Benin | -16.02% | ↓ |
| Madagascar | -17.31% | ↓ |
| Iraq | -19.15% | ↓ |
| Zimbabwe | -19.48% | ↑ |
| Lesotho | -20.74% | ↑ |
| Barbados | -21.32% | ↓ |
| Congo, Rep. | -21.51% | ↑ |
| Costa Rica | -22.29% | ↓ |
| Austria | -22.30% | ↑ |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | -22.47% | ↓ |
| Japan | -22.92% | ↑ |
| Denmark | -23.89% | ↑ |
| Mozambique | -23.99% | ↑ |
| Netherlands | -25.03% | ↑ |
| Greece | -26.23% | ↑ |
| Lithuania | -26.83% | ↓ |
| Armenia | -26.98% | ↓ |
| Germany | -27.11% | ↑ |
| Solomon Islands | -28.75% | ↑ |
| Ghana | -29.34% | ↓ |
| Cuba | -30.08% | ↑ |
| North Macedonia | -30.64% | ↑ |
| Dominica | -30.65% | ↓ |
| Georgia | -31.62% | ↓ |
| Czech Republic | -31.66% | ↓ |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | -33.42% | ↓ |
| Hungary | -33.66% | ↑ |
| Albania | -34.03% | ↓ |
| Mongolia | -34.37% | ↓ |
| France | -34.45% | ↑ |
| Brunei Darussalam | -35.11% | ↑ |
| Puerto Rico | -35.17% | ↓ |
| Zambia | -37.09% | ↑ |
| Slovak Republic | -37.16% | ↓ |
| Croatia | -41.50% | ↓ |
| Belarus | -42.88% | ↓ |
| Togo | -43.06% | ↓ |
| Central African Republic | -44.47% | ↓ |
| United Kingdom | -44.54% | ↑ |
| Kazakhstan | -45.93% | ↓ |
| Botswana | -48.70% | ↑ |
| Romania | -48.98% | ↑ |
| Ukraine | -51.05% | ↑ |
| Moldova | -51.15% | ↑ |
| Russian Federation | -51.77% | ↑ |
| Kyrgyz Republic | -53.65% | ↓ |
| Bulgaria | -55.01% | ↓ |
| Trinidad and Tobago | -55.56% | ↓ |
| Estonia | -57.29% | ↓ |
| Aruba | -57.60% | ↓ |
| Latvia | -59.08% | ↓ |
| Virgin Islands (U.S.) | -65.26% | ↓ |
| Northern Mariana Islands | -67.22% | ↓ |
| Qatar | -81.07% | ↓ |
| Angola | -82.72% | ↓ |
| Serbia | -100.00% | ↓ |