Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Canada

Nitrous oxide emissions in Canada in 2024 — 44.74 Mt. Ranked 191 in the world out of 201. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,227.4%.

2024 44.74 Mt −0.26% vs 2023
World rank 191of 201
Period maximum 48.09 Mt1996
Period minimum 3.37 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Canada, 1850–20240204060185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 3.37 Mt1853: 3.54 Mt1856: 3.69 Mt1859: 3.79 Mt1862: 3.84 Mt1865: 3.88 Mt1868: 3.92 Mt1871: 4 Mt1874: 4.51 Mt1877: 5.2 Mt1880: 5.65 Mt1883: 5.81 Mt1886: 5.93 Mt1889: 6.04 Mt1892: 6.47 Mt1895: 6.73 Mt1898: 7 Mt1901: 7.27 Mt1904: 7.56 Mt1907: 7.85 Mt1910: 8.13 Mt1913: 8.41 Mt1916: 8.7 Mt1919: 8.98 Mt1922: 9.28 Mt1925: 9.58 Mt1928: 9.88 Mt1931: 10.13 Mt1934: 10.4 Mt1937: 10.7 Mt1940: 11.01 Mt1943: 12.48 Mt1946: 15.2 Mt1949: 17.53 Mt1952: 18.58 Mt1955: 19.92 Mt1958: 21.48 Mt1961: 23.04 Mt1964: 26.14 Mt1967: 28.81 Mt1970: 28.92 Mt1973: 35.42 Mt1976: 36.5 Mt1979: 41.07 Mt1982: 39 Mt1985: 39.9 Mt1988: 38.6 Mt1991: 42.13 Mt1994: 47.99 Mt1997: 41.08 Mt2000: 38.86 Mt2003: 39.31 Mt2006: 37.06 Mt2009: 37.8 Mt2012: 42.91 Mt2015: 42.07 Mt2018: 43.7 Mt2021: 43.14 Mt2024: 44.74 Mt
Change over the period: +41.37 (+1,227.45%) Average annual rate: 1.5 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Canada

Canada 44.74 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
High-income countries computed 782.61 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Canada, by year Canada All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 44.74 −0.12 −0.26%
2023 44.85 +1.65 +3.81%
2022 43.21 +0.07 +0.16%
2021 43.14 −1.15 −2.59%
2020 44.29 +1.91 +4.51%
2019 42.38 −1.32 −3.03%
2018 43.7 +1.86 +4.43%
2017 41.85 +0.75 +1.83%
2016 41.09 −0.98 −2.32%
2015 42.07 −0.02 −0.05%
2014 42.09 −0.59 −1.39%
2013 42.68 −0.23 −0.53%
2012 42.91 +1.79 +4.36%
2011 41.12 +2.3 +5.93%
2010 38.82 +1.02 +2.7%
2009 37.8 −1.59 −4.04%
2008 39.39 −1.23 −3.02%
2007 40.61 +3.55 +9.58%
2006 37.06 −2.61 −6.58%
2005 39.67 +1.04 +2.69%
2004 38.63 −0.68 −1.72%
2003 39.31 +0.75 +1.95%
2002 38.56 +0.74 +1.97%
2001 37.81 −1.05 −2.7%
2000 38.86 −1.39 −3.45%
1999 40.25 −1.1 −2.66%
1998 41.35 +0.27 +0.65%
1997 41.08 −7 −14.57%
1996 48.09 +0.2 +0.41%
1995 47.89 −0.1 −0.22%
1994 47.99 +4.14 +9.44%
1993 43.85 +1.69 +4.01%
1992 42.16 +0.04 +0.09%
1991 42.13 −2.81 −6.25%
1990 44.94 +0.5 +1.12%
1989 44.44 +5.84 +15.13%
1988 38.6 −0.21 −0.54%
1987 38.81 +2.05 +5.56%
1986 36.76 −3.14 −7.88%
1985 39.9 −5.88 −12.85%
1984 45.79 −1.88 −3.93%
1983 47.66 +8.66 +22.22%
1982 39 +0.48 +1.24%
1981 38.52 −1.62 −4.03%
1980 40.14 −0.94 −2.28%
1979 41.07 −1.79 −4.18%
1978 42.87 +2.93 +7.34%
1977 39.93 +3.43 +9.41%
1976 36.5 +2.07 +6%
1975 34.44 −2.44 −6.6%
1974 36.87 +1.45 +4.08%
1973 35.42 +4 +12.74%
1972 31.42 +0.94 +3.09%
1971 30.48 +1.56 +5.41%
1970 28.92 −0.76 −2.56%
1969 29.68 +0.57 +1.95%
1968 29.11 +0.3 +1.04%
1967 28.81 +0.26 +0.91%
1966 28.55 +1.16 +4.24%
1965 27.39 +1.24 +4.75%
1964 26.14 +0.58 +2.28%
1963 25.56 +1.1 +4.5%
1962 24.46 +1.42 +6.18%
1961 23.04 +0.5 +2.21%
1960 22.54 +0.52 +2.38%
1959 22.02 +0.53 +2.48%
1958 21.48 +0.53 +2.54%
1957 20.95 +0.52 +2.56%
1956 20.43 +0.51 +2.55%
1955 19.92 +0.48 +2.48%
1954 19.44 +0.45 +2.36%
1953 18.99 +0.41 +2.19%
1952 18.58 +0.36 +1.96%
1951 18.23 +0.3 +1.67%
1950 17.93 +0.4 +2.29%
1949 17.53 +0.63 +3.72%
1948 16.9 +0.79 +4.94%
1947 16.1 +0.9 +5.92%
1946 15.2 +0.94 +6.62%
1945 14.26 +0.93 +6.96%
1944 13.33 +0.85 +6.81%
1943 12.48 +0.71 +6.04%
1942 11.77 +0.51 +4.54%
1941 11.26 +0.25 +2.27%
1940 11.01 +0.1 +0.93%
1939 10.91 +0.1 +0.95%
1938 10.8 +0.1 +0.95%
1937 10.7 +0.1 +0.96%
1936 10.6 +0.1 +0.96%
1935 10.5 +0.1 +0.95%
1934 10.4 +0.1 +0.93%
1933 10.3 +0.09 +0.9%
1932 10.21 +0.09 +0.85%
1931 10.13 +0.08 +0.81%
1930 10.05 +0.08 +0.82%
1929 9.96 +0.09 +0.89%
1928 9.88 +0.09 +0.95%
1927 9.78 +0.1 +1.01%
1926 9.68 +0.1 +1.05%
1925 9.58 +0.1 +1.08%
1924 9.48 +0.1 +1.1%
1923 9.38 +0.1 +1.1%
1922 9.28 +0.1 +1.09%
1921 9.18 +0.1 +1.07%
1920 9.08 +0.1 +1.06%
1919 8.98 +0.1 +1.08%
1918 8.89 +0.1 +1.08%
1917 8.79 +0.1 +1.1%
1916 8.7 +0.1 +1.12%
1915 8.6 +0.1 +1.12%
1914 8.51 +0.1 +1.13%
1913 8.41 +0.09 +1.13%
1912 8.32 +0.09 +1.13%
1911 8.22 +0.09 +1.13%
1910 8.13 +0.09 +1.16%
1909 8.04 +0.09 +1.2%
1908 7.94 +0.1 +1.22%
1907 7.85 +0.1 +1.26%
1906 7.75 +0.1 +1.28%
1905 7.65 +0.1 +1.28%
1904 7.56 +0.1 +1.3%
1903 7.46 +0.1 +1.3%
1902 7.36 +0.09 +1.29%
1901 7.27 +0.09 +1.28%
1900 7.18 +0.09 +1.27%
1899 7.09 +0.09 +1.29%
1898 7 +0.09 +1.3%
1897 6.91 +0.09 +1.31%
1896 6.82 +0.09 +1.31%
1895 6.73 +0.09 +1.33%
1894 6.64 +0.09 +1.33%
1893 6.55 +0.09 +1.33%
1892 6.47 +0.09 +1.35%
1891 6.38 +0.09 +1.35%
1890 6.3 +0.26 +4.22%
1889 6.04 +0.04 +0.68%
1888 6 +0.04 +0.65%
1887 5.96 +0.04 +0.61%
1886 5.93 +0.04 +0.63%
1885 5.89 +0.04 +0.65%
1884 5.85 +0.04 +0.72%
1883 5.81 +0.05 +0.8%
1882 5.76 +0.05 +0.93%
1881 5.71 +0.06 +1.08%
1880 5.65 +0.1 +1.8%
1879 5.55 +0.16 +2.89%
1878 5.39 +0.2 +3.81%
1877 5.2 +0.22 +4.51%
1876 4.97 +0.24 +4.96%
1875 4.74 +0.23 +5.1%
1874 4.51 +0.21 +4.86%
1873 4.3 +0.17 +4.19%
1872 4.12 +0.12 +3.05%
1871 4 +0.05 +1.39%
1870 3.95 +0.02 +0.41%
1869 3.93 +0.02 +0.38%
1868 3.92 +0.01 +0.33%
1867 3.9 +0.01 +0.33%
1866 3.89 +0.01 +0.34%
1865 3.88 +0.01 +0.34%
1864 3.86 +0.01 +0.34%
1863 3.85 +0.01 +0.34%
1862 3.84 +0.01 +0.37%
1861 3.82 +0.02 +0.42%
1860 3.81 +0.02 +0.53%
1859 3.79 +0.03 +0.72%
1858 3.76 +0.03 +0.91%
1857 3.73 +0.04 +1.08%
1856 3.69 +0.04 +1.24%
1855 3.64 +0.05 +1.36%
1854 3.59 +0.05 +1.47%
1853 3.54 +0.06 +1.61%
1852 3.49 +0.06 +1.66%
1851 3.43 +0.06 +1.72%
1850 3.37

Northern America, 2024

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About the indicator

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions converted into carbon dioxide equivalent. The third greenhouse gas by contribution after CO2 and methane, and the most agricultural of the three: most of it forms in the soil after nitrogen fertilizer and manure are applied. It stays in the atmosphere for more than a century and destroys the ozone layer as well, so after the phase-out of CFCs it has remained the leading ozone-depleting substance.

Important: Estimates of emissions from soil are inevitably approximate: they depend on soil type, moisture and the way fertilizer is applied, and they are measured by models rather than by sensors.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.