Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — China

Nitrous oxide emissions in China in 2024 — 475.53 Mt. Ranked 201 in the world out of 201. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 7,977.7%.

2024 475.53 Mt +0.83% vs 2023
World rank 201of 201
Period maximum 475.53 Mt2024
Period minimum 5.89 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — China, 1850–20240200400600185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 5.89 Mt1853: 6.16 Mt1856: 6.39 Mt1859: 6.57 Mt1862: 6.68 Mt1865: 6.77 Mt1868: 6.87 Mt1871: 7.02 Mt1874: 7.73 Mt1877: 8.69 Mt1880: 9.33 Mt1883: 9.58 Mt1886: 9.78 Mt1889: 9.98 Mt1892: 10.77 Mt1895: 11.33 Mt1898: 11.94 Mt1901: 12.59 Mt1904: 13.3 Mt1907: 14.07 Mt1910: 14.91 Mt1913: 15.88 Mt1916: 16.98 Mt1919: 18.13 Mt1922: 19.24 Mt1925: 20.34 Mt1928: 21.53 Mt1931: 22.91 Mt1934: 24.59 Mt1937: 26.56 Mt1940: 28.8 Mt1943: 33.62 Mt1946: 41.41 Mt1949: 49.23 Mt1952: 55.97 Mt1955: 65.07 Mt1958: 75.11 Mt1961: 85.8 Mt1964: 101.48 Mt1967: 118.85 Mt1970: 133.67 Mt1973: 151.36 Mt1976: 160.85 Mt1979: 206.48 Mt1982: 219.64 Mt1985: 237.45 Mt1988: 280.19 Mt1991: 305.41 Mt1994: 319.73 Mt1997: 359.3 Mt2000: 372.3 Mt2003: 398.82 Mt2006: 447.93 Mt2009: 441.75 Mt2012: 460.65 Mt2015: 466.88 Mt2018: 461.26 Mt2021: 465.8 Mt2024: 475.53 Mt
Change over the period: +469.65 (+7,977.7%) Average annual rate: 2.56 %

Comparison, 2024

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

China 475.53 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
East Asia & Pacific computed 784.34 Mt
Eastern Asia computed 530.16 Mt
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1,073.32 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 475.53 +3.9 +0.83%
2023 471.64 +7.26 +1.56%
2022 464.38 −1.42 −0.3%
2021 465.8 +10.41 +2.29%
2020 455.39 +1.42 +0.31%
2019 453.97 −7.29 −1.58%
2018 461.26 −2.51 −0.54%
2017 463.77 −2.34 −0.5%
2016 466.11 −0.77 −0.16%
2015 466.88 +2.45 +0.53%
2014 464.42 +2.48 +0.54%
2013 461.95 +1.29 +0.28%
2012 460.65 +6.69 +1.47%
2011 453.96 +6.57 +1.47%
2010 447.39 +5.64 +1.28%
2009 441.75 −20.63 −4.46%
2008 462.39 +3.71 +0.81%
2007 458.68 +10.75 +2.4%
2006 447.93 +12.52 +2.87%
2005 435.41 +17.1 +4.09%
2004 418.32 +19.5 +4.89%
2003 398.82 +10.34 +2.66%
2002 388.48 +17.22 +4.64%
2001 371.26 −1.04 −0.28%
2000 372.3 −8.52 −2.24%
1999 380.82 +12.4 +3.37%
1998 368.42 +9.11 +2.54%
1997 359.3 −24.8 −6.46%
1996 384.1 +19.06 +5.22%
1995 365.04 +45.31 +14.17%
1994 319.73 +12.2 +3.97%
1993 307.53 −3.79 −1.22%
1992 311.31 +5.9 +1.93%
1991 305.41 +6.49 +2.17%
1990 298.93 +10.89 +3.78%
1989 288.04 +7.84 +2.8%
1988 280.19 +12.02 +4.48%
1987 268.17 +27.29 +11.33%
1986 240.88 +3.43 +1.45%
1985 237.45 −7.42 −3.03%
1984 244.87 +12.13 +5.21%
1983 232.73 +13.09 +5.96%
1982 219.64 +6.38 +2.99%
1981 213.26 −6.62 −3.01%
1980 219.87 +13.4 +6.49%
1979 206.48 +10.91 +5.58%
1978 195.57 +18.21 +10.27%
1977 177.36 +16.51 +10.26%
1976 160.85 +0.22 +0.13%
1975 160.64 +9.08 +5.99%
1974 151.56 +0.2 +0.13%
1973 151.36 +6.87 +4.75%
1972 144.49 +6.74 +4.89%
1971 137.75 +4.09 +3.06%
1970 133.67 +7.11 +5.62%
1969 126.56 +4.29 +3.51%
1968 122.27 +3.41 +2.87%
1967 118.85 +0.05 +0.04%
1966 118.8 +9.81 +9%
1965 108.99 +7.51 +7.4%
1964 101.48 +7.6 +8.09%
1963 93.89 +5.43 +6.14%
1962 88.45 +2.65 +3.09%
1961 85.8 +4.4 +5.4%
1960 81.4 +3.06 +3.9%
1959 78.34 +3.23 +4.3%
1958 75.11 +3.33 +4.65%
1957 71.78 +3.37 +4.92%
1956 68.41 +3.33 +5.12%
1955 65.07 +3.23 +5.22%
1954 61.84 +3.06 +5.2%
1953 58.79 +2.82 +5.03%
1952 55.97 +2.51 +4.69%
1951 53.47 +2.12 +4.14%
1950 51.34 +2.11 +4.28%
1949 49.23 +2.43 +5.2%
1948 46.8 +2.65 +5.99%
1947 44.16 +2.75 +6.64%
1946 41.41 +2.75 +7.1%
1945 38.66 +2.63 +7.31%
1944 36.03 +2.41 +7.18%
1943 33.62 +2.08 +6.6%
1942 31.53 +1.64 +5.5%
1941 29.89 +1.09 +3.8%
1940 28.8 +0.77 +2.75%
1939 28.03 +0.75 +2.73%
1938 27.28 +0.72 +2.7%
1937 26.56 +0.69 +2.66%
1936 25.88 +0.66 +2.61%
1935 25.22 +0.63 +2.55%
1934 24.59 +0.59 +2.48%
1933 24 +0.56 +2.39%
1932 23.44 +0.52 +2.29%
1931 22.91 +0.49 +2.18%
1930 22.42 +0.46 +2.08%
1929 21.97 +0.43 +2.01%
1928 21.53 +0.41 +1.95%
1927 21.12 +0.4 +1.91%
1926 20.73 +0.38 +1.88%
1925 20.34 +0.37 +1.87%
1924 19.97 +0.37 +1.87%
1923 19.6 +0.36 +1.89%
1922 19.24 +0.36 +1.93%
1921 18.87 +0.37 +1.99%
1920 18.5 +0.38 +2.07%
1919 18.13 +0.38 +2.15%
1918 17.75 +0.38 +2.21%
1917 17.36 +0.38 +2.25%
1916 16.98 +0.38 +2.28%
1915 16.6 +0.37 +2.28%
1914 16.23 +0.36 +2.25%
1913 15.88 +0.34 +2.21%
1912 15.53 +0.32 +2.13%
1911 15.21 +0.3 +2.02%
1910 14.91 +0.29 +1.96%
1909 14.62 +0.28 +1.95%
1908 14.34 +0.27 +1.93%
1907 14.07 +0.27 +1.92%
1906 13.81 +0.26 +1.9%
1905 13.55 +0.25 +1.9%
1904 13.3 +0.24 +1.87%
1903 13.05 +0.24 +1.84%
1902 12.82 +0.23 +1.83%
1901 12.59 +0.22 +1.8%
1900 12.36 +0.22 +1.79%
1899 12.15 +0.21 +1.77%
1898 11.94 +0.21 +1.77%
1897 11.73 +0.2 +1.75%
1896 11.53 +0.2 +1.74%
1895 11.33 +0.19 +1.72%
1894 11.14 +0.19 +1.71%
1893 10.95 +0.18 +1.69%
1892 10.77 +0.18 +1.66%
1891 10.59 +0.17 +1.64%
1890 10.42 +0.44 +4.43%
1889 9.98 +0.07 +0.71%
1888 9.91 +0.07 +0.66%
1887 9.84 +0.06 +0.64%
1886 9.78 +0.06 +0.65%
1885 9.72 +0.06 +0.67%
1884 9.65 +0.07 +0.72%
1883 9.58 +0.07 +0.79%
1882 9.51 +0.09 +0.9%
1881 9.42 +0.09 +1.02%
1880 9.33 +0.15 +1.58%
1879 9.18 +0.22 +2.47%
1878 8.96 +0.28 +3.19%
1877 8.69 +0.31 +3.7%
1876 8.38 +0.32 +4.04%
1875 8.05 +0.32 +4.11%
1874 7.73 +0.29 +3.91%
1873 7.44 +0.24 +3.38%
1872 7.2 +0.18 +2.51%
1871 7.02 +0.09 +1.25%
1870 6.94 +0.04 +0.51%
1869 6.9 +0.03 +0.5%
1868 6.87 +0.03 +0.47%
1867 6.84 +0.03 +0.47%
1866 6.8 +0.03 +0.46%
1865 6.77 +0.03 +0.46%
1864 6.74 +0.03 +0.46%
1863 6.71 +0.03 +0.48%
1862 6.68 +0.03 +0.5%
1861 6.65 +0.03 +0.53%
1860 6.61 +0.04 +0.62%
1859 6.57 +0.05 +0.78%
1858 6.52 +0.06 +0.91%
1857 6.46 +0.07 +1.05%
1856 6.39 +0.07 +1.16%
1855 6.32 +0.08 +1.27%
1854 6.24 +0.08 +1.36%
1853 6.16 +0.09 +1.45%
1852 6.07 +0.09 +1.51%
1851 5.98 +0.09 +1.55%
1850 5.89

Eastern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.