Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Europe & Central Asia

Nitrous oxide emissions in Europe & Central Asia in 2024 — 469.71 Mt. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 980.6%.

2024 469.71 Mt −0.68% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 732.69 Mt1984
Period minimum 43.47 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Europe & Central Asia, 1850–20240200400600800185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 43.47 Mt1853: 45.68 Mt1856: 47.57 Mt1859: 48.88 Mt1862: 49.52 Mt1865: 50.01 Mt1868: 50.52 Mt1871: 51.62 Mt1874: 58.16 Mt1877: 67.09 Mt1880: 72.98 Mt1883: 75.05 Mt1886: 76.55 Mt1889: 78.06 Mt1892: 83.16 Mt1895: 90.14 Mt1898: 94.97 Mt1901: 96.97 Mt1904: 96.71 Mt1907: 95.93 Mt1910: 96.34 Mt1913: 101.49 Mt1916: 110.78 Mt1919: 119.74 Mt1922: 126.36 Mt1925: 134.7 Mt1928: 142.35 Mt1931: 146.45 Mt1934: 147.91 Mt1937: 149.36 Mt1940: 153.07 Mt1943: 184.02 Mt1946: 242.27 Mt1949: 292.69 Mt1952: 318.21 Mt1955: 354.61 Mt1958: 397.4 Mt1961: 454.91 Mt1964: 506.6 Mt1967: 579.47 Mt1970: 598.85 Mt1973: 665.5 Mt1976: 697.62 Mt1979: 721.94 Mt1982: 717.35 Mt1985: 722.69 Mt1988: 712.27 Mt1991: 632.05 Mt1994: 556.85 Mt1997: 532.18 Mt2000: 494.51 Mt2003: 486.56 Mt2006: 476.1 Mt2009: 457.06 Mt2012: 468.97 Mt2015: 481.07 Mt2018: 486.85 Mt2021: 496.52 Mt2024: 469.71 Mt
Change over the period: +426.24 (+980.59%) Average annual rate: 1.38 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia

Europe & Central Asia 469.71 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Europe & Central Asia, by year Europe & Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 469.71 −3.19 −0.68%
2023 472.9 −2.75 −0.58%
2022 475.65 −20.87 −4.2%
2021 496.52 +5.33 +1.08%
2020 491.2 −0.35 −0.07%
2019 491.55 +4.7 +0.96%
2018 486.85 −4.77 −0.97%
2017 491.62 +5.51 +1.13%
2016 486.11 +5.04 +1.05%
2015 481.07 +1.21 +0.25%
2014 479.86 +5.92 +1.25%
2013 473.94 +4.96 +1.06%
2012 468.97 +0.08 +0.02%
2011 468.9 +4.05 +0.87%
2010 464.85 +7.79 +1.7%
2009 457.06 −13.5 −2.87%
2008 470.56 −8.54 −1.78%
2007 479.1 +2.99 +0.63%
2006 476.1 −3.45 −0.72%
2005 479.55 −4.36 −0.9%
2004 483.91 −2.64 −0.54%
2003 486.56 −0.95 −0.19%
2002 487.51 +1.33 +0.27%
2001 486.18 −8.33 −1.68%
2000 494.51 +2.88 +0.59%
1999 491.63 −6.53 −1.31%
1998 498.16 −34.02 −6.39%
1997 532.18 −19.48 −3.53%
1996 551.66 +2.5 +0.46%
1995 549.16 −7.69 −1.38%
1994 556.85 −18.88 −3.28%
1993 575.73 −23.3 −3.89%
1992 599.03 −33.02 −5.22%
1991 632.05 −22.1 −3.38%
1990 654.15 −40.88 −5.88%
1989 695.03 −17.24 −2.42%
1988 712.27 −12.63 −1.74%
1987 724.9 +3.75 +0.52%
1986 721.15 −1.54 −0.21%
1985 722.69 −10 −1.36%
1984 732.69 +2.9 +0.4%
1983 729.78 +12.43 +1.73%
1982 717.35 +2.44 +0.34%
1981 714.92 −8.65 −1.2%
1980 723.57 +1.63 +0.23%
1979 721.94 +0.17 +0.02%
1978 721.78 +18.42 +2.62%
1977 703.36 +5.74 +0.82%
1976 697.62 +6.42 +0.93%
1975 691.2 +5.53 +0.81%
1974 685.67 +20.17 +3.03%
1973 665.5 +34.33 +5.44%
1972 631.17 +13.94 +2.26%
1971 617.23 +18.38 +3.07%
1970 598.85 −14.74 −2.4%
1969 613.59 +13.41 +2.23%
1968 600.18 +20.71 +3.57%
1967 579.47 +23.75 +4.27%
1966 555.72 +27.61 +5.23%
1965 528.11 +21.51 +4.25%
1964 506.6 +16.01 +3.26%
1963 490.59 +15.53 +3.27%
1962 475.06 +20.15 +4.43%
1961 454.91 +29.65 +6.97%
1960 425.26 +13.65 +3.32%
1959 411.61 +14.21 +3.58%
1958 397.4 +14.45 +3.77%
1957 382.95 +14.37 +3.9%
1956 368.59 +13.97 +3.94%
1955 354.61 +13.27 +3.89%
1954 341.35 +12.24 +3.72%
1953 329.11 +10.9 +3.43%
1952 318.21 +9.24 +2.99%
1951 308.96 +7.27 +2.41%
1950 301.69 +9 +3.08%
1949 292.69 +13.77 +4.94%
1948 278.92 +17.24 +6.59%
1947 261.69 +19.41 +8.01%
1946 242.27 +20.28 +9.13%
1945 222 +19.85 +9.82%
1944 202.14 +18.12 +9.85%
1943 184.02 +15.08 +8.93%
1942 168.94 +10.76 +6.8%
1941 158.18 +5.12 +3.34%
1940 153.07 +1.63 +1.08%
1939 151.43 +1.21 +0.8%
1938 150.23 +0.87 +0.58%
1937 149.36 +0.62 +0.42%
1936 148.74 +0.45 +0.3%
1935 148.29 +0.37 +0.25%
1934 147.91 +0.37 +0.25%
1933 147.54 +0.46 +0.31%
1932 147.09 +0.63 +0.43%
1931 146.45 +0.89 +0.61%
1930 145.57 +1.35 +0.93%
1929 144.22 +1.87 +1.31%
1928 142.35 +2.28 +1.63%
1927 140.07 +2.59 +1.88%
1926 137.48 +2.78 +2.06%
1925 134.7 +2.86 +2.17%
1924 131.85 +2.82 +2.18%
1923 129.03 +2.68 +2.12%
1922 126.36 +2.42 +1.95%
1921 123.94 +2.05 +1.68%
1920 121.89 +2.15 +1.8%
1919 119.74 +2.68 +2.29%
1918 117.06 +3.05 +2.67%
1917 114.02 +3.24 +2.92%
1916 110.78 +3.28 +3.05%
1915 107.5 +3.15 +3.02%
1914 104.35 +2.85 +2.81%
1913 101.49 +2.4 +2.42%
1912 99.09 +1.77 +1.81%
1911 97.33 +0.98 +1.02%
1910 96.34 +0.39 +0.4%
1909 95.96 +0.11 +0.12%
1908 95.85 −0.08 −0.08%
1907 95.93 −0.22 −0.22%
1906 96.14 −0.29 −0.3%
1905 96.43 −0.29 −0.3%
1904 96.71 −0.23 −0.24%
1903 96.95 −0.11 −0.11%
1902 97.05 +0.08 +0.08%
1901 96.97 +0.34 +0.35%
1900 96.64 +0.66 +0.69%
1899 95.97 +1 +1.06%
1898 94.97 +1.33 +1.42%
1897 93.64 +1.63 +1.77%
1896 92.01 +1.87 +2.08%
1895 90.14 +2.13 +2.42%
1894 88.01 +2.33 +2.72%
1893 85.68 +2.52 +3.03%
1892 83.16 +2.68 +3.33%
1891 80.48 +2.82 +3.63%
1890 77.66 −0.4 −0.51%
1889 78.06 +0.54 +0.69%
1888 77.52 +0.5 +0.65%
1887 77.02 +0.47 +0.62%
1886 76.55 +0.47 +0.62%
1885 76.08 +0.49 +0.65%
1884 75.58 +0.54 +0.71%
1883 75.05 +0.6 +0.81%
1882 74.45 +0.69 +0.93%
1881 73.76 +0.79 +1.08%
1880 72.98 +1.29 +1.8%
1879 71.69 +2.03 +2.91%
1878 69.66 +2.57 +3.84%
1877 67.09 +2.9 +4.52%
1876 64.19 +3.05 +4.98%
1875 61.14 +2.98 +5.12%
1874 58.16 +2.72 +4.9%
1873 55.44 +2.25 +4.22%
1872 53.2 +1.58 +3.06%
1871 51.62 +0.72 +1.41%
1870 50.9 +0.2 +0.4%
1869 50.7 +0.18 +0.36%
1868 50.52 +0.17 +0.35%
1867 50.34 +0.17 +0.33%
1866 50.17 +0.16 +0.33%
1865 50.01 +0.16 +0.31%
1864 49.86 +0.17 +0.34%
1863 49.69 +0.17 +0.35%
1862 49.52 +0.18 +0.37%
1861 49.33 +0.2 +0.42%
1860 49.13 +0.25 +0.52%
1859 48.88 +0.35 +0.73%
1858 48.52 +0.44 +0.91%
1857 48.09 +0.51 +1.08%
1856 47.57 +0.58 +1.23%
1855 46.99 +0.63 +1.36%
1854 46.36 +0.68 +1.49%
1853 45.68 +0.71 +1.59%
1852 44.97 +0.74 +1.68%
1851 44.22 +0.76 +1.74%
1850 43.47

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.