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Nitrous oxide emissions — Hong Kong

Nitrous oxide emissions in Hong Kong in 2024 — 0.44 Mt. Ranked 50 in the world out of 201. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,424.1%.

2024 0.44 Mt −12.48% vs 2023
World rank 50of 201
Period maximum 1 Mt1999
Period minimum 0.03 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Hong Kong, 1850–202400.250.50.751185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.03 Mt1853: 0.03 Mt1856: 0.03 Mt1859: 0.03 Mt1862: 0.03 Mt1865: 0.03 Mt1868: 0.03 Mt1871: 0.04 Mt1874: 0.04 Mt1877: 0.04 Mt1880: 0.04 Mt1883: 0.05 Mt1886: 0.05 Mt1889: 0.05 Mt1892: 0.05 Mt1895: 0.05 Mt1898: 0.05 Mt1901: 0.05 Mt1904: 0.05 Mt1907: 0.06 Mt1910: 0.06 Mt1913: 0.06 Mt1916: 0.06 Mt1919: 0.07 Mt1922: 0.07 Mt1925: 0.07 Mt1928: 0.07 Mt1931: 0.08 Mt1934: 0.08 Mt1937: 0.08 Mt1940: 0.08 Mt1943: 0.09 Mt1946: 0.11 Mt1949: 0.12 Mt1952: 0.13 Mt1955: 0.14 Mt1958: 0.15 Mt1961: 0.16 Mt1964: 0.17 Mt1967: 0.18 Mt1970: 0.26 Mt1973: 0.26 Mt1976: 0.28 Mt1979: 0.35 Mt1982: 0.39 Mt1985: 0.44 Mt1988: 0.53 Mt1991: 0.7 Mt1994: 0.76 Mt1997: 0.61 Mt2000: 0.76 Mt2003: 0.62 Mt2006: 0.53 Mt2009: 0.61 Mt2012: 0.59 Mt2015: 0.56 Mt2018: 0.61 Mt2021: 0.52 Mt2024: 0.44 Mt
Change over the period: +0.41 (+1,424.14%) Average annual rate: 1.58 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Hong Kong 0.44 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
East Asia & Pacific computed 784.34 Mt
Eastern Asia computed 530.16 Mt
High-income countries computed 782.61 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Hong Kong, by year Hong Kong All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 0.44 −0.06 −12.48%
2023 0.51 +0.04 +7.68%
2022 0.47 −0.05 −9.46%
2021 0.52 −0.02 −3.72%
2020 0.54 −0.08 −12.52%
2019 0.62 +0 +0.49%
2018 0.61 −0 −0.33%
2017 0.61 +0.02 +3.89%
2016 0.59 +0.03 +4.79%
2015 0.56 −0.01 −1.91%
2014 0.58 +0.01 +2.31%
2013 0.56 −0.02 −4.1%
2012 0.59 +0 +0%
2011 0.59 +0.02 +4.09%
2010 0.56 −0.04 −6.94%
2009 0.61 +0.06 +11.83%
2008 0.54 −0.01 −1.46%
2007 0.55 +0.02 +4.57%
2006 0.53 −0.01 −1.69%
2005 0.53 +0.02 +4.71%
2004 0.51 −0.11 −17.34%
2003 0.62 +0.03 +4.4%
2002 0.59 −0.08 −12.05%
2001 0.67 −0.08 −11.11%
2000 0.76 −0.24 −24.25%
1999 1 +0.15 +17.69%
1998 0.85 +0.24 +39.93%
1997 0.61 −0.01 −2.1%
1996 0.62 −0.12 −16.24%
1995 0.74 −0.02 −2.25%
1994 0.76 −0.03 −4.06%
1993 0.79 +0.03 +4.1%
1992 0.76 +0.06 +7.99%
1991 0.7 +0.15 +27.22%
1990 0.55 +0.02 +4.16%
1989 0.53 +0 +0.76%
1988 0.53 +0.04 +8.02%
1987 0.49 −0 −0.41%
1986 0.49 +0.05 +10.91%
1985 0.44 +0 +0.46%
1984 0.44 +0.01 +2.82%
1983 0.43 +0.04 +9.51%
1982 0.39 +0.03 +7.76%
1981 0.36 +0.02 +5.25%
1980 0.34 −0.01 −1.72%
1979 0.35 +0.03 +10.09%
1978 0.32 +0.02 +4.97%
1977 0.3 +0.02 +6.71%
1976 0.28 +0.02 +8.02%
1975 0.26 +0 +0.77%
1974 0.26 −0 −1.14%
1973 0.26 −0.01 −3.66%
1972 0.27 +0.01 +4.6%
1971 0.26 +0.01 +1.95%
1970 0.26 +0.05 +24.27%
1969 0.21 +0.01 +6.19%
1968 0.19 +0.01 +5.43%
1967 0.18 +0.01 +3.37%
1966 0.18 +0.01 +2.89%
1965 0.17 +0 +0%
1964 0.17 −0 −1.14%
1963 0.18 +0.01 +4.17%
1962 0.17 +0.01 +4.35%
1961 0.16 +0.01 +3.21%
1960 0.16 +0 +2.63%
1959 0.15 +0 +2.01%
1958 0.15 +0 +2.05%
1957 0.15 +0 +1.39%
1956 0.14 +0 +2.13%
1955 0.14 +0 +2.17%
1954 0.14 +0 +1.47%
1953 0.14 +0 +2.26%
1952 0.13 +0 +2.31%
1951 0.13 +0 +2.36%
1950 0.13 +0 +3.25%
1949 0.12 +0 +3.36%
1948 0.12 +0 +4.39%
1947 0.11 +0.01 +5.56%
1946 0.11 +0.01 +5.88%
1945 0.1 +0 +5.15%
1944 0.1 +0.01 +5.43%
1943 0.09 +0.01 +5.75%
1942 0.09 +0 +3.57%
1941 0.08 +0 +2.44%
1940 0.08 +0 +1.23%
1939 0.08 +0 +1.25%
1938 0.08 +0 +1.27%
1937 0.08 +0 +0%
1936 0.08 +0 +1.28%
1935 0.08 +0 +1.3%
1934 0.08 +0 +1.32%
1933 0.08 +0 +0%
1932 0.08 +0 +1.33%
1931 0.08 +0 +1.35%
1930 0.07 +0 +1.37%
1929 0.07 +0 +1.39%
1928 0.07 +0 +0%
1927 0.07 +0 +1.41%
1926 0.07 +0 +1.43%
1925 0.07 +0 +1.45%
1924 0.07 +0 +1.47%
1923 0.07 +0 +0%
1922 0.07 +0 +1.49%
1921 0.07 +0 +1.52%
1920 0.07 +0 +1.54%
1919 0.07 +0 +0%
1918 0.07 +0 +1.56%
1917 0.06 +0 +1.59%
1916 0.06 +0 +1.61%
1915 0.06 +0 +0%
1914 0.06 +0 +1.64%
1913 0.06 +0 +1.67%
1912 0.06 +0 +1.69%
1911 0.06 +0 +0%
1910 0.06 +0 +1.72%
1909 0.06 +0 +1.75%
1908 0.06 +0 +1.79%
1907 0.06 +0 +0%
1906 0.06 +0 +1.82%
1905 0.06 +0 +1.85%
1904 0.05 +0 +0%
1903 0.05 +0 +1.89%
1902 0.05 +0 +1.92%
1901 0.05 +0 +0%
1900 0.05 +0 +1.96%
1899 0.05 +0 +0%
1898 0.05 +0 +2%
1897 0.05 +0 +0%
1896 0.05 +0 +2.04%
1895 0.05 +0 +0%
1894 0.05 +0 +2.08%
1893 0.05 +0 +0%
1892 0.05 +0 +0%
1891 0.05 +0 +2.13%
1890 0.05 +0 +0%
1889 0.05 +0 +2.17%
1888 0.05 +0 +0%
1887 0.05 +0 +0%
1886 0.05 +0 +2.22%
1885 0.05 +0 +0%
1884 0.05 +0 +0%
1883 0.05 +0 +2.27%
1882 0.04 +0 +0%
1881 0.04 +0 +0%
1880 0.04 +0 +2.33%
1879 0.04 +0 +2.38%
1878 0.04 +0 +2.44%
1877 0.04 +0 +2.5%
1876 0.04 +0 +2.56%
1875 0.04 +0 +2.63%
1874 0.04 +0 +2.7%
1873 0.04 +0 +2.78%
1872 0.04 +0 +2.86%
1871 0.04 +0 +0%
1870 0.04 +0 +0%
1869 0.04 +0 +2.94%
1868 0.03 +0 +0%
1867 0.03 +0 +0%
1866 0.03 +0 +0%
1865 0.03 +0 +0%
1864 0.03 +0 +3.03%
1863 0.03 +0 +0%
1862 0.03 +0 +0%
1861 0.03 +0 +0%
1860 0.03 +0 +0%
1859 0.03 +0 +3.13%
1858 0.03 +0 +0%
1857 0.03 +0 +0%
1856 0.03 +0 +3.23%
1855 0.03 +0 +0%
1854 0.03 +0 +0%
1853 0.03 +0 +3.33%
1852 0.03 +0 +0%
1851 0.03 +0 +3.45%
1850 0.03 — —

Eastern Asia, 2024

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

MO Macao 0.06 HK Hong Kong 0.44 KP North Korea 1.93 TW Taiwan 5.73 KR South Korea 13.69 MN Mongolia 14.81 JP Japan 17.96 CN China 475.53
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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.

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