Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Japan

Nitrous oxide emissions in Japan in 2024 — 17.96 Mt. Ranked 168 in the world out of 201. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 693.5%.

2024 17.96 Mt −0.18% vs 2023
World rank 168of 201
Period maximum 39.65 Mt1996
Period minimum 2.26 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Japan, 1850–2024010203040185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 2.26 Mt1853: 2.34 Mt1856: 2.42 Mt1859: 2.49 Mt1862: 2.55 Mt1865: 2.6 Mt1868: 2.66 Mt1871: 2.73 Mt1874: 2.86 Mt1877: 3.02 Mt1880: 3.15 Mt1883: 3.23 Mt1886: 3.3 Mt1889: 3.37 Mt1892: 3.47 Mt1895: 3.56 Mt1898: 3.65 Mt1901: 3.74 Mt1904: 3.85 Mt1907: 3.97 Mt1910: 4.07 Mt1913: 4.16 Mt1916: 4.25 Mt1919: 4.34 Mt1922: 4.44 Mt1925: 4.55 Mt1928: 4.67 Mt1931: 4.83 Mt1934: 5.48 Mt1937: 6.45 Mt1940: 7.35 Mt1943: 9.75 Mt1946: 13.82 Mt1949: 17.13 Mt1952: 18.25 Mt1955: 19.23 Mt1958: 20.3 Mt1961: 21.74 Mt1964: 23.45 Mt1967: 25.72 Mt1970: 25.91 Mt1973: 28.81 Mt1976: 27.62 Mt1979: 29.12 Mt1982: 28.97 Mt1985: 31.69 Mt1988: 33.28 Mt1991: 32.03 Mt1994: 36.88 Mt1997: 39.25 Mt2000: 28.39 Mt2003: 26.89 Mt2006: 24.62 Mt2009: 20.88 Mt2012: 20.55 Mt2015: 19.92 Mt2018: 19.32 Mt2021: 19.06 Mt2024: 17.96 Mt
Change over the period: +15.7 (+693.46%) Average annual rate: 1.2 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Japan 17.96 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 — Japan, by year Japan All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 17.96 −0.03 −0.18%
2023 18 −0.57 −3.08%
2022 18.57 −0.49 −2.57%
2021 19.06 +0.31 +1.68%
2020 18.74 −0.4 −2.06%
2019 19.14 −0.19 −0.96%
2018 19.32 −0.5 −2.53%
2017 19.83 +0.11 +0.58%
2016 19.71 −0.21 −1.07%
2015 19.92 −0.36 −1.79%
2014 20.29 −0.4 −1.94%
2013 20.69 +0.14 +0.68%
2012 20.55 +0.01 +0.04%
2011 20.54 −0.93 −4.33%
2010 21.47 +0.59 +2.82%
2009 20.88 −1.62 −7.22%
2008 22.51 −1.87 −7.67%
2007 24.38 −0.24 −0.97%
2006 24.62 −0.9 −3.52%
2005 25.51 −0.92 −3.49%
2004 26.44 −0.45 −1.68%
2003 26.89 −0.25 −0.93%
2002 27.14 −0.74 −2.64%
2001 27.88 −0.51 −1.8%
2000 28.39 −8.53 −23.1%
1999 36.91 −2.6 −6.57%
1998 39.51 +0.26 +0.67%
1997 39.25 −0.4 −1%
1996 39.65 +2.59 +6.98%
1995 37.06 +0.18 +0.49%
1994 36.88 +2.67 +7.82%
1993 34.2 +0.44 +1.3%
1992 33.76 +1.73 +5.41%
1991 32.03 +0.52 +1.65%
1990 31.51 −2.09 −6.22%
1989 33.6 +0.32 +0.96%
1988 33.28 +1.75 +5.54%
1987 31.53 +0.26 +0.84%
1986 31.27 −0.42 −1.33%
1985 31.69 +0.64 +2.07%
1984 31.05 +1.44 +4.86%
1983 29.61 +0.64 +2.21%
1982 28.97 +1.76 +6.47%
1981 27.21 −0.2 −0.72%
1980 27.41 −1.71 −5.88%
1979 29.12 +0.75 +2.64%
1978 28.37 +0.19 +0.67%
1977 28.18 +0.56 +2.03%
1976 27.62 +0.68 +2.52%
1975 26.94 −1.28 −4.55%
1974 28.22 −0.59 −2.03%
1973 28.81 +1.44 +5.27%
1972 27.37 +1.17 +4.45%
1971 26.2 +0.29 +1.11%
1970 25.91 −1.09 −4.02%
1969 27 +0.55 +2.08%
1968 26.45 +0.73 +2.83%
1967 25.72 +0.95 +3.85%
1966 24.77 +0.75 +3.11%
1965 24.02 +0.57 +2.41%
1964 23.45 +0.4 +1.75%
1963 23.05 +0.57 +2.56%
1962 22.47 +0.74 +3.39%
1961 21.74 +0.66 +3.16%
1960 21.07 +0.39 +1.9%
1959 20.68 +0.38 +1.87%
1958 20.3 +0.37 +1.84%
1957 19.93 +0.36 +1.82%
1956 19.58 +0.34 +1.79%
1955 19.23 +0.34 +1.78%
1954 18.9 +0.33 +1.76%
1953 18.57 +0.32 +1.74%
1952 18.25 +0.31 +1.73%
1951 17.94 +0.3 +1.72%
1950 17.64 +0.51 +2.97%
1949 17.13 +0.87 +5.32%
1948 16.27 +1.13 +7.49%
1947 15.13 +1.31 +9.48%
1946 13.82 +1.39 +11.22%
1945 12.43 +1.39 +12.59%
1944 11.04 +1.29 +13.27%
1943 9.75 +1.11 +12.82%
1942 8.64 +0.83 +10.62%
1941 7.81 +0.46 +6.29%
1940 7.35 +0.27 +3.8%
1939 7.08 +0.31 +4.5%
1938 6.77 +0.33 +5.07%
1937 6.45 +0.33 +5.46%
1936 6.11 +0.33 +5.67%
1935 5.78 +0.31 +5.59%
1934 5.48 +0.27 +5.22%
1933 5.21 +0.22 +4.45%
1932 4.98 +0.16 +3.3%
1931 4.83 +0.08 +1.73%
1930 4.74 +0.04 +0.83%
1929 4.7 +0.04 +0.84%
1928 4.67 +0.04 +0.86%
1927 4.63 +0.04 +0.85%
1926 4.59 +0.04 +0.86%
1925 4.55 +0.04 +0.84%
1924 4.51 +0.04 +0.83%
1923 4.47 +0.04 +0.79%
1922 4.44 +0.03 +0.77%
1921 4.4 +0.03 +0.73%
1920 4.37 +0.03 +0.71%
1919 4.34 +0.03 +0.7%
1918 4.31 +0.03 +0.68%
1917 4.28 +0.03 +0.68%
1916 4.25 +0.03 +0.69%
1915 4.22 +0.03 +0.72%
1914 4.19 +0.03 +0.7%
1913 4.16 +0.03 +0.73%
1912 4.13 +0.03 +0.73%
1911 4.1 +0.03 +0.76%
1910 4.07 +0.03 +0.82%
1909 4.04 +0.04 +0.87%
1908 4.01 +0.04 +0.93%
1907 3.97 +0.04 +0.97%
1906 3.93 +0.04 +1%
1905 3.89 +0.04 +1.01%
1904 3.85 +0.04 +1.02%
1903 3.81 +0.04 +0.98%
1902 3.78 +0.04 +0.96%
1901 3.74 +0.03 +0.89%
1900 3.71 +0.03 +0.84%
1899 3.68 +0.03 +0.85%
1898 3.65 +0.03 +0.83%
1897 3.62 +0.03 +0.84%
1896 3.59 +0.03 +0.84%
1895 3.56 +0.03 +0.79%
1894 3.53 +0.03 +0.83%
1893 3.5 +0.03 +0.78%
1892 3.47 +0.03 +0.81%
1891 3.44 +0.03 +0.79%
1890 3.42 +0.05 +1.49%
1889 3.37 +0.02 +0.72%
1888 3.34 +0.02 +0.69%
1887 3.32 +0.02 +0.73%
1886 3.3 +0.02 +0.7%
1885 3.27 +0.02 +0.71%
1884 3.25 +0.02 +0.74%
1883 3.23 +0.02 +0.78%
1882 3.2 +0.03 +0.79%
1881 3.18 +0.03 +0.86%
1880 3.15 +0.03 +1.09%
1879 3.11 +0.04 +1.37%
1878 3.07 +0.05 +1.62%
1877 3.02 +0.05 +1.82%
1876 2.97 +0.05 +1.89%
1875 2.91 +0.05 +1.89%
1874 2.86 +0.05 +1.82%
1873 2.81 +0.05 +1.63%
1872 2.76 +0.04 +1.36%
1871 2.73 +0.03 +0.96%
1870 2.7 +0.02 +0.75%
1869 2.68 +0.02 +0.71%
1868 2.66 +0.02 +0.76%
1867 2.64 +0.02 +0.72%
1866 2.62 +0.02 +0.73%
1865 2.6 +0.02 +0.77%
1864 2.58 +0.02 +0.74%
1863 2.57 +0.02 +0.75%
1862 2.55 +0.02 +0.79%
1861 2.53 +0.02 +0.76%
1860 2.51 +0.02 +0.84%
1859 2.49 +0.02 +0.89%
1858 2.46 +0.02 +0.9%
1857 2.44 +0.02 +0.99%
1856 2.42 +0.02 +1%
1855 2.39 +0.02 +1.06%
1854 2.37 +0.03 +1.11%
1853 2.34 +0.03 +1.12%
1852 2.32 +0.03 +1.18%
1851 2.29 +0.03 +1.15%
1850 2.26

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.