Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Kenya

Nitrous oxide emissions in Kenya in 2024 — 20.51 Mt. Ranked 175 in the world out of 201. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 6,368.8%.

2024 20.51 Mt −0.58% vs 2023
World rank 175of 201
Period maximum 21.98 Mt2020
Period minimum 0.32 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Kenya, 1850–20240102030185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.32 Mt1853: 0.34 Mt1856: 0.35 Mt1859: 0.36 Mt1862: 0.36 Mt1865: 0.37 Mt1868: 0.37 Mt1871: 0.38 Mt1874: 0.43 Mt1877: 0.51 Mt1880: 0.56 Mt1883: 0.57 Mt1886: 0.58 Mt1889: 0.6 Mt1892: 0.64 Mt1895: 0.66 Mt1898: 0.68 Mt1901: 0.7 Mt1904: 0.73 Mt1907: 0.76 Mt1910: 0.8 Mt1913: 0.88 Mt1916: 1.01 Mt1919: 1.16 Mt1922: 1.29 Mt1925: 1.45 Mt1928: 1.57 Mt1931: 1.6 Mt1934: 1.55 Mt1937: 1.47 Mt1940: 1.44 Mt1943: 2.42 Mt1946: 4.36 Mt1949: 5.85 Mt1952: 5.82 Mt1955: 5.03 Mt1958: 4.24 Mt1961: 4.65 Mt1964: 4.9 Mt1967: 5.12 Mt1970: 5.52 Mt1973: 5.89 Mt1976: 6.02 Mt1979: 7.33 Mt1982: 7.37 Mt1985: 8.4 Mt1988: 9.29 Mt1991: 9.51 Mt1994: 9.52 Mt1997: 9.04 Mt2000: 9.24 Mt2003: 10.11 Mt2006: 10.17 Mt2009: 15.05 Mt2012: 15.84 Mt2015: 15.85 Mt2018: 16.82 Mt2021: 19.74 Mt2024: 20.51 Mt
Change over the period: +20.19 (+6,368.77%) Average annual rate: 2.43 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Kenya 20.51 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 448.4 Mt
Eastern Africa computed 185.91 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 802.16 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 20.51 −0.12 −0.58%
2023 20.63 +0.81 +4.06%
2022 19.82 +0.08 +0.4%
2021 19.74 −2.23 −10.16%
2020 21.98 +2.83 +14.81%
2019 19.14 +2.32 +13.79%
2018 16.82 +0.49 +3.03%
2017 16.33 −0.95 −5.52%
2016 17.28 +1.44 +9.07%
2015 15.85 −0.04 −0.27%
2014 15.89 +0.19 +1.21%
2013 15.7 −0.14 −0.87%
2012 15.84 +0.09 +0.57%
2011 15.75 +0.5 +3.27%
2010 15.25 +0.2 +1.3%
2009 15.05 −0.4 −2.57%
2008 15.45 +0.02 +0.14%
2007 15.43 +5.25 +51.63%
2006 10.17 −0.34 −3.19%
2005 10.51 −0.06 −0.61%
2004 10.57 +0.47 +4.63%
2003 10.11 +0.62 +6.48%
2002 9.49 +0.29 +3.13%
2001 9.2 −0.03 −0.36%
2000 9.24 −0.58 −5.89%
1999 9.81 +0.46 +4.95%
1998 9.35 +0.32 +3.5%
1997 9.04 −0.04 −0.42%
1996 9.07 −0.33 −3.51%
1995 9.4 −0.12 −1.27%
1994 9.52 +0.06 +0.64%
1993 9.46 −0.02 −0.24%
1992 9.49 −0.02 −0.24%
1991 9.51 −0.31 −3.18%
1990 9.82 +0.24 +2.46%
1989 9.59 +0.3 +3.19%
1988 9.29 +0.72 +8.42%
1987 8.57 −0.02 −0.22%
1986 8.59 +0.19 +2.21%
1985 8.4 +0.05 +0.65%
1984 8.35 +0.18 +2.24%
1983 8.16 +0.79 +10.73%
1982 7.37 +0.66 +9.82%
1981 6.71 −0.06 −0.86%
1980 6.77 −0.56 −7.6%
1979 7.33 +0.55 +8.05%
1978 6.78 +0.54 +8.61%
1977 6.25 +0.22 +3.72%
1976 6.02 −0.03 −0.51%
1975 6.05 +0.11 +1.8%
1974 5.95 +0.05 +0.92%
1973 5.89 +0.08 +1.45%
1972 5.81 +0.16 +2.87%
1971 5.65 +0.13 +2.32%
1970 5.52 +0.36 +6.9%
1969 5.16 +0.02 +0.31%
1968 5.15 +0.03 +0.53%
1967 5.12 +0.03 +0.59%
1966 5.09 +0.1 +1.96%
1965 4.99 +0.1 +1.94%
1964 4.9 +0.33 +7.18%
1963 4.57 −0.17 −3.63%
1962 4.74 +0.09 +1.87%
1961 4.65 +0.59 +14.47%
1960 4.06 −0.04 −0.85%
1959 4.1 −0.14 −3.33%
1958 4.24 −0.22 −4.91%
1957 4.46 −0.27 −5.77%
1956 4.73 −0.3 −5.94%
1955 5.03 −0.3 −5.61%
1954 5.33 −0.27 −4.87%
1953 5.6 −0.22 −3.78%
1952 5.82 −0.14 −2.36%
1951 5.96 −0.03 −0.58%
1950 6 +0.15 +2.53%
1949 5.85 +0.36 +6.5%
1948 5.49 +0.51 +10.3%
1947 4.98 +0.62 +14.14%
1946 4.36 +0.67 +18.07%
1945 3.7 +0.67 +21.98%
1944 3.03 +0.61 +25.26%
1943 2.42 +0.5 +26.25%
1942 1.92 +0.34 +21.81%
1941 1.57 +0.13 +9.01%
1940 1.44 +0 +0%
1939 1.44 −0.01 −0.76%
1938 1.45 −0.02 −1.16%
1937 1.47 −0.02 −1.54%
1936 1.49 −0.03 −1.71%
1935 1.52 −0.02 −1.62%
1934 1.55 −0.02 −1.53%
1933 1.57 −0.02 −1.2%
1932 1.59 −0.01 −0.69%
1931 1.6 −0 −0.19%
1930 1.6 +0.01 +0.69%
1929 1.59 +0.02 +1.4%
1928 1.57 +0.03 +2.21%
1927 1.54 +0.04 +2.74%
1926 1.49 +0.05 +3.25%
1925 1.45 +0.05 +3.65%
1924 1.4 +0.05 +3.87%
1923 1.34 +0.05 +4.02%
1922 1.29 +0.05 +3.94%
1921 1.24 +0.04 +3.58%
1920 1.2 +0.04 +3.72%
1919 1.16 +0.05 +4.14%
1918 1.11 +0.05 +4.52%
1917 1.06 +0.05 +4.83%
1916 1.01 +0.05 +4.97%
1915 0.97 +0.04 +4.89%
1914 0.92 +0.04 +4.66%
1913 0.88 +0.04 +4.14%
1912 0.85 +0.03 +3.43%
1911 0.82 +0.02 +2.51%
1910 0.8 +0.01 +1.79%
1909 0.78 +0.01 +1.56%
1908 0.77 +0.01 +1.58%
1907 0.76 +0.01 +1.47%
1906 0.75 +0.01 +1.22%
1905 0.74 +0.01 +1.37%
1904 0.73 +0.01 +1.11%
1903 0.72 +0.01 +1.26%
1902 0.71 +0.01 +1.14%
1901 0.7 +0.01 +1.29%
1900 0.7 +0.01 +1.16%
1899 0.69 +0.01 +1.18%
1898 0.68 +0.01 +1.19%
1897 0.67 +0.01 +1.21%
1896 0.66 +0.01 +1.07%
1895 0.66 +0.01 +1.08%
1894 0.65 +0.01 +1.09%
1893 0.64 +0.01 +1.1%
1892 0.64 +0.01 +0.95%
1891 0.63 +0.01 +0.96%
1890 0.62 +0.03 +4.71%
1889 0.6 +0 +0.68%
1888 0.59 +0 +0.68%
1887 0.59 +0 +0.69%
1886 0.58 +0 +0.52%
1885 0.58 +0 +0.69%
1884 0.58 +0 +0.7%
1883 0.57 +0 +0.7%
1882 0.57 +0.01 +1.07%
1881 0.56 +0.01 +1.08%
1880 0.56 +0.01 +2.02%
1879 0.55 +0.02 +3.22%
1878 0.53 +0.02 +4.14%
1877 0.51 +0.03 +5.19%
1876 0.48 +0.03 +5.7%
1875 0.46 +0.03 +5.8%
1874 0.43 +0.02 +5.64%
1873 0.41 +0.02 +4.88%
1872 0.39 +0.01 +3.73%
1871 0.38 +0.01 +1.35%
1870 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1869 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1868 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1867 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1866 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1865 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1864 0.36 +0 +0%
1863 0.36 +0 +0.28%
1862 0.36 +0 +0.28%
1861 0.36 +0 +0.28%
1860 0.36 +0 +0.56%
1859 0.36 +0 +0.84%
1858 0.36 +0 +0.85%
1857 0.35 +0 +1.15%
1856 0.35 +0 +1.16%
1855 0.35 +0 +1.47%
1854 0.34 +0.01 +1.49%
1853 0.34 +0.01 +1.82%
1852 0.33 +0.01 +1.86%
1851 0.32 +0.01 +1.89%
1850 0.32

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.