Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — NATO

Nitrous oxide emissions in NATO in 2024 — 566.97 Mt. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 873%.

2024 566.97 Mt −0.67% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 793.5 Mt1978
Period minimum 58.27 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — NATO, 1850–20240200400600800185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 58.27 Mt1853: 61.11 Mt1856: 63.57 Mt1859: 65.32 Mt1862: 66.27 Mt1865: 67.04 Mt1868: 67.83 Mt1871: 69.33 Mt1874: 77.38 Mt1877: 88.31 Mt1880: 95.58 Mt1883: 98.25 Mt1886: 100.24 Mt1889: 102.23 Mt1892: 109.12 Mt1895: 116.36 Mt1898: 122.06 Mt1901: 125.76 Mt1904: 127.95 Mt1907: 129.8 Mt1910: 132.39 Mt1913: 137.07 Mt1916: 143.23 Mt1919: 149.11 Mt1922: 153.92 Mt1925: 159.43 Mt1928: 164.52 Mt1931: 168.09 Mt1934: 172.47 Mt1937: 178.17 Mt1940: 184.71 Mt1943: 222.4 Mt1946: 292.53 Mt1949: 351.09 Mt1952: 375.9 Mt1955: 410.93 Mt1958: 453.7 Mt1961: 514.31 Mt1964: 581.92 Mt1967: 666.3 Mt1970: 684.3 Mt1973: 746.79 Mt1976: 774.69 Mt1979: 791.81 Mt1982: 745.65 Mt1985: 745.07 Mt1988: 725.76 Mt1991: 675.43 Mt1994: 687.9 Mt1997: 685.93 Mt2000: 652.33 Mt2003: 633.65 Mt2006: 619.73 Mt2009: 580.67 Mt2012: 590.05 Mt2015: 597.85 Mt2018: 597.67 Mt2021: 592.23 Mt2024: 566.97 Mt
Change over the period: +508.7 (+873.01%) Average annual rate: 1.32 %

Comparison, 2024

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

NATO 566.97 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 566.97 −3.8 −0.67%
2023 570.77 −4.98 −0.86%
2022 575.75 −16.48 −2.78%
2021 592.23 +3.25 +0.55%
2020 588.98 −3.69 −0.62%
2019 592.67 −5 −0.84%
2018 597.67 +0.12 +0.02%
2017 597.55 −2.06 −0.34%
2016 599.61 +1.76 +0.29%
2015 597.85 −0.8 −0.13%
2014 598.65 +0.1 +0.02%
2013 598.55 +8.5 +1.44%
2012 590.05 −3.39 −0.57%
2011 593.44 −0.93 −0.16%
2010 594.37 +13.7 +2.36%
2009 580.67 −15.35 −2.58%
2008 596.03 −28.73 −4.6%
2007 624.75 +5.02 +0.81%
2006 619.73 −5.63 −0.9%
2005 625.37 −7.18 −1.13%
2004 632.54 −1.1 −0.17%
2003 633.65 +8.2 +1.31%
2002 625.45 −8.3 −1.31%
2001 633.75 −18.58 −2.85%
2000 652.33 −1.46 −0.22%
1999 653.79 −7.41 −1.12%
1998 661.2 −24.73 −3.61%
1997 685.93 −20.14 −2.85%
1996 706.07 +17.65 +2.56%
1995 688.42 +0.53 +0.08%
1994 687.9 +14.65 +2.18%
1993 673.24 +0.7 +0.1%
1992 672.55 −2.88 −0.43%
1991 675.43 −16.22 −2.34%
1990 691.64 −33.53 −4.62%
1989 725.17 −0.59 −0.08%
1988 725.76 −8.82 −1.2%
1987 734.59 +1.93 +0.26%
1986 732.66 −12.41 −1.67%
1985 745.07 −24.04 −3.13%
1984 769.1 +4.46 +0.58%
1983 764.64 +18.99 +2.55%
1982 745.65 −16.4 −2.15%
1981 762.05 −11.06 −1.43%
1980 773.11 −18.7 −2.36%
1979 791.81 −1.69 −0.21%
1978 793.5 +16.42 +2.11%
1977 777.08 +2.39 +0.31%
1976 774.69 +19.56 +2.59%
1975 755.13 +1.17 +0.15%
1974 753.96 +7.17 +0.96%
1973 746.79 +36.24 +5.1%
1972 710.55 +12.59 +1.8%
1971 697.97 +13.67 +2%
1970 684.3 −22.42 −3.17%
1969 706.72 +18.01 +2.61%
1968 688.71 +22.41 +3.36%
1967 666.3 +29.27 +4.6%
1966 637.03 +26.69 +4.37%
1965 610.34 +28.42 +4.88%
1964 581.92 +22.56 +4.03%
1963 559.36 +22.57 +4.2%
1962 536.79 +22.48 +4.37%
1961 514.31 +31.37 +6.5%
1960 482.94 +14.51 +3.1%
1959 468.43 +14.73 +3.25%
1958 453.7 +14.67 +3.34%
1957 439.02 +14.35 +3.38%
1956 424.68 +13.75 +3.35%
1955 410.93 +12.9 +3.24%
1954 398.03 +11.77 +3.05%
1953 386.26 +10.37 +2.76%
1952 375.9 +8.7 +2.37%
1951 367.2 +6.77 +1.88%
1950 360.43 +9.34 +2.66%
1949 351.09 +15.52 +4.62%
1948 335.57 +20.06 +6.36%
1947 315.51 +22.98 +7.86%
1946 292.53 +24.26 +9.04%
1945 268.27 +23.93 +9.79%
1944 244.34 +21.95 +9.87%
1943 222.4 +18.34 +8.99%
1942 204.06 +13.11 +6.87%
1941 190.95 +6.24 +3.38%
1940 184.71 +2.25 +1.23%
1939 182.46 +2.19 +1.21%
1938 180.27 +2.11 +1.18%
1937 178.17 +2.02 +1.15%
1936 176.15 +1.9 +1.09%
1935 174.25 +1.78 +1.03%
1934 172.47 +1.63 +0.95%
1933 170.84 +1.47 +0.86%
1932 169.37 +1.29 +0.77%
1931 168.09 +1.09 +0.65%
1930 167 +1.12 +0.68%
1929 165.88 +1.37 +0.83%
1928 164.52 +1.57 +0.96%
1927 162.95 +1.71 +1.06%
1926 161.24 +1.81 +1.14%
1925 159.43 +1.85 +1.18%
1924 157.57 +1.85 +1.19%
1923 155.72 +1.8 +1.17%
1922 153.92 +1.69 +1.11%
1921 152.23 +1.54 +1.02%
1920 150.69 +1.59 +1.06%
1919 149.11 +1.82 +1.23%
1918 147.29 +1.98 +1.36%
1917 145.31 +2.08 +1.45%
1916 143.23 +2.11 +1.5%
1915 141.12 +2.08 +1.5%
1914 139.04 +1.97 +1.44%
1913 137.07 +1.82 +1.34%
1912 135.25 +1.58 +1.18%
1911 133.67 +1.28 +0.97%
1910 132.39 +1.02 +0.77%
1909 131.37 +0.85 +0.65%
1908 130.52 +0.73 +0.56%
1907 129.8 +0.65 +0.5%
1906 129.15 +0.6 +0.47%
1905 128.55 +0.6 +0.47%
1904 127.95 +0.64 +0.5%
1903 127.31 +0.72 +0.57%
1902 126.59 +0.84 +0.67%
1901 125.76 +1 +0.8%
1900 124.75 +1.22 +0.99%
1899 123.53 +1.47 +1.2%
1898 122.06 +1.71 +1.42%
1897 120.36 +1.91 +1.62%
1896 118.45 +2.09 +1.8%
1895 116.36 +2.27 +1.99%
1894 114.08 +2.42 +2.16%
1893 111.67 +2.55 +2.33%
1892 109.12 +2.66 +2.5%
1891 106.46 +2.75 +2.65%
1890 103.72 +1.48 +1.45%
1889 102.23 +0.7 +0.69%
1888 101.53 +0.66 +0.66%
1887 100.87 +0.63 +0.63%
1886 100.24 +0.63 +0.63%
1885 99.61 +0.65 +0.66%
1884 98.96 +0.7 +0.72%
1883 98.25 +0.78 +0.8%
1882 97.47 +0.88 +0.91%
1881 96.59 +1.01 +1.05%
1880 95.58 +1.61 +1.71%
1879 93.97 +2.5 +2.73%
1878 91.47 +3.16 +3.57%
1877 88.31 +3.56 +4.19%
1876 84.76 +3.73 +4.6%
1875 81.03 +3.65 +4.71%
1874 77.38 +3.33 +4.5%
1873 74.06 +2.77 +3.88%
1872 71.29 +1.96 +2.83%
1871 69.33 +0.92 +1.34%
1870 68.41 +0.3 +0.45%
1869 68.11 +0.28 +0.41%
1868 67.83 +0.27 +0.4%
1867 67.56 +0.26 +0.38%
1866 67.3 +0.26 +0.38%
1865 67.04 +0.25 +0.37%
1864 66.79 +0.26 +0.39%
1863 66.53 +0.26 +0.4%
1862 66.27 +0.28 +0.42%
1861 65.99 +0.3 +0.46%
1860 65.69 +0.37 +0.56%
1859 65.32 +0.48 +0.75%
1858 64.83 +0.58 +0.91%
1857 64.25 +0.68 +1.07%
1856 63.57 +0.75 +1.2%
1855 62.81 +0.82 +1.32%
1854 61.99 +0.88 +1.44%
1853 61.11 +0.92 +1.53%
1852 60.19 +0.95 +1.6%
1851 59.24 +0.97 +1.67%
1850 58.27

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.