Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — OPEC

Nitrous oxide emissions in OPEC in 2024 — 119.09 Mt. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 6,732.3%.

2024 119.09 Mt +1.1% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 119.09 Mt2024
Period minimum 1.74 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — OPEC, 1850–2024050100150185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 1.74 Mt1853: 1.83 Mt1856: 1.91 Mt1859: 1.96 Mt1862: 1.99 Mt1865: 2.01 Mt1868: 2.03 Mt1871: 2.07 Mt1874: 2.33 Mt1877: 2.69 Mt1880: 2.93 Mt1883: 3.01 Mt1886: 3.07 Mt1889: 3.13 Mt1892: 3.35 Mt1895: 3.46 Mt1898: 3.59 Mt1901: 3.75 Mt1904: 3.99 Mt1907: 4.27 Mt1910: 4.5 Mt1913: 4.72 Mt1916: 5.01 Mt1919: 5.31 Mt1922: 5.67 Mt1925: 6.22 Mt1928: 6.78 Mt1931: 7.17 Mt1934: 7.51 Mt1937: 7.9 Mt1940: 8.39 Mt1943: 10.97 Mt1946: 15.65 Mt1949: 19.47 Mt1952: 20.52 Mt1955: 20.87 Mt1958: 21.17 Mt1961: 23.73 Mt1964: 25.22 Mt1967: 28.69 Mt1970: 32.47 Mt1973: 35.36 Mt1976: 39.79 Mt1979: 45.03 Mt1982: 51.41 Mt1985: 56.82 Mt1988: 62.19 Mt1991: 66.8 Mt1994: 71.48 Mt1997: 76.55 Mt2000: 80.1 Mt2003: 85.1 Mt2006: 93.07 Mt2009: 96.36 Mt2012: 103.38 Mt2015: 103.44 Mt2018: 108.06 Mt2021: 114.41 Mt2024: 119.09 Mt
Change over the period: +117.34 (+6,732.3%) Average annual rate: 2.46 %

Comparison, 2024

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

OPEC 119.09 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 119.09 +1.29 +1.1%
2023 117.8 +2.28 +1.98%
2022 115.51 +1.11 +0.97%
2021 114.41 −0.05 −0.04%
2020 114.46 +3.61 +3.26%
2019 110.84 +2.79 +2.58%
2018 108.06 +0.99 +0.92%
2017 107.07 +0.62 +0.58%
2016 106.45 +3.01 +2.91%
2015 103.44 −1.66 −1.58%
2014 105.11 −0.32 −0.31%
2013 105.43 +2.05 +1.98%
2012 103.38 +4.92 +4.99%
2011 98.47 −0.94 −0.95%
2010 99.41 +3.05 +3.17%
2009 96.36 +1.42 +1.5%
2008 94.94 +1.06 +1.13%
2007 93.88 +0.81 +0.87%
2006 93.07 +1.65 +1.8%
2005 91.42 +3.66 +4.17%
2004 87.76 +2.66 +3.13%
2003 85.1 +0.23 +0.27%
2002 84.87 +1.54 +1.84%
2001 83.34 +3.23 +4.04%
2000 80.1 −0.45 −0.55%
1999 80.55 +0.09 +0.12%
1998 80.46 +3.9 +5.1%
1997 76.55 +2.57 +3.47%
1996 73.99 +2.31 +3.22%
1995 71.68 +0.19 +0.27%
1994 71.48 +1.28 +1.82%
1993 70.21 −0.07 −0.1%
1992 70.28 +3.48 +5.21%
1991 66.8 +0.43 +0.65%
1990 66.37 +1.1 +1.68%
1989 65.27 +3.08 +4.95%
1988 62.19 +0.75 +1.23%
1987 61.44 +1.9 +3.2%
1986 59.53 +2.71 +4.77%
1985 56.82 +2.04 +3.73%
1984 54.78 +1.04 +1.93%
1983 53.74 +2.34 +4.54%
1982 51.41 +3.64 +7.63%
1981 47.76 +0.29 +0.62%
1980 47.47 +2.44 +5.41%
1979 45.03 +2.91 +6.9%
1978 42.13 +1.07 +2.6%
1977 41.06 +1.27 +3.2%
1976 39.79 +2.22 +5.92%
1975 37.56 +1.32 +3.64%
1974 36.24 +0.88 +2.5%
1973 35.36 +1.44 +4.23%
1972 33.92 +1.26 +3.86%
1971 32.66 +0.19 +0.6%
1970 32.47 +0.84 +2.65%
1969 31.63 +1.34 +4.43%
1968 30.29 +1.61 +5.6%
1967 28.69 +1.54 +5.68%
1966 27.14 +0.78 +2.95%
1965 26.36 +1.15 +4.55%
1964 25.22 +0.72 +2.94%
1963 24.5 +0.04 +0.15%
1962 24.46 +0.73 +3.1%
1961 23.73 +2.14 +9.91%
1960 21.59 +0.24 +1.13%
1959 21.34 +0.18 +0.83%
1958 21.17 +0.12 +0.59%
1957 21.04 +0.1 +0.46%
1956 20.95 +0.08 +0.39%
1955 20.87 +0.09 +0.42%
1954 20.78 +0.11 +0.52%
1953 20.67 +0.15 +0.72%
1952 20.52 +0.2 +1%
1951 20.32 +0.28 +1.39%
1950 20.04 +0.57 +2.93%
1949 19.47 +1 +5.4%
1948 18.47 +1.31 +7.63%
1947 17.16 +1.52 +9.68%
1946 15.65 +1.61 +11.47%
1945 14.04 +1.6 +12.85%
1944 12.44 +1.47 +13.43%
1943 10.97 +1.24 +12.7%
1942 9.73 +0.9 +10.18%
1941 8.83 +0.44 +5.28%
1940 8.39 +0.17 +2.12%
1939 8.22 +0.16 +2.01%
1938 8.05 +0.15 +1.89%
1937 7.9 +0.14 +1.8%
1936 7.76 +0.13 +1.72%
1935 7.63 +0.13 +1.66%
1934 7.51 +0.12 +1.58%
1933 7.39 +0.12 +1.58%
1932 7.28 +0.11 +1.52%
1931 7.17 +0.11 +1.5%
1930 7.06 +0.13 +1.8%
1929 6.94 +0.16 +2.29%
1928 6.78 +0.18 +2.65%
1927 6.61 +0.19 +2.93%
1926 6.42 +0.2 +3.2%
1925 6.22 +0.19 +3.2%
1924 6.03 +0.19 +3.18%
1923 5.84 +0.17 +2.96%
1922 5.67 +0.15 +2.68%
1921 5.52 +0.11 +2.09%
1920 5.41 +0.1 +1.84%
1919 5.31 +0.1 +1.98%
1918 5.21 +0.1 +1.96%
1917 5.11 +0.1 +2.04%
1916 5.01 +0.1 +1.98%
1915 4.91 +0.1 +2.04%
1914 4.81 +0.09 +1.88%
1913 4.72 +0.08 +1.79%
1912 4.64 +0.08 +1.64%
1911 4.57 +0.06 +1.42%
1910 4.5 +0.06 +1.46%
1909 4.44 +0.08 +1.79%
1908 4.36 +0.09 +2.01%
1907 4.27 +0.09 +2.22%
1906 4.18 +0.09 +2.3%
1905 4.09 +0.09 +2.35%
1904 3.99 +0.09 +2.25%
1903 3.9 +0.09 +2.23%
1902 3.82 +0.07 +1.87%
1901 3.75 +0.06 +1.63%
1900 3.69 +0.05 +1.35%
1899 3.64 +0.05 +1.31%
1898 3.59 +0.05 +1.33%
1897 3.55 +0.05 +1.31%
1896 3.5 +0.04 +1.21%
1895 3.46 +0.04 +1.08%
1894 3.42 +0.04 +1.09%
1893 3.38 +0.03 +0.92%
1892 3.35 +0.03 +0.9%
1891 3.32 +0.02 +0.73%
1890 3.3 +0.17 +5.37%
1889 3.13 +0.02 +0.74%
1888 3.11 +0.02 +0.65%
1887 3.09 +0.02 +0.55%
1886 3.07 +0.02 +0.66%
1885 3.05 +0.02 +0.59%
1884 3.03 +0.02 +0.8%
1883 3.01 +0.02 +0.77%
1882 2.99 +0.03 +0.95%
1881 2.96 +0.03 +1.13%
1880 2.93 +0.05 +1.74%
1879 2.88 +0.08 +2.9%
1878 2.79 +0.1 +3.83%
1877 2.69 +0.12 +4.55%
1876 2.57 +0.12 +4.93%
1875 2.45 +0.12 +5.14%
1874 2.33 +0.11 +4.81%
1873 2.23 +0.09 +4.31%
1872 2.13 +0.06 +3.09%
1871 2.07 +0.03 +1.37%
1870 2.04 +0.01 +0.44%
1869 2.03 +0.01 +0.35%
1868 2.03 +0.01 +0.3%
1867 2.02 +0.01 +0.35%
1866 2.01 +0.01 +0.3%
1865 2.01 +0.01 +0.35%
1864 2 +0.01 +0.45%
1863 1.99 +0.01 +0.25%
1862 1.99 +0.01 +0.35%
1861 1.98 +0.01 +0.35%
1860 1.97 +0.01 +0.72%
1859 1.96 +0.01 +0.67%
1858 1.95 +0.02 +0.88%
1857 1.93 +0.02 +1.05%
1856 1.91 +0.03 +1.38%
1855 1.88 +0.03 +1.4%
1854 1.86 +0.02 +1.31%
1853 1.83 +0.03 +1.66%
1852 1.8 +0.03 +1.69%
1851 1.77 +0.03 +1.66%
1850 1.74

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.