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Nitrous oxide emissions — Papua New Guinea

Nitrous oxide emissions in Papua New Guinea in 2024 — 1.81 Mt. Ranked 80 in the world out of 201. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 10,535.3%.

2024 1.81 Mt −0.5% vs 2023
World rank 80of 201
Period maximum 1.91 Mt2015
Period minimum 0.02 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Papua New Guinea, 1850–202400.511.52185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.02 Mt1853: 0.02 Mt1856: 0.02 Mt1859: 0.02 Mt1862: 0.02 Mt1865: 0.02 Mt1868: 0.02 Mt1871: 0.02 Mt1874: 0.02 Mt1877: 0.03 Mt1880: 0.03 Mt1883: 0.03 Mt1886: 0.03 Mt1889: 0.03 Mt1892: 0.03 Mt1895: 0.03 Mt1898: 0.04 Mt1901: 0.04 Mt1904: 0.04 Mt1907: 0.05 Mt1910: 0.05 Mt1913: 0.06 Mt1916: 0.07 Mt1919: 0.07 Mt1922: 0.08 Mt1925: 0.09 Mt1928: 0.1 Mt1931: 0.1 Mt1934: 0.11 Mt1937: 0.11 Mt1940: 0.11 Mt1943: 0.14 Mt1946: 0.2 Mt1949: 0.25 Mt1952: 0.25 Mt1955: 0.26 Mt1958: 0.27 Mt1961: 0.33 Mt1964: 0.4 Mt1967: 0.48 Mt1970: 0.58 Mt1973: 0.69 Mt1976: 0.79 Mt1979: 0.87 Mt1982: 1.15 Mt1985: 1.06 Mt1988: 1.19 Mt1991: 1.31 Mt1994: 1.34 Mt1997: 1.46 Mt2000: 1.58 Mt2003: 1.69 Mt2006: 1.74 Mt2009: 1.68 Mt2012: 1.64 Mt2015: 1.91 Mt2018: 1.86 Mt2021: 1.73 Mt2024: 1.81 Mt
Change over the period: +1.79 (+10,535.29%) Average annual rate: 2.72 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 1.81 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
East Asia & Pacific computed 784.34 Mt
Melanesia computed 2.11 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 802.16 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 1.81 −0.01 −0.5%
2023 1.82 +0.03 +1.57%
2022 1.79 +0.05 +3.17%
2021 1.73 +0.01 +0.41%
2020 1.73 −0.06 −3.3%
2019 1.79 −0.07 −3.98%
2018 1.86 +0.13 +7.45%
2017 1.73 +0.05 +3.16%
2016 1.68 −0.23 −12.05%
2015 1.91 +0.17 +9.53%
2014 1.74 +0.09 +5.13%
2013 1.66 +0.02 +0.98%
2012 1.64 +0.03 +2.12%
2011 1.61 −0.05 −2.96%
2010 1.66 −0.02 −1.25%
2009 1.68 +0.05 +3.01%
2008 1.63 −0.01 −0.43%
2007 1.64 −0.1 −5.93%
2006 1.74 +0.07 +3.89%
2005 1.67 −0.2 −10.87%
2004 1.88 +0.19 +11.33%
2003 1.69 +0.02 +1.32%
2002 1.66 +0.07 +4.59%
2001 1.59 +0.01 +0.76%
2000 1.58 +0.09 +6.19%
1999 1.49 +0.03 +1.78%
1998 1.46 −0 −0.14%
1997 1.46 +0.05 +3.25%
1996 1.42 −0.01 −0.77%
1995 1.43 +0.09 +6.57%
1994 1.34 −0.05 −3.53%
1993 1.39 +0.01 +0.43%
1992 1.38 +0.07 +5.33%
1991 1.31 +0.02 +1.86%
1990 1.29 +0.15 +13.57%
1989 1.14 −0.05 −4.3%
1988 1.19 −0.08 −6.1%
1987 1.26 +0.03 +2.77%
1986 1.23 +0.17 +16.49%
1985 1.06 −0.03 −2.5%
1984 1.08 +0.01 +1.03%
1983 1.07 −0.08 −6.71%
1982 1.15 +0.21 +22.52%
1981 0.94 +0.04 +4.81%
1980 0.89 +0.02 +2.52%
1979 0.87 +0.03 +3.2%
1978 0.85 −0.01 −0.82%
1977 0.85 +0.06 +7.85%
1976 0.79 +0.05 +6.04%
1975 0.75 +0.03 +3.76%
1974 0.72 +0.03 +4.51%
1973 0.69 +0.01 +0.88%
1972 0.68 +0.07 +11.09%
1971 0.61 +0.03 +5.15%
1970 0.58 +0.04 +6.78%
1969 0.55 +0.03 +6.23%
1968 0.51 +0.03 +6.2%
1967 0.48 +0.03 +6.14%
1966 0.46 +0.03 +6.05%
1965 0.43 +0.03 +6.7%
1964 0.4 +0.03 +6.61%
1963 0.38 +0.03 +7.08%
1962 0.35 +0.03 +7.62%
1961 0.33 +0.05 +17.99%
1960 0.28 +0 +1.09%
1959 0.28 +0 +1.1%
1958 0.27 +0 +1.49%
1957 0.27 +0 +1.13%
1956 0.27 +0 +1.53%
1955 0.26 +0 +1.16%
1954 0.26 +0 +1.18%
1953 0.26 +0 +0.79%
1952 0.25 +0 +0.8%
1951 0.25 +0 +0%
1950 0.25 +0.01 +2.03%
1949 0.25 +0.01 +4.24%
1948 0.24 +0.02 +7.27%
1947 0.22 +0.02 +9.45%
1946 0.2 +0.02 +11.67%
1945 0.18 +0.02 +12.5%
1944 0.16 +0.02 +13.48%
1943 0.14 +0.02 +12.8%
1942 0.13 +0.01 +9.65%
1941 0.11 +0 +3.64%
1940 0.11 +0 +0%
1939 0.11 +0 +0.92%
1938 0.11 +0 +0%
1937 0.11 +0 +1.87%
1936 0.11 +0 +0.94%
1935 0.11 +0 +0.95%
1934 0.11 +0 +1.94%
1933 0.1 +0 +0.98%
1932 0.1 +0 +2%
1931 0.1 +0 +1.01%
1930 0.1 +0 +2.06%
1929 0.1 +0 +2.11%
1928 0.1 +0 +2.15%
1927 0.09 +0 +2.2%
1926 0.09 +0 +2.25%
1925 0.09 +0 +3.49%
1924 0.09 +0 +2.38%
1923 0.08 +0 +2.44%
1922 0.08 +0 +3.8%
1921 0.08 +0 +2.6%
1920 0.08 +0 +4.05%
1919 0.07 +0 +4.23%
1918 0.07 +0 +4.41%
1917 0.07 +0 +4.62%
1916 0.07 +0 +4.84%
1915 0.06 +0 +5.08%
1914 0.06 +0 +5.36%
1913 0.06 +0 +5.66%
1912 0.05 +0 +3.92%
1911 0.05 +0 +4.08%
1910 0.05 +0 +4.26%
1909 0.05 +0 +2.17%
1908 0.05 +0 +2.22%
1907 0.05 +0 +4.65%
1906 0.04 +0 +2.38%
1905 0.04 +0 +2.44%
1904 0.04 +0 +2.5%
1903 0.04 +0 +2.56%
1902 0.04 +0 +2.63%
1901 0.04 +0 +2.7%
1900 0.04 +0 +0%
1899 0.04 +0 +2.78%
1898 0.04 +0 +2.86%
1897 0.04 +0 +0%
1896 0.04 +0 +2.94%
1895 0.03 +0 +3.03%
1894 0.03 +0 +0%
1893 0.03 +0 +3.13%
1892 0.03 +0 +0%
1891 0.03 +0 +0%
1890 0.03 +0 +6.67%
1889 0.03 +0 +0%
1888 0.03 +0 +3.45%
1887 0.03 +0 +0%
1886 0.03 +0 +0%
1885 0.03 +0 +0%
1884 0.03 +0 +0%
1883 0.03 +0 +3.57%
1882 0.03 +0 +0%
1881 0.03 +0 +0%
1880 0.03 +0 +3.7%
1879 0.03 +0 +0%
1878 0.03 +0 +3.85%
1877 0.03 +0 +4%
1876 0.03 +0 +4.17%
1875 0.02 +0 +4.35%
1874 0.02 +0 +4.55%
1873 0.02 +0 +4.76%
1872 0.02 +0 +5%
1871 0.02 +0 +0%
1870 0.02 +0 +0%
1869 0.02 +0 +0%
1868 0.02 +0 +0%
1867 0.02 +0 +0%
1866 0.02 +0 +0%
1865 0.02 +0 +0%
1864 0.02 +0 +0%
1863 0.02 +0 +5.26%
1862 0.02 +0 +0%
1861 0.02 +0 +0%
1860 0.02 +0 +0%
1859 0.02 +0 +0%
1858 0.02 +0 +0%
1857 0.02 +0 +0%
1856 0.02 +0 +5.56%
1855 0.02 +0 +0%
1854 0.02 +0 +0%
1853 0.02 +0 +0%
1852 0.02 +0 +5.88%
1851 0.02 +0 +0%
1850 0.02 — —

Melanesia, 2024

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

SB Solomon Islands 0.04 VU Vanuatu 0.09 FJ Fiji 0.18 PG Papua New Guinea 1.81
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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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