Nitrous oxide emissions in South Africa in 2024 — 20.29 Mt. Ranked 174 in the world out of 201. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,499.2%.
1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Africa
| Year | Mt | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20.29 | +0.18 | +0.92% |
| 2023 | 20.11 | +0.21 | +1.05% |
| 2022 | 19.9 | −1.32 | −6.2% |
| 2021 | 21.22 | +1.38 | +6.96% |
| 2020 | 19.84 | −0.17 | −0.86% |
| 2019 | 20.01 | −0.23 | −1.14% |
| 2018 | 20.24 | −0 | −0.02% |
| 2017 | 20.24 | +1.66 | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 18.59 | −0.78 | −4.02% |
| 2015 | 19.37 | −0.95 | −4.69% |
| 2014 | 20.32 | +0.09 | +0.42% |
| 2013 | 20.24 | −0.42 | −2.01% |
| 2012 | 20.65 | +0.4 | +2% |
| 2011 | 20.25 | −0.14 | −0.68% |
| 2010 | 20.39 | +0.44 | +2.21% |
| 2009 | 19.94 | −0.33 | −1.61% |
| 2008 | 20.27 | −0.44 | −2.12% |
| 2007 | 20.71 | +0.6 | +2.97% |
| 2006 | 20.11 | −1.09 | −5.15% |
| 2005 | 21.2 | +0.18 | +0.83% |
| 2004 | 21.03 | +0.07 | +0.34% |
| 2003 | 20.96 | −0.92 | −4.21% |
| 2002 | 21.88 | +1.41 | +6.88% |
| 2001 | 20.47 | +0.18 | +0.91% |
| 2000 | 20.29 | −1.3 | −6.01% |
| 1999 | 21.58 | −0.79 | −3.52% |
| 1998 | 22.37 | −0.01 | −0.04% |
| 1997 | 22.38 | +0.14 | +0.62% |
| 1996 | 22.24 | +1.96 | +9.65% |
| 1995 | 20.29 | +0.15 | +0.74% |
| 1994 | 20.14 | −0.1 | −0.5% |
| 1993 | 20.24 | +0.01 | +0.03% |
| 1992 | 20.23 | +1.59 | +8.5% |
| 1991 | 18.64 | +0 | +0.02% |
| 1990 | 18.64 | +1.09 | +6.22% |
| 1989 | 17.55 | +0.51 | +3.01% |
| 1988 | 17.04 | −0.01 | −0.05% |
| 1987 | 17.05 | +0.38 | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 16.66 | −0.2 | −1.21% |
| 1985 | 16.87 | −0.49 | −2.8% |
| 1984 | 17.35 | −0.15 | −0.85% |
| 1983 | 17.5 | −0.84 | −4.59% |
| 1982 | 18.34 | −0.27 | −1.43% |
| 1981 | 18.61 | +0.26 | +1.44% |
| 1980 | 18.35 | −0.02 | −0.09% |
| 1979 | 18.36 | +0.86 | +4.91% |
| 1978 | 17.5 | +0.16 | +0.91% |
| 1977 | 17.34 | +0.57 | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 16.77 | +0.14 | +0.84% |
| 1975 | 16.64 | +0.78 | +4.9% |
| 1974 | 15.86 | +0.43 | +2.78% |
| 1973 | 15.43 | +0.19 | +1.25% |
| 1972 | 15.24 | +0.41 | +2.79% |
| 1971 | 14.83 | −0.56 | −3.61% |
| 1970 | 15.38 | +0.01 | +0.05% |
| 1969 | 15.37 | +0.42 | +2.83% |
| 1968 | 14.95 | +0.24 | +1.61% |
| 1967 | 14.71 | +0.59 | +4.18% |
| 1966 | 14.12 | −0.43 | −2.98% |
| 1965 | 14.56 | +0.16 | +1.12% |
| 1964 | 14.4 | −0.02 | −0.14% |
| 1963 | 14.42 | +0.2 | +1.39% |
| 1962 | 14.22 | +0.22 | +1.54% |
| 1961 | 14 | +1.15 | +8.96% |
| 1960 | 12.85 | −0.06 | −0.48% |
| 1959 | 12.91 | −0.34 | −2.54% |
| 1958 | 13.25 | −0.54 | −3.93% |
| 1957 | 13.79 | −0.68 | −4.69% |
| 1956 | 14.47 | −0.75 | −4.91% |
| 1955 | 15.22 | −0.75 | −4.68% |
| 1954 | 15.96 | −0.68 | −4.08% |
| 1953 | 16.64 | −0.54 | −3.15% |
| 1952 | 17.18 | −0.34 | −1.92% |
| 1951 | 17.52 | −0.06 | −0.35% |
| 1950 | 17.58 | +0.42 | +2.45% |
| 1949 | 17.16 | +0.97 | +6.02% |
| 1948 | 16.19 | +1.39 | +9.38% |
| 1947 | 14.8 | +1.66 | +12.65% |
| 1946 | 13.14 | +1.8 | +15.87% |
| 1945 | 11.34 | +1.8 | +18.81% |
| 1944 | 9.54 | +1.65 | +20.95% |
| 1943 | 7.89 | +1.37 | +21.05% |
| 1942 | 6.52 | +0.95 | +17.08% |
| 1941 | 5.57 | +0.39 | +7.57% |
| 1940 | 5.18 | +0.05 | +1.05% |
| 1939 | 5.12 | +0.03 | +0.65% |
| 1938 | 5.09 | +0.02 | +0.34% |
| 1937 | 5.07 | +0 | +0.1% |
| 1936 | 5.07 | −0 | −0.1% |
| 1935 | 5.07 | −0.01 | −0.2% |
| 1934 | 5.08 | −0.01 | −0.2% |
| 1933 | 5.09 | −0.01 | −0.16% |
| 1932 | 5.1 | −0 | −0.02% |
| 1931 | 5.1 | +0.01 | +0.2% |
| 1930 | 5.09 | +0.03 | +0.67% |
| 1929 | 5.06 | +0.07 | +1.34% |
| 1928 | 4.99 | +0.09 | +1.9% |
| 1927 | 4.9 | +0.11 | +2.38% |
| 1926 | 4.78 | +0.13 | +2.77% |
| 1925 | 4.65 | +0.14 | +3.08% |
| 1924 | 4.51 | +0.14 | +3.25% |
| 1923 | 4.37 | +0.14 | +3.33% |
| 1922 | 4.23 | +0.13 | +3.25% |
| 1921 | 4.1 | +0.12 | +2.99% |
| 1920 | 3.98 | +0.12 | +3.03% |
| 1919 | 3.86 | +0.13 | +3.37% |
| 1918 | 3.74 | +0.13 | +3.66% |
| 1917 | 3.6 | +0.13 | +3.83% |
| 1916 | 3.47 | +0.13 | +3.89% |
| 1915 | 3.34 | +0.12 | +3.85% |
| 1914 | 3.22 | +0.11 | +3.61% |
| 1913 | 3.11 | +0.1 | +3.29% |
| 1912 | 3.01 | +0.08 | +2.73% |
| 1911 | 2.93 | +0.06 | +1.99% |
| 1910 | 2.87 | +0.04 | +1.52% |
| 1909 | 2.83 | +0.04 | +1.47% |
| 1908 | 2.79 | +0.04 | +1.38% |
| 1907 | 2.75 | +0.04 | +1.33% |
| 1906 | 2.71 | +0.03 | +1.31% |
| 1905 | 2.68 | +0.03 | +1.25% |
| 1904 | 2.64 | +0.03 | +1.23% |
| 1903 | 2.61 | +0.03 | +1.2% |
| 1902 | 2.58 | +0.03 | +1.18% |
| 1901 | 2.55 | +0.03 | +1.19% |
| 1900 | 2.52 | +0.03 | +1.16% |
| 1899 | 2.49 | +0.03 | +1.18% |
| 1898 | 2.46 | +0.03 | +1.15% |
| 1897 | 2.43 | +0.03 | +1.12% |
| 1896 | 2.41 | +0.03 | +1.13% |
| 1895 | 2.38 | +0.03 | +1.1% |
| 1894 | 2.35 | +0.02 | +1.07% |
| 1893 | 2.33 | +0.02 | +1.04% |
| 1892 | 2.31 | +0.02 | +1.01% |
| 1891 | 2.28 | +0.02 | +1.02% |
| 1890 | 2.26 | +0.08 | +3.86% |
| 1889 | 2.18 | +0.01 | +0.69% |
| 1888 | 2.16 | +0.01 | +0.65% |
| 1887 | 2.15 | +0.01 | +0.66% |
| 1886 | 2.13 | +0.01 | +0.61% |
| 1885 | 2.12 | +0.02 | +0.71% |
| 1884 | 2.1 | +0.02 | +0.72% |
| 1883 | 2.09 | +0.02 | +0.77% |
| 1882 | 2.07 | +0.02 | +0.93% |
| 1881 | 2.05 | +0.02 | +1.03% |
| 1880 | 2.03 | +0.03 | +1.6% |
| 1879 | 2 | +0.05 | +2.56% |
| 1878 | 1.95 | +0.06 | +3.34% |
| 1877 | 1.89 | +0.07 | +3.85% |
| 1876 | 1.82 | +0.07 | +4.24% |
| 1875 | 1.74 | +0.07 | +4.31% |
| 1874 | 1.67 | +0.07 | +4.04% |
| 1873 | 1.61 | +0.06 | +3.61% |
| 1872 | 1.55 | +0.04 | +2.58% |
| 1871 | 1.51 | +0.02 | +1.27% |
| 1870 | 1.49 | +0.01 | +0.47% |
| 1869 | 1.49 | +0.01 | +0.47% |
| 1868 | 1.48 | +0.01 | +0.48% |
| 1867 | 1.47 | +0.01 | +0.41% |
| 1866 | 1.47 | +0.01 | +0.48% |
| 1865 | 1.46 | +0.01 | +0.41% |
| 1864 | 1.45 | +0.01 | +0.41% |
| 1863 | 1.45 | +0.01 | +0.49% |
| 1862 | 1.44 | +0.01 | +0.49% |
| 1861 | 1.43 | +0.01 | +0.49% |
| 1860 | 1.43 | +0.01 | +0.56% |
| 1859 | 1.42 | +0.01 | +0.78% |
| 1858 | 1.41 | +0.01 | +0.93% |
| 1857 | 1.39 | +0.01 | +1.01% |
| 1856 | 1.38 | +0.02 | +1.17% |
| 1855 | 1.36 | +0.02 | +1.34% |
| 1854 | 1.35 | +0.02 | +1.36% |
| 1853 | 1.33 | +0.02 | +1.45% |
| 1852 | 1.31 | +0.02 | +1.55% |
| 1851 | 1.29 | +0.02 | +1.58% |
| 1850 | 1.27 | — | — |
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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.
How much methane a country emits — converted into CO2 equivalent.
Emissions Greenhouse gas emissionsAll greenhouse gases in CO2 equivalent, including methane and nitrous oxide.
Agriculture Fertilizer useHow many kilograms of fertilizer are applied per hectare of arable land.
Emissions CO2 emissionsAnnual carbon dioxide emissions from burning fuel and producing cement.
Emissions CO2 emissions per capitaHow many tonnes of carbon dioxide each resident of a country accounts for in a year.
Emissions Cumulative CO2 emissionsA country's total emissions over the whole record — since 1750.
