Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Spain

Nitrous oxide emissions in Spain in 2024 — 18.85 Mt. Ranked 171 in the world out of 201. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,556.2%.

2024 18.85 Mt −1.28% vs 2023
World rank 171of 201
Period maximum 24.52 Mt2003
Period minimum 1.14 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Spain, 1850–20240102030185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 1.14 Mt1853: 1.2 Mt1856: 1.24 Mt1859: 1.28 Mt1862: 1.3 Mt1865: 1.31 Mt1868: 1.32 Mt1871: 1.35 Mt1874: 1.52 Mt1877: 1.74 Mt1880: 1.89 Mt1883: 1.95 Mt1886: 1.99 Mt1889: 2.02 Mt1892: 2.22 Mt1895: 2.6 Mt1898: 2.85 Mt1901: 2.93 Mt1904: 2.88 Mt1907: 2.79 Mt1910: 2.77 Mt1913: 2.82 Mt1916: 2.89 Mt1919: 2.96 Mt1922: 3.07 Mt1925: 3.22 Mt1928: 3.38 Mt1931: 3.52 Mt1934: 3.73 Mt1937: 3.96 Mt1940: 4.14 Mt1943: 5.22 Mt1946: 7.3 Mt1949: 8.97 Mt1952: 9.49 Mt1955: 10.16 Mt1958: 10.99 Mt1961: 12.72 Mt1964: 13.44 Mt1967: 15.02 Mt1970: 15.69 Mt1973: 18.14 Mt1976: 19.62 Mt1979: 21.22 Mt1982: 20.58 Mt1985: 21.22 Mt1988: 22.89 Mt1991: 21.88 Mt1994: 21.31 Mt1997: 22.84 Mt2000: 24.34 Mt2003: 24.52 Mt2006: 22.52 Mt2009: 20.37 Mt2012: 19.77 Mt2015: 21.53 Mt2018: 21.81 Mt2021: 21.79 Mt2024: 18.85 Mt
Change over the period: +17.71 (+1,556.24%) Average annual rate: 1.63 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Spain 18.85 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Europe & Central Asia computed 469.71 Mt
Southern Europe computed 50.44 Mt
High-income countries computed 782.61 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Spain, by year Spain All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 18.85 −0.24 −1.28%
2023 19.09 −0.72 −3.64%
2022 19.81 −1.97 −9.06%
2021 21.79 +0.01 +0.06%
2020 21.77 +0.49 +2.32%
2019 21.28 −0.53 −2.41%
2018 21.81 +0.17 +0.78%
2017 21.64 +0.38 +1.79%
2016 21.26 −0.27 −1.27%
2015 21.53 +0.47 +2.21%
2014 21.06 +0.43 +2.07%
2013 20.64 +0.87 +4.39%
2012 19.77 −0.54 −2.65%
2011 20.31 −0.77 −3.68%
2010 21.08 +0.71 +3.49%
2009 20.37 −0.29 −1.39%
2008 20.66 −2.42 −10.48%
2007 23.08 +0.56 +2.46%
2006 22.52 +0.09 +0.41%
2005 22.43 −1.49 −6.23%
2004 23.92 −0.6 −2.45%
2003 24.52 +1.12 +4.76%
2002 23.41 −0.47 −1.98%
2001 23.88 −0.47 −1.92%
2000 24.34 +0.36 +1.48%
1999 23.99 +0.07 +0.3%
1998 23.92 +1.08 +4.71%
1997 22.84 −0.27 −1.16%
1996 23.11 +2.03 +9.65%
1995 21.08 −0.24 −1.12%
1994 21.31 +0.52 +2.49%
1993 20.8 +0.42 +2.05%
1992 20.38 −1.5 −6.86%
1991 21.88 −0.33 −1.49%
1990 22.21 −0.04 −0.2%
1989 22.26 −0.64 −2.79%
1988 22.89 +1.05 +4.8%
1987 21.85 +0.09 +0.41%
1986 21.76 +0.53 +2.51%
1985 21.22 −0.28 −1.3%
1984 21.5 +1.54 +7.74%
1983 19.96 −0.63 −3.04%
1982 20.58 +0.31 +1.55%
1981 20.27 −1.43 −6.59%
1980 21.7 +0.48 +2.28%
1979 21.22 +0.16 +0.75%
1978 21.06 +1.66 +8.57%
1977 19.4 −0.22 −1.12%
1976 19.62 +0.65 +3.45%
1975 18.96 −0.19 −0.98%
1974 19.15 +1.01 +5.54%
1973 18.14 +1.15 +6.75%
1972 17 +0.41 +2.5%
1971 16.58 +0.9 +5.71%
1970 15.69 −0.87 −5.24%
1969 16.55 +0.63 +3.94%
1968 15.93 +0.91 +6.05%
1967 15.02 +0.58 +4%
1966 14.44 +0.73 +5.32%
1965 13.71 +0.27 +1.99%
1964 13.44 +0.3 +2.27%
1963 13.15 +0.09 +0.68%
1962 13.06 +0.33 +2.61%
1961 12.72 +1.17 +10.12%
1960 11.56 +0.28 +2.5%
1959 11.27 +0.29 +2.6%
1958 10.99 +0.28 +2.65%
1957 10.7 +0.28 +2.66%
1956 10.43 +0.26 +2.6%
1955 10.16 +0.25 +2.49%
1954 9.92 +0.23 +2.32%
1953 9.69 +0.2 +2.09%
1952 9.49 +0.17 +1.77%
1951 9.33 +0.13 +1.39%
1950 9.2 +0.23 +2.51%
1949 8.97 +0.43 +5%
1948 8.55 +0.58 +7.23%
1947 7.97 +0.67 +9.24%
1946 7.3 +0.72 +10.91%
1945 6.58 +0.71 +12.14%
1944 5.87 +0.65 +12.5%
1943 5.22 +0.54 +11.57%
1942 4.67 +0.38 +8.77%
1941 4.3 +0.16 +3.92%
1940 4.14 +0.04 +1.08%
1939 4.09 +0.06 +1.46%
1938 4.03 +0.07 +1.74%
1937 3.96 +0.08 +1.98%
1936 3.89 +0.08 +2.1%
1935 3.81 +0.08 +2.17%
1934 3.73 +0.08 +2.11%
1933 3.65 +0.07 +1.98%
1932 3.58 +0.06 +1.73%
1931 3.52 +0.05 +1.35%
1930 3.47 +0.04 +1.23%
1929 3.43 +0.05 +1.42%
1928 3.38 +0.05 +1.56%
1927 3.33 +0.05 +1.65%
1926 3.27 +0.06 +1.71%
1925 3.22 +0.05 +1.71%
1924 3.16 +0.05 +1.64%
1923 3.11 +0.05 +1.53%
1922 3.07 +0.04 +1.36%
1921 3.03 +0.03 +1.1%
1920 2.99 +0.03 +0.94%
1919 2.96 +0.03 +0.92%
1918 2.94 +0.03 +0.89%
1917 2.91 +0.02 +0.83%
1916 2.89 +0.02 +0.77%
1915 2.87 +0.02 +0.77%
1914 2.84 +0.02 +0.71%
1913 2.82 +0.02 +0.71%
1912 2.8 +0.02 +0.65%
1911 2.79 +0.02 +0.65%
1910 2.77 +0.01 +0.25%
1909 2.76 −0.01 −0.29%
1908 2.77 −0.02 −0.72%
1907 2.79 −0.03 −0.99%
1906 2.82 −0.03 −1.12%
1905 2.85 −0.03 −1.08%
1904 2.88 −0.03 −0.96%
1903 2.91 −0.02 −0.65%
1902 2.93 −0.01 −0.27%
1901 2.93 +0.01 +0.31%
1900 2.93 +0.03 +1%
1899 2.9 +0.05 +1.69%
1898 2.85 +0.07 +2.41%
1897 2.78 +0.08 +3.11%
1896 2.7 +0.1 +3.81%
1895 2.6 +0.11 +4.59%
1894 2.48 +0.13 +5.34%
1893 2.36 +0.14 +6.17%
1892 2.22 +0.15 +7.14%
1891 2.07 +0.16 +8.14%
1890 1.92 −0.11 −5.29%
1889 2.02 +0.01 +0.7%
1888 2.01 +0.01 +0.65%
1887 2 +0.01 +0.6%
1886 1.99 +0.01 +0.66%
1885 1.97 +0.01 +0.66%
1884 1.96 +0.01 +0.67%
1883 1.95 +0.02 +0.83%
1882 1.93 +0.02 +0.94%
1881 1.91 +0.02 +1.06%
1880 1.89 +0.03 +1.78%
1879 1.86 +0.05 +2.82%
1878 1.81 +0.07 +3.73%
1877 1.74 +0.07 +4.37%
1876 1.67 +0.08 +4.83%
1875 1.59 +0.08 +4.94%
1874 1.52 +0.07 +4.69%
1873 1.45 +0.06 +4.09%
1872 1.39 +0.04 +2.96%
1871 1.35 +0.02 +1.42%
1870 1.33 +0.01 +0.38%
1869 1.33 +0 +0.38%
1868 1.32 +0.01 +0.38%
1867 1.32 +0 +0.38%
1866 1.31 +0 +0.31%
1865 1.31 +0.01 +0.38%
1864 1.31 +0 +0.38%
1863 1.3 +0 +0.31%
1862 1.3 +0.01 +0.47%
1861 1.29 +0.01 +0.39%
1860 1.29 +0.01 +0.55%
1859 1.28 +0.01 +0.71%
1858 1.27 +0.01 +0.95%
1857 1.26 +0.01 +1.05%
1856 1.24 +0.01 +1.22%
1855 1.23 +0.02 +1.32%
1854 1.21 +0.02 +1.51%
1853 1.2 +0.02 +1.53%
1852 1.18 +0.02 +1.64%
1851 1.16 +0.02 +1.76%
1850 1.14

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.