Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Australia and New Zealand

Nitrous oxide emissions in Australia and New Zealand in 2024 — 81.03 Mt. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 719.7%.

2024 81.03 Mt +1.42% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 117.69 Mt2001
Period minimum 9.89 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Australia and New Zealand, 1850–2024050100150185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 9.89 Mt1853: 10.48 Mt1856: 10.96 Mt1859: 11.26 Mt1862: 11.34 Mt1865: 11.38 Mt1868: 11.41 Mt1871: 11.64 Mt1874: 13.64 Mt1877: 16.41 Mt1880: 18.19 Mt1883: 18.73 Mt1886: 19.09 Mt1889: 19.46 Mt1892: 19.9 Mt1895: 18.14 Mt1898: 17.29 Mt1901: 17.33 Mt1904: 19.19 Mt1907: 21.85 Mt1910: 23.74 Mt1913: 24.53 Mt1916: 25.09 Mt1919: 25.67 Mt1922: 26.53 Mt1925: 27.72 Mt1928: 28.69 Mt1931: 28.92 Mt1934: 28.71 Mt1937: 28.45 Mt1940: 28.37 Mt1943: 31.86 Mt1946: 39.11 Mt1949: 45.6 Mt1952: 48.68 Mt1955: 51.92 Mt1958: 55.51 Mt1961: 58.45 Mt1964: 64.3 Mt1967: 68.05 Mt1970: 74.38 Mt1973: 69.48 Mt1976: 95.24 Mt1979: 90.59 Mt1982: 89.66 Mt1985: 98.21 Mt1988: 74.49 Mt1991: 86.78 Mt1994: 86.79 Mt1997: 81.24 Mt2000: 107.42 Mt2003: 75.35 Mt2006: 93.63 Mt2009: 77.93 Mt2012: 116.82 Mt2015: 86.17 Mt2018: 92 Mt2021: 77.93 Mt2024: 81.03 Mt
Change over the period: +71.15 (+719.65%) Average annual rate: 1.22 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand 81.03 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Australia and New Zealand, by year Australia and New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 81.03 +1.14 +1.42%
2023 79.9 +0.61 +0.77%
2022 79.29 +1.36 +1.75%
2021 77.93 +9.3 +13.56%
2020 68.62 −9.51 −12.17%
2019 78.13 −13.88 −15.08%
2018 92 −1.32 −1.42%
2017 93.32 +20.39 +27.96%
2016 72.93 −13.24 −15.36%
2015 86.17 −3.81 −4.24%
2014 89.98 +12.25 +15.76%
2013 77.73 −39.09 −33.46%
2012 116.82 +0.89 +0.77%
2011 115.93 +48.94 +73.05%
2010 66.99 −10.94 −14.03%
2009 77.93 +3.86 +5.21%
2008 74.07 −15.15 −16.98%
2007 89.22 −4.41 −4.71%
2006 93.63 +17.7 +23.3%
2005 75.93 −20.88 −21.57%
2004 96.82 +21.46 +28.49%
2003 75.35 −36.09 −32.38%
2002 111.44 −6.26 −5.32%
2001 117.69 +10.27 +9.56%
2000 107.42 +5.41 +5.3%
1999 102.02 +16.48 +19.27%
1998 85.53 +4.3 +5.29%
1997 81.24 −0.67 −0.81%
1996 81.9 −3.89 −4.53%
1995 85.79 −1 −1.15%
1994 86.79 +1.52 +1.78%
1993 85.28 −0.44 −0.51%
1992 85.72 −1.06 −1.22%
1991 86.78 −0.87 −0.99%
1990 87.65 +10.13 +13.07%
1989 77.52 +3.04 +4.08%
1988 74.49 +0.8 +1.08%
1987 73.69 −12.79 −14.79%
1986 86.48 −11.73 −11.94%
1985 98.21 +20.74 +26.78%
1984 77.47 +0.83 +1.08%
1983 76.64 −13.02 −14.52%
1982 89.66 +17.23 +23.79%
1981 72.43 −23.69 −24.65%
1980 96.12 +5.52 +6.1%
1979 90.59 +13.31 +17.22%
1978 77.29 −15.13 −16.37%
1977 92.42 −2.82 −2.97%
1976 95.24 +12.8 +15.52%
1975 82.44 +7.39 +9.85%
1974 75.05 +5.57 +8.01%
1973 69.48 −15.69 −18.42%
1972 85.17 +15.55 +22.34%
1971 69.61 −4.77 −6.41%
1970 74.38 +1.21 +1.65%
1969 73.18 +2.35 +3.32%
1968 70.82 +2.77 +4.08%
1967 68.05 +2.33 +3.55%
1966 65.72 −0.12 −0.19%
1965 65.84 +1.54 +2.39%
1964 64.3 +2.08 +3.35%
1963 62.22 +1.61 +2.65%
1962 60.61 +2.15 +3.69%
1961 58.45 +0.47 +0.8%
1960 57.99 +1.24 +2.19%
1959 56.74 +1.24 +2.23%
1958 55.51 +1.22 +2.25%
1957 54.29 +1.2 +2.25%
1956 53.09 +1.17 +2.25%
1955 51.92 +1.13 +2.22%
1954 50.79 +1.08 +2.18%
1953 49.71 +1.03 +2.12%
1952 48.68 +0.97 +2.03%
1951 47.71 +0.9 +1.92%
1950 46.81 +1.21 +2.66%
1949 45.6 +1.8 +4.11%
1948 43.8 +2.22 +5.34%
1947 41.58 +2.47 +6.32%
1946 39.11 +2.56 +6.99%
1945 36.55 +2.47 +7.26%
1944 34.08 +2.22 +6.97%
1943 31.86 +1.8 +6%
1942 30.06 +1.22 +4.23%
1941 28.84 +0.46 +1.64%
1940 28.37 +0.01 +0.04%
1939 28.36 −0.03 −0.1%
1938 28.39 −0.06 −0.21%
1937 28.45 −0.08 −0.28%
1936 28.53 −0.09 −0.32%
1935 28.62 −0.09 −0.33%
1934 28.71 −0.09 −0.3%
1933 28.8 −0.07 −0.25%
1932 28.87 −0.05 −0.17%
1931 28.92 −0.01 −0.05%
1930 28.94 +0.06 +0.23%
1929 28.87 +0.18 +0.62%
1928 28.69 +0.26 +0.93%
1927 28.43 +0.33 +1.18%
1926 28.1 +0.38 +1.36%
1925 27.72 +0.4 +1.46%
1924 27.32 +0.41 +1.5%
1923 26.92 +0.38 +1.45%
1922 26.53 +0.35 +1.33%
1921 26.19 +0.29 +1.11%
1920 25.9 +0.23 +0.91%
1919 25.67 +0.21 +0.81%
1918 25.46 +0.19 +0.75%
1917 25.27 +0.18 +0.71%
1916 25.09 +0.18 +0.71%
1915 24.91 +0.18 +0.75%
1914 24.73 +0.2 +0.82%
1913 24.53 +0.23 +0.93%
1912 24.3 +0.26 +1.07%
1911 24.04 +0.3 +1.27%
1910 23.74 +0.44 +1.91%
1909 23.3 +0.65 +2.87%
1908 22.65 +0.79 +3.63%
1907 21.85 +0.88 +4.2%
1906 20.97 +0.91 +4.53%
1905 20.07 +0.88 +4.57%
1904 19.19 +0.79 +4.28%
1903 18.4 +0.64 +3.6%
1902 17.76 +0.43 +2.49%
1901 17.33 +0.17 +0.97%
1900 17.16 −0.02 −0.14%
1899 17.19 −0.11 −0.61%
1898 17.29 −0.19 −1.08%
1897 17.48 −0.28 −1.58%
1896 17.76 −0.38 −2.07%
1895 18.14 −0.48 −2.57%
1894 18.62 −0.58 −3.04%
1893 19.2 −0.7 −3.5%
1892 19.9 −0.81 −3.93%
1891 20.71 −0.94 −4.33%
1890 21.65 +2.19 +11.27%
1889 19.46 +0.13 +0.69%
1888 19.32 +0.12 +0.61%
1887 19.21 +0.11 +0.59%
1886 19.09 +0.11 +0.58%
1885 18.98 +0.12 +0.63%
1884 18.87 +0.13 +0.7%
1883 18.73 +0.15 +0.82%
1882 18.58 +0.18 +0.97%
1881 18.4 +0.21 +1.18%
1880 18.19 +0.38 +2.11%
1879 17.81 +0.62 +3.58%
1878 17.2 +0.79 +4.82%
1877 16.41 +0.9 +5.8%
1876 15.51 +0.95 +6.49%
1875 14.56 +0.92 +6.78%
1874 13.64 +0.84 +6.55%
1873 12.8 +0.69 +5.66%
1872 12.11 +0.47 +4.05%
1871 11.64 +0.19 +1.64%
1870 11.46 +0.02 +0.21%
1869 11.43 +0.02 +0.17%
1868 11.41 +0.01 +0.12%
1867 11.4 +0.01 +0.1%
1866 11.39 +0.01 +0.1%
1865 11.38 +0.01 +0.09%
1864 11.37 +0.01 +0.1%
1863 11.36 +0.01 +0.12%
1862 11.34 +0.02 +0.15%
1861 11.32 +0.02 +0.2%
1860 11.3 +0.04 +0.36%
1859 11.26 +0.07 +0.64%
1858 11.19 +0.1 +0.91%
1857 11.09 +0.12 +1.12%
1856 10.96 +0.15 +1.34%
1855 10.82 +0.16 +1.54%
1854 10.66 +0.18 +1.71%
1853 10.48 +0.19 +1.85%
1852 10.29 +0.2 +1.95%
1851 10.09 +0.2 +2.05%
1850 9.89

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.