Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Central America

Nitrous oxide emissions in Central America in 2024 — 54.79 Mt. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 7,314.1%.

2024 54.79 Mt −1.53% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 57.58 Mt2017
Period minimum 0.74 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Central America, 1850–20240204060185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.74 Mt1853: 0.77 Mt1856: 0.8 Mt1859: 0.82 Mt1862: 0.84 Mt1865: 0.85 Mt1868: 0.87 Mt1871: 0.89 Mt1874: 0.96 Mt1877: 1.06 Mt1880: 1.13 Mt1883: 1.16 Mt1886: 1.19 Mt1889: 1.21 Mt1892: 1.5 Mt1895: 1.64 Mt1898: 1.84 Mt1901: 2.1 Mt1904: 2.63 Mt1907: 3.25 Mt1910: 3.63 Mt1913: 3.77 Mt1916: 3.88 Mt1919: 3.95 Mt1922: 3.97 Mt1925: 3.89 Mt1928: 3.82 Mt1931: 3.85 Mt1934: 4.09 Mt1937: 4.47 Mt1940: 4.86 Mt1943: 6.24 Mt1946: 8.74 Mt1949: 10.96 Mt1952: 12.49 Mt1955: 15.14 Mt1958: 17.97 Mt1961: 19.77 Mt1964: 23.02 Mt1967: 25.87 Mt1970: 29.16 Mt1973: 31 Mt1976: 35.39 Mt1979: 37.25 Mt1982: 42.39 Mt1985: 44.42 Mt1988: 45.09 Mt1991: 46.04 Mt1994: 47.67 Mt1997: 49 Mt2000: 49.05 Mt2003: 49.87 Mt2006: 50.23 Mt2009: 51 Mt2012: 53.95 Mt2015: 54.17 Mt2018: 57.17 Mt2021: 56.86 Mt2024: 54.79 Mt
Change over the period: +54.05 (+7,314.07%) Average annual rate: 2.51 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Central America 54.79 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 54.79 −0.85 −1.53%
2023 55.64 +0.6 +1.08%
2022 55.04 −1.82 −3.19%
2021 56.86 −0.66 −1.14%
2020 57.52 +0.36 +0.62%
2019 57.16 −0.01 −0.02%
2018 57.17 −0.41 −0.71%
2017 57.58 +0.22 +0.39%
2016 57.36 +3.19 +5.89%
2015 54.17 −0.65 −1.19%
2014 54.82 −0.44 −0.79%
2013 55.26 +1.31 +2.43%
2012 53.95 −0.89 −1.63%
2011 54.85 +3.34 +6.49%
2010 51.5 +0.5 +0.98%
2009 51 +0.33 +0.65%
2008 50.67 −0.87 −1.68%
2007 51.54 +1.31 +2.6%
2006 50.23 −1.06 −2.07%
2005 51.29 +3.13 +6.51%
2004 48.16 −1.71 −3.43%
2003 49.87 +2.4 +5.06%
2002 47.47 −1.58 −3.21%
2001 49.05 +0 +0%
2000 49.05 −1.86 −3.66%
1999 50.91 −0.06 −0.11%
1998 50.96 +1.97 +4.01%
1997 49 +0.85 +1.77%
1996 48.15 +1.02 +2.16%
1995 47.13 −0.54 −1.14%
1994 47.67 +0.55 +1.17%
1993 47.12 +0.8 +1.73%
1992 46.32 +0.28 +0.61%
1991 46.04 −0.69 −1.48%
1990 46.73 +0.46 +1%
1989 46.26 +1.17 +2.6%
1988 45.09 −0.84 −1.82%
1987 45.93 +0.37 +0.81%
1986 45.56 +1.14 +2.57%
1985 44.42 +1.11 +2.55%
1984 43.31 +0.99 +2.33%
1983 42.33 −0.06 −0.14%
1982 42.39 +1.02 +2.47%
1981 41.36 +2.41 +6.19%
1980 38.95 +1.7 +4.57%
1979 37.25 +0.55 +1.49%
1978 36.7 +0.4 +1.1%
1977 36.31 +0.91 +2.58%
1976 35.39 +1.45 +4.28%
1975 33.94 +2.01 +6.29%
1974 31.93 +0.93 +3.01%
1973 31 +1.01 +3.37%
1972 29.99 +0.87 +2.98%
1971 29.12 −0.04 −0.12%
1970 29.16 +1.14 +4.05%
1969 28.02 +0.92 +3.39%
1968 27.1 +1.24 +4.78%
1967 25.87 +0.7 +2.77%
1966 25.17 +1.2 +5%
1965 23.97 +0.95 +4.13%
1964 23.02 +1.05 +4.76%
1963 21.97 +1.38 +6.68%
1962 20.6 +0.83 +4.2%
1961 19.77 +0.41 +2.14%
1960 19.35 +0.61 +3.28%
1959 18.74 +0.77 +4.3%
1958 17.97 +0.89 +5.19%
1957 17.08 +0.96 +5.93%
1956 16.12 +0.98 +6.49%
1955 15.14 +0.96 +6.79%
1954 14.18 +0.9 +6.78%
1953 13.28 +0.79 +6.32%
1952 12.49 +0.64 +5.42%
1951 11.85 +0.44 +3.89%
1950 11.4 +0.44 +4.01%
1949 10.96 +0.63 +6.06%
1948 10.34 +0.76 +7.92%
1947 9.58 +0.84 +9.6%
1946 8.74 +0.87 +11.08%
1945 7.87 +0.85 +12.08%
1944 7.02 +0.78 +12.48%
1943 6.24 +0.65 +11.69%
1942 5.59 +0.48 +9.31%
1941 5.11 +0.25 +5.23%
1940 4.86 +0.12 +2.62%
1939 4.73 +0.13 +2.89%
1938 4.6 +0.14 +3.02%
1937 4.47 +0.13 +3.07%
1936 4.33 +0.13 +3.04%
1935 4.2 +0.12 +2.89%
1934 4.09 +0.1 +2.53%
1933 3.99 +0.08 +2.1%
1932 3.9 +0.06 +1.51%
1931 3.85 +0.03 +0.76%
1930 3.82 +0.01 +0.16%
1929 3.81 −0.01 −0.26%
1928 3.82 −0.02 −0.52%
1927 3.84 −0.03 −0.67%
1926 3.87 −0.03 −0.72%
1925 3.89 −0.03 −0.76%
1924 3.92 −0.02 −0.63%
1923 3.95 −0.02 −0.5%
1922 3.97 −0.01 −0.2%
1921 3.98 +0 +0.13%
1920 3.97 +0.02 +0.46%
1919 3.95 +0.02 +0.53%
1918 3.93 +0.03 +0.69%
1917 3.91 +0.03 +0.77%
1916 3.88 +0.03 +0.86%
1915 3.84 +0.04 +0.97%
1914 3.81 +0.04 +1.06%
1913 3.77 +0.04 +1.15%
1912 3.72 +0.05 +1.28%
1911 3.68 +0.05 +1.27%
1910 3.63 +0.08 +2.2%
1909 3.55 +0.13 +3.77%
1908 3.42 +0.17 +5.19%
1907 3.25 +0.2 +6.41%
1906 3.06 +0.21 +7.37%
1905 2.85 +0.21 +8.12%
1904 2.63 +0.21 +8.44%
1903 2.43 +0.18 +8.1%
1902 2.25 +0.15 +7.26%
1901 2.1 +0.11 +5.28%
1900 1.99 +0.08 +4.03%
1899 1.91 +0.08 +4.08%
1898 1.84 +0.07 +4.08%
1897 1.77 +0.07 +4%
1896 1.7 +0.06 +3.6%
1895 1.64 +0.06 +3.54%
1894 1.58 +0.05 +2.99%
1893 1.54 +0.04 +2.6%
1892 1.5 +0.03 +1.77%
1891 1.47 +0.02 +1.31%
1890 1.45 +0.24 +19.98%
1889 1.21 +0.01 +0.67%
1888 1.2 +0.01 +0.75%
1887 1.19 +0.01 +0.67%
1886 1.19 +0.01 +0.51%
1885 1.18 +0.01 +0.77%
1884 1.17 +0.01 +0.86%
1883 1.16 +0.01 +0.69%
1882 1.15 +0.01 +0.79%
1881 1.14 +0.01 +1.06%
1880 1.13 +0.02 +1.43%
1879 1.12 +0.02 +2.2%
1878 1.09 +0.03 +2.73%
1877 1.06 +0.03 +3.2%
1876 1.03 +0.03 +3.41%
1875 1 +0.04 +3.64%
1874 0.96 +0.03 +3.11%
1873 0.93 +0.03 +3.1%
1872 0.9 +0.02 +2.15%
1871 0.89 +0.01 +1.37%
1870 0.87 +0.01 +0.58%
1869 0.87 +0 +0.35%
1868 0.87 +0.01 +0.58%
1867 0.86 +0 +0.47%
1866 0.86 +0.01 +0.71%
1865 0.85 +0.01 +0.59%
1864 0.85 +0.01 +0.6%
1863 0.84 +0 +0.36%
1862 0.84 +0.01 +0.6%
1861 0.83 +0 +0.36%
1860 0.83 +0.01 +1.1%
1859 0.82 +0.01 +0.61%
1858 0.82 +0.01 +0.99%
1857 0.81 +0.01 +1.13%
1856 0.8 +0.01 +1.01%
1855 0.79 +0.01 +1.02%
1854 0.78 +0.01 +1.56%
1853 0.77 +0.01 +1.05%
1852 0.76 +0.01 +1.74%
1851 0.75 +0.01 +1.35%
1850 0.74

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.