Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Southern Asia

Nitrous oxide emissions in Southern Asia in 2024 — 459.12 Mt. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,605.9%.

2024 459.12 Mt +1.71% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 459.12 Mt2024
Period minimum 26.91 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Southern Asia, 1850–20240200400600185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 26.91 Mt1853: 28.49 Mt1856: 29.8 Mt1859: 30.61 Mt1862: 30.85 Mt1865: 30.97 Mt1868: 31.1 Mt1871: 31.73 Mt1874: 36.99 Mt1877: 44.28 Mt1880: 48.97 Mt1883: 50.44 Mt1886: 51.41 Mt1889: 52.39 Mt1892: 54.74 Mt1895: 55.28 Mt1898: 55.88 Mt1901: 56.54 Mt1904: 57.38 Mt1907: 58.26 Mt1910: 58.98 Mt1913: 59.5 Mt1916: 59.94 Mt1919: 60.41 Mt1922: 61.11 Mt1925: 62.17 Mt1928: 63.27 Mt1931: 64.06 Mt1934: 64.78 Mt1937: 65.57 Mt1940: 66.43 Mt1943: 69.11 Mt1946: 73.75 Mt1949: 77.98 Mt1952: 80.58 Mt1955: 83.66 Mt1958: 86.81 Mt1961: 94 Mt1964: 99.43 Mt1967: 108.63 Mt1970: 117.32 Mt1973: 126.12 Mt1976: 138.71 Mt1979: 155.74 Mt1982: 166.84 Mt1985: 187.17 Mt1988: 206.69 Mt1991: 223.73 Mt1994: 244.6 Mt1997: 266.36 Mt2000: 274.86 Mt2003: 283.11 Mt2006: 319.93 Mt2009: 350.81 Mt2012: 371.59 Mt2015: 386.68 Mt2018: 407.04 Mt2021: 432.65 Mt2024: 459.12 Mt
Change over the period: +432.2 (+1,605.93%) Average annual rate: 1.64 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Asia 459.12 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 459.12 +7.73 +1.71%
2023 451.39 +9.93 +2.25%
2022 441.46 +8.81 +2.04%
2021 432.65 +5.67 +1.33%
2020 426.97 +10.59 +2.54%
2019 416.39 +9.35 +2.3%
2018 407.04 +10.88 +2.75%
2017 396.16 +8.87 +2.29%
2016 387.29 +0.61 +0.16%
2015 386.68 +4.48 +1.17%
2014 382.21 +5.74 +1.52%
2013 376.47 +4.88 +1.31%
2012 371.59 +1.43 +0.39%
2011 370.16 +9.9 +2.75%
2010 360.26 +9.46 +2.7%
2009 350.81 +11.39 +3.36%
2008 339.42 +8.85 +2.68%
2007 330.56 +10.64 +3.32%
2006 319.93 +14.62 +4.79%
2005 305.3 +12.65 +4.32%
2004 292.65 +9.54 +3.37%
2003 283.11 +7.75 +2.82%
2002 275.36 −3.24 −1.16%
2001 278.6 +3.74 +1.36%
2000 274.86 −3.26 −1.17%
1999 278.11 +6.08 +2.23%
1998 272.04 +5.68 +2.13%
1997 266.36 +6.9 +2.66%
1996 259.45 +6.95 +2.75%
1995 252.51 +7.91 +3.23%
1994 244.6 +8.87 +3.76%
1993 235.72 +3.47 +1.49%
1992 232.26 +8.53 +3.81%
1991 223.73 +6.73 +3.1%
1990 217 +3.16 +1.48%
1989 213.84 +7.15 +3.46%
1988 206.69 +12.53 +6.45%
1987 194.16 −2.79 −1.42%
1986 196.95 +9.78 +5.22%
1985 187.17 +4.8 +2.63%
1984 182.38 +6.42 +3.65%
1983 175.95 +9.12 +5.47%
1982 166.84 +3.22 +1.97%
1981 163.61 +6.66 +4.24%
1980 156.96 +1.21 +0.78%
1979 155.74 +4.3 +2.84%
1978 151.44 +6.54 +4.51%
1977 144.9 +6.19 +4.46%
1976 138.71 +1.4 +1.02%
1975 137.31 +10.27 +8.08%
1974 127.04 +0.93 +0.74%
1973 126.12 +3.51 +2.86%
1972 122.61 +2.45 +2.04%
1971 120.15 +2.84 +2.42%
1970 117.32 +1.25 +1.08%
1969 116.07 +3.32 +2.94%
1968 112.75 +4.12 +3.79%
1967 108.63 +4.52 +4.34%
1966 104.11 +3.96 +3.96%
1965 100.15 +0.72 +0.72%
1964 99.43 +2.91 +3.01%
1963 96.53 +1.28 +1.34%
1962 95.25 +1.24 +1.32%
1961 94 +5.41 +6.1%
1960 88.6 +0.85 +0.97%
1959 87.75 +0.94 +1.09%
1958 86.81 +1.01 +1.18%
1957 85.79 +1.05 +1.24%
1956 84.74 +1.08 +1.29%
1955 83.66 +1.07 +1.29%
1954 82.59 +1.04 +1.27%
1953 81.56 +0.98 +1.22%
1952 80.58 +0.89 +1.12%
1951 79.68 +0.79 +1%
1950 78.89 +0.91 +1.17%
1949 77.98 +1.22 +1.59%
1948 76.76 +1.44 +1.91%
1947 75.33 +1.58 +2.14%
1946 73.75 +1.62 +2.25%
1945 72.13 +1.58 +2.24%
1944 70.55 +1.44 +2.09%
1943 69.11 +1.23 +1.81%
1942 67.88 +0.92 +1.38%
1941 66.96 +0.52 +0.79%
1940 66.43 +0.3 +0.45%
1939 66.14 +0.29 +0.44%
1938 65.85 +0.28 +0.42%
1937 65.57 +0.27 +0.42%
1936 65.3 +0.26 +0.4%
1935 65.04 +0.26 +0.4%
1934 64.78 +0.25 +0.39%
1933 64.53 +0.24 +0.37%
1932 64.29 +0.23 +0.36%
1931 64.06 +0.23 +0.36%
1930 63.83 +0.25 +0.4%
1929 63.58 +0.31 +0.49%
1928 63.27 +0.35 +0.55%
1927 62.93 +0.37 +0.59%
1926 62.56 +0.38 +0.62%
1925 62.17 +0.38 +0.61%
1924 61.8 +0.36 +0.59%
1923 61.44 +0.33 +0.54%
1922 61.11 +0.29 +0.47%
1921 60.82 +0.23 +0.37%
1920 60.59 +0.19 +0.31%
1919 60.41 +0.17 +0.28%
1918 60.24 +0.16 +0.26%
1917 60.08 +0.15 +0.25%
1916 59.94 +0.14 +0.24%
1915 59.79 +0.14 +0.24%
1914 59.65 +0.15 +0.25%
1913 59.5 +0.16 +0.27%
1912 59.34 +0.17 +0.29%
1911 59.17 +0.19 +0.32%
1910 58.98 +0.21 +0.36%
1909 58.77 +0.24 +0.42%
1908 58.53 +0.27 +0.46%
1907 58.26 +0.29 +0.49%
1906 57.97 +0.3 +0.51%
1905 57.68 +0.3 +0.52%
1904 57.38 +0.29 +0.51%
1903 57.08 +0.28 +0.49%
1902 56.8 +0.26 +0.47%
1901 56.54 +0.23 +0.42%
1900 56.31 +0.22 +0.39%
1899 56.09 +0.21 +0.38%
1898 55.88 +0.21 +0.37%
1897 55.67 +0.2 +0.36%
1896 55.47 +0.19 +0.35%
1895 55.28 +0.19 +0.34%
1894 55.09 +0.18 +0.32%
1893 54.91 +0.17 +0.31%
1892 54.74 +0.17 +0.3%
1891 54.57 +0.16 +0.29%
1890 54.41 +2.02 +3.86%
1889 52.39 +0.36 +0.69%
1888 52.04 +0.32 +0.62%
1887 51.72 +0.3 +0.59%
1886 51.41 +0.3 +0.59%
1885 51.11 +0.32 +0.63%
1884 50.79 +0.36 +0.71%
1883 50.44 +0.41 +0.82%
1882 50.03 +0.48 +0.97%
1881 49.55 +0.57 +1.17%
1880 48.97 +0.99 +2.07%
1879 47.98 +1.62 +3.5%
1878 46.36 +2.08 +4.7%
1877 44.28 +2.37 +5.65%
1876 41.91 +2.49 +6.3%
1875 39.42 +2.43 +6.57%
1874 36.99 +2.21 +6.34%
1873 34.79 +1.81 +5.49%
1872 32.97 +1.24 +3.92%
1871 31.73 +0.51 +1.62%
1870 31.22 +0.07 +0.23%
1869 31.15 +0.06 +0.18%
1868 31.1 +0.05 +0.15%
1867 31.05 +0.04 +0.14%
1866 31.01 +0.04 +0.11%
1865 30.97 +0.04 +0.12%
1864 30.93 +0.04 +0.13%
1863 30.89 +0.04 +0.14%
1862 30.85 +0.06 +0.18%
1861 30.79 +0.07 +0.22%
1860 30.73 +0.12 +0.39%
1859 30.61 +0.2 +0.66%
1858 30.4 +0.27 +0.9%
1857 30.13 +0.34 +1.12%
1856 29.8 +0.39 +1.33%
1855 29.41 +0.44 +1.51%
1854 28.97 +0.48 +1.67%
1853 28.49 +0.51 +1.81%
1852 27.99 +0.53 +1.93%
1851 27.46 +0.54 +2.01%
1850 26.91

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.