Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Southern Europe

Nitrous oxide emissions in Southern Europe in 2024 — 50.44 Mt. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,191.4%.

2024 50.44 Mt −1.35% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 79.46 Mt1987
Period minimum 3.91 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Southern Europe, 1850–2024020406080185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 3.91 Mt1853: 4.1 Mt1856: 4.27 Mt1859: 4.39 Mt1862: 4.45 Mt1865: 4.5 Mt1868: 4.54 Mt1871: 4.64 Mt1874: 5.21 Mt1877: 5.98 Mt1880: 6.5 Mt1883: 6.68 Mt1886: 6.81 Mt1889: 6.95 Mt1892: 7.53 Mt1895: 8.57 Mt1898: 9.26 Mt1901: 9.5 Mt1904: 9.34 Mt1907: 9.08 Mt1910: 9.04 Mt1913: 9.34 Mt1916: 9.83 Mt1919: 10.41 Mt1922: 11.13 Mt1925: 12.2 Mt1928: 13.19 Mt1931: 13.71 Mt1934: 14.03 Mt1937: 14.38 Mt1940: 14.81 Mt1943: 19.13 Mt1946: 27.42 Mt1949: 34.22 Mt1952: 36.66 Mt1955: 39.86 Mt1958: 43.73 Mt1961: 50 Mt1964: 53.93 Mt1967: 60.55 Mt1970: 62.64 Mt1973: 67.95 Mt1976: 68.65 Mt1979: 73.95 Mt1982: 70.15 Mt1985: 72.45 Mt1988: 75.79 Mt1991: 70.85 Mt1994: 67.66 Mt1997: 70.26 Mt2000: 70.53 Mt2003: 69.68 Mt2006: 62.11 Mt2009: 56.11 Mt2012: 55.08 Mt2015: 55.76 Mt2018: 55.58 Mt2021: 54.36 Mt2024: 50.44 Mt
Change over the period: +46.54 (+1,191.42%) Average annual rate: 1.48 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Europe 50.44 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 50.44 −0.69 −1.35%
2023 51.14 −1.15 −2.19%
2022 52.28 −2.08 −3.83%
2021 54.36 −1.13 −2.04%
2020 55.49 +0.67 +1.23%
2019 54.82 −0.76 −1.36%
2018 55.58 −0.65 −1.15%
2017 56.22 +0.19 +0.35%
2016 56.03 +0.27 +0.48%
2015 55.76 +0.53 +0.97%
2014 55.23 −0.37 −0.66%
2013 55.6 +0.51 +0.93%
2012 55.08 −0.21 −0.38%
2011 55.29 −1.09 −1.93%
2010 56.38 +0.27 +0.48%
2009 56.11 −2.79 −4.74%
2008 58.9 −4.41 −6.97%
2007 63.31 +1.2 +1.93%
2006 62.11 −5.33 −7.9%
2005 67.44 −2.77 −3.94%
2004 70.21 +0.53 +0.76%
2003 69.68 +0.7 +1.01%
2002 68.98 +0.54 +0.79%
2001 68.44 −2.09 −2.96%
2000 70.53 +0.35 +0.5%
1999 70.17 −0.44 −0.62%
1998 70.61 +0.35 +0.5%
1997 70.26 +0.19 +0.27%
1996 70.08 +1.64 +2.39%
1995 68.44 +0.78 +1.15%
1994 67.66 +0.75 +1.13%
1993 66.91 −0.59 −0.88%
1992 67.5 −3.35 −4.73%
1991 70.85 −3.24 −4.38%
1990 74.1 +0.03 +0.04%
1989 74.07 −1.72 −2.27%
1988 75.79 −3.67 −4.61%
1987 79.46 +6.02 +8.2%
1986 73.43 +0.99 +1.36%
1985 72.45 +0.16 +0.22%
1984 72.29 +3.27 +4.74%
1983 69.02 −1.14 −1.62%
1982 70.15 −0.44 −0.62%
1981 70.59 −1.7 −2.35%
1980 72.29 −1.67 −2.25%
1979 73.95 +0.66 +0.9%
1978 73.29 +5.07 +7.43%
1977 68.22 −0.43 −0.63%
1976 68.65 +1.34 +1.99%
1975 67.32 −0.72 −1.05%
1974 68.03 +0.09 +0.13%
1973 67.95 +3.36 +5.2%
1972 64.59 +0.84 +1.32%
1971 63.74 +1.1 +1.76%
1970 62.64 −2.48 −3.81%
1969 65.12 +1.99 +3.16%
1968 63.13 +2.58 +4.27%
1967 60.55 +2.32 +3.98%
1966 58.23 +2.34 +4.18%
1965 55.89 +1.96 +3.64%
1964 53.93 +1.52 +2.89%
1963 52.41 +0.81 +1.58%
1962 51.6 +1.6 +3.2%
1961 50 +3.63 +7.82%
1960 46.38 +1.31 +2.91%
1959 45.06 +1.33 +3.05%
1958 43.73 +1.33 +3.13%
1957 42.4 +1.3 +3.17%
1956 41.1 +1.24 +3.12%
1955 39.86 +1.17 +3.03%
1954 38.68 +1.07 +2.86%
1953 37.61 +0.95 +2.6%
1952 36.66 +0.8 +2.24%
1951 35.85 +0.63 +1.8%
1950 35.22 +1 +2.91%
1949 34.22 +1.77 +5.44%
1948 32.45 +2.33 +7.75%
1947 30.12 +2.71 +9.87%
1946 27.42 +2.87 +11.67%
1945 24.55 +2.83 +13.05%
1944 21.72 +2.59 +13.54%
1943 19.13 +2.15 +12.67%
1942 16.98 +1.51 +9.73%
1941 15.47 +0.66 +4.46%
1940 14.81 +0.16 +1.09%
1939 14.65 +0.15 +1%
1938 14.51 +0.13 +0.91%
1937 14.38 +0.12 +0.86%
1936 14.25 +0.11 +0.79%
1935 14.14 +0.11 +0.79%
1934 14.03 +0.11 +0.76%
1933 13.92 +0.11 +0.78%
1932 13.82 +0.11 +0.8%
1931 13.71 +0.12 +0.85%
1930 13.59 +0.16 +1.23%
1929 13.43 +0.24 +1.79%
1928 13.19 +0.29 +2.28%
1927 12.9 +0.34 +2.68%
1926 12.56 +0.36 +2.97%
1925 12.2 +0.37 +3.12%
1924 11.83 +0.36 +3.13%
1923 11.47 +0.34 +3.02%
1922 11.13 +0.29 +2.7%
1921 10.84 +0.23 +2.22%
1920 10.61 +0.2 +1.91%
1919 10.41 +0.2 +1.94%
1918 10.21 +0.2 +1.98%
1917 10.01 +0.18 +1.87%
1916 9.83 +0.18 +1.83%
1915 9.65 +0.16 +1.72%
1914 9.49 +0.14 +1.54%
1913 9.34 +0.13 +1.39%
1912 9.21 +0.1 +1.1%
1911 9.11 +0.08 +0.84%
1910 9.04 +0.04 +0.39%
1909 9 −0.02 −0.2%
1908 9.02 −0.05 −0.6%
1907 9.08 −0.08 −0.87%
1906 9.16 −0.09 −1.01%
1905 9.25 −0.09 −0.99%
1904 9.34 −0.08 −0.87%
1903 9.42 −0.06 −0.63%
1902 9.48 −0.02 −0.21%
1901 9.5 +0.03 +0.27%
1900 9.48 +0.08 +0.88%
1899 9.39 +0.13 +1.44%
1898 9.26 +0.19 +2.07%
1897 9.07 +0.23 +2.64%
1896 8.84 +0.27 +3.19%
1895 8.57 +0.31 +3.79%
1894 8.25 +0.35 +4.39%
1893 7.91 +0.38 +5.05%
1892 7.53 +0.41 +5.7%
1891 7.12 +0.43 +6.46%
1890 6.69 −0.26 −3.73%
1889 6.95 +0.04 +0.65%
1888 6.9 +0.05 +0.69%
1887 6.86 +0.04 +0.6%
1886 6.81 +0.04 +0.64%
1885 6.77 +0.04 +0.65%
1884 6.73 +0.05 +0.69%
1883 6.68 +0.05 +0.81%
1882 6.63 +0.06 +0.93%
1881 6.57 +0.07 +1.06%
1880 6.5 +0.11 +1.79%
1879 6.38 +0.17 +2.79%
1878 6.21 +0.23 +3.78%
1877 5.98 +0.25 +4.38%
1876 5.73 +0.27 +4.85%
1875 5.47 +0.26 +4.95%
1874 5.21 +0.24 +4.72%
1873 4.98 +0.19 +4.06%
1872 4.78 +0.14 +2.99%
1871 4.64 +0.06 +1.35%
1870 4.58 +0.02 +0.44%
1869 4.56 +0.02 +0.37%
1868 4.54 +0.02 +0.33%
1867 4.53 +0.02 +0.38%
1866 4.51 +0.02 +0.36%
1865 4.5 +0.01 +0.33%
1864 4.48 +0.02 +0.36%
1863 4.46 +0.02 +0.4%
1862 4.45 +0.02 +0.41%
1861 4.43 +0.02 +0.41%
1860 4.41 +0.02 +0.55%
1859 4.39 +0.03 +0.71%
1858 4.36 +0.04 +0.93%
1857 4.32 +0.05 +1.05%
1856 4.27 +0.05 +1.21%
1855 4.22 +0.06 +1.35%
1854 4.16 +0.06 +1.46%
1853 4.1 +0.06 +1.58%
1852 4.04 +0.06 +1.61%
1851 3.98 +0.07 +1.77%
1850 3.91

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.