Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Zambia

Nitrous oxide emissions in Zambia in 2024 — 14.23 Mt. Ranked 161 in the world out of 201. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 3,172%.

2024 14.23 Mt +0.92% vs 2023
World rank 161of 201
Period maximum 14.23 Mt2024
Period minimum 0.44 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Zambia, 1850–2024051015185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.44 Mt1853: 0.46 Mt1856: 0.48 Mt1859: 0.49 Mt1862: 0.5 Mt1865: 0.5 Mt1868: 0.5 Mt1871: 0.51 Mt1874: 0.6 Mt1877: 0.71 Mt1880: 0.79 Mt1883: 0.81 Mt1886: 0.82 Mt1889: 0.84 Mt1892: 0.9 Mt1895: 0.93 Mt1898: 0.96 Mt1901: 0.99 Mt1904: 1.03 Mt1907: 1.07 Mt1910: 1.12 Mt1913: 1.25 Mt1916: 1.46 Mt1919: 1.69 Mt1922: 1.9 Mt1925: 2.15 Mt1928: 2.34 Mt1931: 2.38 Mt1934: 2.33 Mt1937: 2.27 Mt1940: 2.29 Mt1943: 3.91 Mt1946: 7.09 Mt1949: 9.52 Mt1952: 9.46 Mt1955: 8.16 Mt1958: 6.85 Mt1961: 6.95 Mt1964: 7.07 Mt1967: 7.39 Mt1970: 11.23 Mt1973: 7.22 Mt1976: 6.93 Mt1979: 11.03 Mt1982: 9.2 Mt1985: 7 Mt1988: 6.5 Mt1991: 10.74 Mt1994: 10.74 Mt1997: 9.81 Mt2000: 9.61 Mt2003: 11.88 Mt2006: 11.08 Mt2009: 10.81 Mt2012: 12.67 Mt2015: 13.03 Mt2018: 12.55 Mt2021: 12.72 Mt2024: 14.23 Mt
Change over the period: +13.8 (+3,171.95%) Average annual rate: 2.02 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Zambia 14.23 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 448.4 Mt
Eastern Africa computed 185.91 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 802.16 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 14.23 +0.13 +0.92%
2023 14.1 +0.26 +1.91%
2022 13.84 +1.12 +8.77%
2021 12.72 −0.06 −0.49%
2020 12.79 −0.3 −2.3%
2019 13.09 +0.54 +4.3%
2018 12.55 −0.01 −0.12%
2017 12.56 −0.51 −3.89%
2016 13.07 +0.04 +0.34%
2015 13.03 +0.34 +2.7%
2014 12.68 −0.36 −2.75%
2013 13.04 +0.38 +2.96%
2012 12.67 +1.05 +9.01%
2011 11.62 −0.24 −2.04%
2010 11.86 +1.05 +9.7%
2009 10.81 −0.72 −6.21%
2008 11.53 +0.04 +0.33%
2007 11.49 +0.41 +3.73%
2006 11.08 −1.27 −10.25%
2005 12.34 +0.51 +4.29%
2004 11.84 −0.04 −0.35%
2003 11.88 +0.97 +8.92%
2002 10.91 +1.05 +10.68%
2001 9.85 +0.24 +2.55%
2000 9.61 −0.43 −4.28%
1999 10.04 −0.75 −6.93%
1998 10.79 +0.98 +10.01%
1997 9.81 −0.25 −2.47%
1996 10.05 −0.5 −4.75%
1995 10.55 −0.18 −1.7%
1994 10.74 −0.11 −1.04%
1993 10.85 +0.13 +1.24%
1992 10.72 −0.02 −0.2%
1991 10.74 −0.1 −0.88%
1990 10.83 +3.35 +44.85%
1989 7.48 +0.98 +15.1%
1988 6.5 −2.92 −31.03%
1987 9.42 +2.63 +38.76%
1986 6.79 −0.21 −3.01%
1985 7 +0.41 +6.2%
1984 6.59 −2.37 −26.42%
1983 8.96 −0.25 −2.66%
1982 9.2 +1.36 +17.31%
1981 7.85 −1.22 −13.46%
1980 9.07 −1.96 −17.78%
1979 11.03 +2.71 +32.54%
1978 8.32 +0.29 +3.6%
1977 8.03 +1.1 +15.94%
1976 6.93 −0.73 −9.49%
1975 7.65 +1.29 +20.22%
1974 6.37 −0.86 −11.84%
1973 7.22 +0.59 +8.95%
1972 6.63 +0.56 +9.18%
1971 6.07 −5.16 −45.95%
1970 11.23 +3.51 +45.5%
1969 7.72 +0.18 +2.37%
1968 7.54 +0.15 +2.02%
1967 7.39 +0.14 +1.86%
1966 7.26 +0.1 +1.37%
1965 7.16 +0.09 +1.2%
1964 7.07 +0.07 +0.96%
1963 7.01 +0.04 +0.53%
1962 6.97 +0.02 +0.29%
1961 6.95 +0.39 +5.88%
1960 6.56 −0.06 −0.89%
1959 6.62 −0.23 −3.38%
1958 6.85 −0.36 −5.02%
1957 7.22 −0.45 −5.85%
1956 7.66 −0.49 −6.03%
1955 8.16 −0.49 −5.7%
1954 8.65 −0.45 −4.94%
1953 9.1 −0.36 −3.84%
1952 9.46 −0.23 −2.41%
1951 9.7 −0.06 −0.63%
1950 9.76 +0.24 +2.51%
1949 9.52 +0.58 +6.49%
1948 8.94 +0.84 +10.33%
1947 8.1 +1.01 +14.2%
1946 7.09 +1.09 +18.18%
1945 6 +1.09 +22.19%
1944 4.91 +1 +25.63%
1943 3.91 +0.83 +26.91%
1942 3.08 +0.57 +22.7%
1941 2.51 +0.23 +9.84%
1940 2.29 +0.02 +0.7%
1939 2.27 +0 +0.13%
1938 2.27 −0.01 −0.31%
1937 2.27 −0.02 −0.66%
1936 2.29 −0.02 −0.87%
1935 2.31 −0.02 −0.99%
1934 2.33 −0.02 −0.89%
1933 2.35 −0.02 −0.76%
1932 2.37 −0.01 −0.46%
1931 2.38 −0 −0.13%
1930 2.39 +0.01 +0.63%
1929 2.37 +0.04 +1.5%
1928 2.34 +0.05 +2.23%
1927 2.28 +0.07 +2.93%
1926 2.22 +0.07 +3.45%
1925 2.15 +0.08 +3.92%
1924 2.06 +0.08 +4.19%
1923 1.98 +0.08 +4.26%
1922 1.9 +0.08 +4.22%
1921 1.82 +0.07 +3.93%
1920 1.75 +0.07 +3.97%
1919 1.69 +0.07 +4.52%
1918 1.61 +0.08 +4.94%
1917 1.54 +0.08 +5.27%
1916 1.46 +0.08 +5.49%
1915 1.39 +0.07 +5.4%
1914 1.31 +0.07 +5.2%
1913 1.25 +0.06 +4.61%
1912 1.19 +0.04 +3.83%
1911 1.15 +0.03 +2.59%
1910 1.12 +0.02 +1.91%
1909 1.1 +0.02 +1.66%
1908 1.08 +0.02 +1.5%
1907 1.07 +0.01 +1.33%
1906 1.05 +0.01 +1.25%
1905 1.04 +0.01 +1.17%
1904 1.03 +0.01 +1.08%
1903 1.02 +0.01 +1.09%
1902 1.01 +0.01 +1.11%
1901 0.99 +0.01 +1.22%
1900 0.98 +0.01 +1.13%
1899 0.97 +0.01 +1.15%
1898 0.96 +0.01 +1.16%
1897 0.95 +0.01 +1.17%
1896 0.94 +0.01 +1.08%
1895 0.93 +0.01 +1.09%
1894 0.92 +0.01 +1.1%
1893 0.91 +0.01 +1%
1892 0.9 +0.01 +1.01%
1891 0.89 +0.01 +0.91%
1890 0.88 +0.04 +5%
1889 0.84 +0.01 +0.72%
1888 0.83 +0.01 +0.6%
1887 0.83 +0.01 +0.61%
1886 0.82 +0 +0.49%
1885 0.82 +0.01 +0.74%
1884 0.81 +0 +0.62%
1883 0.81 +0.01 +0.87%
1882 0.8 +0.01 +1.01%
1881 0.79 +0.01 +1.15%
1880 0.79 +0.02 +1.95%
1879 0.77 +0.03 +3.49%
1878 0.74 +0.03 +4.64%
1877 0.71 +0.04 +5.49%
1876 0.67 +0.04 +6.14%
1875 0.64 +0.04 +6.54%
1874 0.6 +0.03 +6.05%
1873 0.56 +0.03 +5.44%
1872 0.53 +0.02 +3.9%
1871 0.51 +0.01 +1.58%
1870 0.51 +0 +0.2%
1869 0.5 +0 +0.2%
1868 0.5 +0 +0.2%
1867 0.5 +0 +0.2%
1866 0.5 +0 +0%
1865 0.5 +0 +0.2%
1864 0.5 +0 +0.2%
1863 0.5 +0 +0.2%
1862 0.5 +0 +0.2%
1861 0.5 +0 +0.2%
1860 0.5 +0 +0.4%
1859 0.49 +0 +0.61%
1858 0.49 +0 +0.82%
1857 0.49 +0.01 +1.25%
1856 0.48 +0.01 +1.26%
1855 0.48 +0.01 +1.5%
1854 0.47 +0.01 +1.74%
1853 0.46 +0.01 +1.77%
1852 0.45 +0.01 +1.8%
1851 0.44 +0.01 +2.07%
1850 0.44

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.