Nitrous oxide emissions in Iran
Nitrous oxide emissions in Iran was 123.35 thousand tonnes of nitrous oxide in 2025, according to the European Commission, Joint Research Centre. That is up 1.4% from 2024. That is the 14th highest of 217 countries in 2025.
Nitrous oxide emissions in Iran, 1970 to 2025
All 56 values
| Period | thousand tonnes of nitrous oxide |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 123.35 Provisional |
| 2024 | 121.63 Provisional |
| 2023 | 118.67 |
| 2022 | 117.24 |
| 2021 | 114.13 |
| 2020 | 109.51 |
| 2019 | 106.17 |
| 2018 | 104.9 |
| 2017 | 102.34 |
| 2016 | 102.62 |
| 2015 | 96.46 |
| 2014 | 99.35 |
| 2013 | 107.09 |
| 2012 | 108.34 |
| 2011 | 106.44 |
| 2010 | 109.36 |
| 2009 | 105.52 |
| 2008 | 103.22 |
| 2007 | 100.8 |
| 2006 | 101.77 |
| 2005 | 95.97 |
| 2004 | 97.59 |
| 2003 | 92.65 |
| 2002 | 89.8 |
| 2001 | 90.37 |
| 2000 | 88.88 |
| 1999 | 89.67 |
| 1998 | 90.62 |
| 1997 | 87.92 |
| 1996 | 83.38 |
| 1995 | 79.95 |
| 1994 | 78.59 |
| 1993 | 75.37 |
| 1992 | 81.1 |
| 1991 | 72.51 |
| 1990 | 70.64 |
| 1989 | 72.89 |
| 1988 | 64.13 |
| 1987 | 63.47 |
| 1986 | 63.46 |
| 1985 | 60.1 |
| 1984 | 57.71 |
| 1983 | 57.76 |
| 1982 | 52.75 |
| 1981 | 50.46 |
| 1980 | 46.67 |
| 1979 | 46.99 |
| 1978 | 44.37 |
| 1977 | 44.56 |
| 1976 | 42.19 |
| 1975 | 40.33 |
| 1974 | 40.24 |
| 1973 | 38.12 |
| 1972 | 36.54 |
| 1971 | 35.87 |
| 1970 | 35.57 |
Rankings
Definition
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emitted in the year, in thousand tonnes of nitrous oxide, mostly from fertilised agricultural soils and manure, plus industry (nitric and adipic acid), fuel combustion and wastewater, as estimated by EDGAR. EDGAR estimates every country with the same IPCC methods and international activity statistics, so countries can be compared, but the values differ from the inventories countries report themselves. Emissions from land use, land use change and forestry and from large scale biomass burning (savannah and forest fires) are not included. The latest two years are fast track estimates from proxy statistics, replaced in later releases, and are marked provisional.
Tonnes of the gas itself, not CO2 equivalent: EDGAR weights a tonne of nitrous oxide as 265 tonnes of CO2 over 100 years (IPCC AR5). EDGAR counts Andorra with Spain, Monaco with France, San Marino and the Holy See with Italy, and Liechtenstein with Switzerland. It reports Israel and Palestine, Sudan and South Sudan, and Serbia and Montenegro together, so those countries have no value here. Each release revises past years.
How to cite
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, European Commission, Joint Research Centre. EDGAR N2O emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of nitrous oxide. https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. © European Union, licensed under CC BY 4.0.Citation styles
APA 7
European Commission, Joint Research Centre. (2026). EDGAR N2O emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of nitrous oxide (Nitrous oxide emissions, Iran, 1970 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/
MLA 9
EDGAR N2O emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of nitrous oxide, Nitrous oxide emissions, Iran, 1970 to 2025. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, 18 Sept. 2026, https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/nitrous-oxide-emissions/iran. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
European Commission, Joint Research Centre. 2026. EDGAR N2O emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of nitrous oxide. Nitrous oxide emissions, Iran, 1970 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/nitrous-oxide-emissions/iran.
Harvard
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (2026) EDGAR N2O emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of nitrous oxide, Nitrous oxide emissions, Iran, 1970 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/nitrous-oxide-emissions/iran (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{european_nitrous_oxide_emissions_iran_2025,
author = {{European Commission, Joint Research Centre}},
title = {{EDGAR N2O emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of nitrous oxide: Nitrous oxide emissions, Iran, 1970 to 2025}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/nitrous-oxide-emissions/iran. Publisher attribution: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, European Commission, Joint Research Centre. EDGAR N2O emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of nitrous oxide. https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR\_2026\_GHG/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. © European Union, licensed under CC BY 4.0.},
}
RIS
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Nitrous oxide emissions in Iran was 123.35 thousand tonnes of nitrous oxide in 2025, according to the European Commission, Joint Research Centre. That is up 1.4% from 2024. That is the 14th highest of 217 countries in 2025.
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European Commission, Joint Research Centre. EDGAR N2O emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of nitrous oxide. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
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123.35 thousand tonnes of nitrous oxide in 2025, the highest value since 1970 in this series.