Countries by nitrous oxide emissions
China had the highest nitrous oxide emissions of 217 countries in 2024, at 2,413.89 thousand tonnes of nitrous oxide. Tokelau had the lowest, at 0 thousand tonnes of nitrous oxide. The median was 7.3 thousand tonnes of nitrous oxide. Source: the European Commission, Joint Research Centre.
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| Rank | Countries | 2024 | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China Provisional | 2,413.89 | +1.4% |
| 2 | India Provisional | 1,113.04 | +4.1% |
| 3 | United States Provisional | 827.24 | -0.4% |
| 4 | Brazil Provisional | 665.12 | +2.8% |
| 5 | Russia Provisional | 348.54 | +1.3% |
| 6 | Indonesia Provisional | 258.65 | -0.6% |
| 7 | Pakistan Provisional | 245.45 | +1.8% |
| 8 | Australia Provisional | 189.27 | -2% |
| 9 | Ethiopia Provisional | 161.89 | +3% |
| 10 | Mexico Provisional | 161.14 | +1.1% |
| 11 | Canada Provisional | 160.76 | -0.9% |
| 12 | Türkiye Provisional | 142.14 | +2.6% |
| 13 | Argentina Provisional | 138.3 | -1.1% |
| 14 | Iran Provisional | 121.63 | +2.5% |
| 15 | France Provisional | 119.46 | -2.9% |
| 16 | Nigeria Provisional | 115.7 | +2.3% |
| 17 | Germany Provisional | 115.56 | -2.4% |
| 18 | Vietnam Provisional | 107.4 | +3.5% |
| 19 | United Kingdom Provisional | 100.9 | -1.1% |
| 20 | Bangladesh Provisional | 91.27 | +0.9% |
| 21 | Poland Provisional | 88.41 | -1.2% |
| 22 | Chad Provisional | 83.48 | +2.1% |
| 23 | Tanzania Provisional | 80.56 | +0.9% |
| 24 | South Africa Provisional | 79.64 | +0.5% |
| 25 | Thailand Provisional | 77.49 | -1.9% |
| 26 | Colombia Provisional | 76.08 | +1.8% |
| 27 | Japan Provisional | 75.5 | -1% |
| 28 | Ukraine Provisional | 75.44 | -2.8% |
| 29 | Spain Provisional | 72.61 | +1.4% |
| 30 | Egypt Provisional | 70.28 | -1.9% |
| 31 | Philippines Provisional | 68.49 | +2.8% |
| 32 | Kenya Provisional | 64.18 | +4.7% |
| 33 | Myanmar Provisional | 61.28 | +2.2% |
| 34 | South Korea Provisional | 58.57 | -2.9% |
| 35 | Belarus Provisional | 57.23 | +0.6% |
| 36 | Italy Provisional | 56.77 | -2.9% |
| 37 | Uzbekistan Provisional | 56 | +0.9% |
| 38 | Uganda Provisional | 44.26 | +0.2% |
| 39 | Mongolia Provisional | 43.78 | -4.1% |
| 40 | Niger Provisional | 42.92 | +14.7% |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia Provisional | 42.42 | +4.1% |
| 42 | Kazakhstan Provisional | 42.38 | +14.3% |
| 43 | Mali Provisional | 40.87 | +3.4% |
| 44 | New Zealand Provisional | 38.47 | -1.4% |
| 45 | Venezuela Provisional | 37.98 | -1.5% |
| 46 | Zambia Provisional | 34.43 | +8.9% |
| 47 | Malaysia Provisional | 33.41 | +1% |
| 48 | Bolivia Provisional | 33.2 | +26.6% |
| 49 | Iraq Provisional | 32.42 | +2.5% |
| 50 | Netherlands Provisional | 31.11 | -2.2% |
| 51 | Romania Provisional | 30.92 | -2.5% |
| 52 | Ireland Provisional | 30.65 | -2.6% |
| 53 | Peru Provisional | 30.3 | +1.8% |
| 54 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Provisional | 29.75 | +4.8% |
| 55 | Algeria Provisional | 29.4 | +0.4% |
| 56 | Uruguay Provisional | 27.45 | +2.8% |
| 57 | Angola Provisional | 26.2 | +3.1% |
| 58 | Paraguay Provisional | 24.81 | +3.1% |
| 59 | Turkmenistan Provisional | 24.44 | +1.5% |
| 60 | Burkina Faso Provisional | 24.4 | +1.5% |
| 61 | Morocco Provisional | 24.14 | -3.3% |
| 62 | Chile Provisional | 23.81 | -1% |
| 63 | Sweden Provisional | 22.07 | +1.2% |
| 64 | Nepal Provisional | 21.06 | +2.9% |
| 65 | Czechia Provisional | 20.38 | -3.7% |
| 66 | Finland Provisional | 20.31 | -2.6% |
| 67 | Somalia Provisional | 18.62 | -0.3% |
| 68 | Taiwan Provisional | 18.47 | +0.3% |
| 69 | Belgium Provisional | 18.19 | 0% |
| 70 | Zimbabwe Provisional | 17.98 | -3.4% |
| 71 | Malawi Provisional | 17.98 | +11.2% |
| 72 | Guatemala Provisional | 17.76 | +0.8% |
| 73 | Cameroon Provisional | 17.69 | +0.5% |
| 74 | Madagascar Provisional | 17.6 | -3.1% |
| 75 | Hungary Provisional | 17.44 | -5.4% |
| 76 | Yemen Provisional | 17.22 | +2.7% |
| 77 | Denmark Provisional | 17.02 | -0.4% |
| 78 | Central African Republic Provisional | 16.71 | +8.1% |
| 79 | Guinea Provisional | 16.69 | +5.4% |
| 80 | Mozambique Provisional | 16.54 | +1.8% |
| 81 | Lithuania Provisional | 15.98 | +1.3% |
| 82 | Afghanistan Provisional | 15.91 | +0.4% |
| 83 | Ecuador Provisional | 15.81 | -2.7% |
| 84 | Syria Provisional | 14.99 | +1.2% |
| 85 | Bulgaria Provisional | 14.32 | -1.4% |
| 86 | Senegal Provisional | 14.25 | +1.3% |
| 87 | Ghana Provisional | 13.86 | +3.9% |
| 88 | Côte d’Ivoire Provisional | 13.66 | +6.5% |
| 89 | Cambodia Provisional | 13.48 | +5.4% |
| 90 | Greece Provisional | 12.66 | -2.2% |
| 91 | Austria Provisional | 12.54 | -0.7% |
| 92 | Laos Provisional | 12.44 | -1.7% |
| 93 | Portugal Provisional | 11.59 | -0.4% |
| 94 | Norway Provisional | 11.29 | -1.8% |
| 95 | Dominican Republic Provisional | 10.84 | -2.3% |
| 96 | Nicaragua Provisional | 10.12 | +0.3% |
| 97 | Sri Lanka Provisional | 9.81 | +5.1% |
| 98 | United Arab Emirates Provisional | 9.7 | +0.9% |
| 99 | Benin Provisional | 9.08 | +6.9% |
| 100 | Azerbaijan Provisional | 8.94 | +0.5% |
| 101 | Cuba Provisional | 8.94 | -10.9% |
| 102 | Mauritania Provisional | 8.91 | +0.1% |
| 103 | Tajikistan Provisional | 8.87 | +3.4% |
| 104 | North Korea Provisional | 8.87 | +3.4% |
| 105 | Tunisia Provisional | 8.8 | -1.5% |
| 106 | Switzerland Provisional | 8.64 | +0.5% |
| 107 | Latvia Provisional | 8.04 | -0.6% |
| 108 | Namibia Provisional | 7.44 | -18.6% |
| 109 | Honduras Provisional | 7.3 | -0% |
| 110 | Kyrgyzstan Provisional | 7.25 | +2.5% |
| 111 | Slovakia Provisional | 6.89 | -4.4% |
| 112 | Croatia Provisional | 6.54 | -0.1% |
| 113 | Estonia Provisional | 6.43 | -0.3% |
| 114 | Libya Provisional | 6.25 | +2.5% |
| 115 | Papua New Guinea Provisional | 5.99 | -0.9% |
| 116 | Costa Rica Provisional | 5.96 | -9.7% |
| 117 | Burundi Provisional | 5.89 | +5.4% |
| 118 | Rwanda Provisional | 5.87 | +5.1% |
| 119 | Botswana Provisional | 5.85 | -31.5% |
| 120 | Haiti Provisional | 5.41 | -0.1% |
| 121 | Georgia Provisional | 5.4 | -1.3% |
| 122 | Togo Provisional | 5.1 | +1.8% |
| 123 | Jordan Provisional | 5.04 | +2.4% |
| 124 | Eritrea Provisional | 4.92 | +0.6% |
| 125 | Oman Provisional | 4.75 | +2.3% |
| 126 | Kuwait Provisional | 4.43 | +1.6% |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Provisional | 4.3 | -1.4% |
| 128 | Panama Provisional | 4.04 | -2% |
| 129 | El Salvador Provisional | 3.87 | +0.9% |
| 130 | Moldova Provisional | 3.83 | -6.6% |
| 131 | Sierra Leone Provisional | 3.44 | +3.2% |
| 132 | Qatar Provisional | 3.42 | +2.6% |
| 133 | Republic of the Congo Provisional | 3.2 | +14.9% |
| 134 | Hong Kong Provisional | 2.97 | +2.7% |
| 135 | Lebanon Provisional | 2.96 | -3.5% |
| 136 | Albania Provisional | 2.83 | -2% |
| 137 | Slovenia Provisional | 2.83 | +0.6% |
| 138 | Singapore Provisional | 2.42 | -1.8% |
| 139 | Puerto Rico Provisional | 2.12 | +1.6% |
| 140 | Eswatini Provisional | 2.05 | +16.4% |
| 141 | Guinea-Bissau Provisional | 2.04 | +1.5% |
| 142 | Lesotho Provisional | 2.02 | +14.7% |
| 143 | Guyana Provisional | 1.9 | +13.8% |
| 144 | Gabon Provisional | 1.81 | +3.9% |
| 145 | Liberia Provisional | 1.8 | +2.5% |
| 146 | Armenia Provisional | 1.78 | -0.1% |
| 147 | Brunei Provisional | 1.5 | +4.5% |
| 148 | North Macedonia Provisional | 1.41 | -3.2% |
| 149 | Jamaica Provisional | 1.33 | +0.7% |
| 150 | Cyprus Provisional | 1.15 | +0.3% |
| 151 | Bahrain Provisional | 1.1 | +2.4% |
| 152 | Iceland Provisional | 1.04 | -2.4% |
| 153 | Trinidad and Tobago Provisional | 1.01 | +1% |
| 154 | New Caledonia Provisional | 0.95 | +3.7% |
| 155 | Luxembourg Provisional | 0.9 | -1.3% |
| 156 | Gambia Provisional | 0.87 | +4.3% |
| 157 | Timor-Leste Provisional | 0.87 | +1.8% |
| 158 | Djibouti Provisional | 0.84 | +1% |
| 159 | Fiji Provisional | 0.79 | -5.4% |
| 160 | Bhutan Provisional | 0.7 | +1% |
| 161 | Mauritius Provisional | 0.61 | +1.1% |
| 162 | Suriname Provisional | 0.59 | +4.3% |
| 163 | Réunion Provisional | 0.48 | +0.5% |
| 164 | Belize Provisional | 0.42 | +13.2% |
| 165 | Vanuatu Provisional | 0.25 | -0.5% |
| 166 | Guadeloupe Provisional | 0.25 | -0.1% |
| 167 | Cape Verde Provisional | 0.25 | +1.5% |
| 168 | Comoros Provisional | 0.24 | +0.9% |
| 169 | Macao Provisional | 0.22 | +2.8% |
| 170 | Western Sahara Provisional | 0.21 | +2.6% |
| 171 | Equatorial Guinea Provisional | 0.21 | +3.9% |
| 172 | Maldives Provisional | 0.2 | +2.7% |
| 173 | Faroe Islands Provisional | 0.2 | -0.1% |
| 174 | Malta Provisional | 0.2 | +1% |
| 175 | Bahamas Provisional | 0.17 | +2.4% |
| 176 | Barbados Provisional | 0.15 | +1% |
| 177 | French Polynesia Provisional | 0.15 | +1.4% |
| 178 | Falkland Islands Provisional | 0.15 | +0.7% |
| 179 | Solomon Islands Provisional | 0.15 | +1% |
| 180 | Samoa Provisional | 0.14 | -2.2% |
| 181 | Martinique Provisional | 0.13 | -0.5% |
| 182 | French Guiana Provisional | 0.13 | +1.4% |
| 183 | Palau Provisional | 0.11 | +3.7% |
| 184 | Tonga Provisional | 0.1 | +1% |
| 185 | Seychelles Provisional | 0.09 | +3.2% |
| 186 | São Tomé and Príncipe Provisional | 0.07 | +1.2% |
| 187 | Saint Lucia Provisional | 0.07 | -0.8% |
| 188 | Micronesia Provisional | 0.06 | +8.7% |
| 189 | Dominica Provisional | 0.04 | -0.3% |
| 190 | Antigua and Barbuda Provisional | 0.04 | -11% |
| 191 | Grenada Provisional | 0.04 | -1.6% |
| 192 | Aruba Provisional | 0.04 | -0.2% |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Provisional | 0.04 | +1.9% |
| 194 | Cayman Islands Provisional | 0.03 | +0.4% |
| 195 | Greenland Provisional | 0.03 | -2% |
| 196 | Kiribati Provisional | 0.03 | +1.6% |
| 197 | Bermuda Provisional | 0.03 | -1.2% |
| 198 | Guam Provisional | 0.02 | +1.1% |
| 199 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Provisional | 0.02 | -2.5% |
| 200 | U.S. Virgin Islands Provisional | 0.02 | 0% |
| 201 | Gibraltar Provisional | 0.02 | -6.8% |
| 202 | Cook Islands Provisional | 0.02 | +2.2% |
| 203 | Montserrat Provisional | 0.02 | -1% |
| 204 | British Virgin Islands Provisional | 0.02 | +0.6% |
| 205 | Turks and Caicos Islands Provisional | 0.02 | +0.5% |
| 206 | Mayotte Provisional | 0.02 | +3.4% |
| 207 | Wallis and Futuna Provisional | 0.01 | -0.5% |
| 208 | American Samoa Provisional | 0.01 | +0.3% |
| 209 | Tuvalu Provisional | 0.01 | +0.4% |
| 210 | Northern Mariana Islands Provisional | 0.01 | +0.3% |
| 211 | Marshall Islands Provisional | 0 | +0.2% |
| 212 | Saint Helena Provisional | 0 | +0.3% |
| 213 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon Provisional | 0 | 0% |
| 214 | Anguilla Provisional | 0 | +0.7% |
| 215 | Nauru Provisional | 0 | -0% |
| 216 | Niue Provisional | 0 | +0.6% |
| 217 | Tokelau Provisional | 0 | +6.2% |
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About this ranking
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.
More on how it is measured
- 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.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
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
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European Commission, Joint Research Centre. (2026). EDGAR N2O emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of nitrous oxide (Countries by nitrous oxide emissions, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/
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EDGAR N2O emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of nitrous oxide, Countries by nitrous oxide emissions, 2024. 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/rankings/nitrous-oxide-emissions/countries?period=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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European Commission, Joint Research Centre. 2026. EDGAR N2O emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of nitrous oxide. Countries by nitrous oxide emissions, 2024. 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/rankings/nitrous-oxide-emissions/countries?period=2024.
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author = {{European Commission, Joint Research Centre}},
title = {{EDGAR N2O emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of nitrous oxide: Countries by nitrous oxide emissions, 2024}},
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Which country has the highest nitrous oxide emissions?
China, with 2,413.89 thousand tonnes of nitrous oxide in 2024, according to the European Commission, Joint Research Centre.
Which country has the lowest nitrous oxide emissions?
Tokelau, with 0 thousand tonnes of nitrous oxide in 2024.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, EDGAR N2O emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of nitrous oxide. Retrieved 2026-10-12.