Australia vs High income: Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture

Australia
38.62 Mt CO2e
in 2024
High income
460.32 Mt CO2e
in 2024
Australia rank
8th
High income rank
9th

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture over time

  • Australia
  • High income
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How they compare

High income currently reports 460.32 Mt CO2e against 38.62 Mt CO2e in Australia, a difference of 421.7 Mt CO2e.

That makes High income's figure about 11.9 times Australia's.

Across all 55 years both countries report, High income has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 8th and High income ranks 9th of 201 countries.

High income has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia High income Difference Ahead
1970s 29.4 Mt CO2e 446.95 Mt CO2e 417.55 Mt CO2e High income
1980s 27.5 Mt CO2e 487.29 Mt CO2e 459.79 Mt CO2e High income
1990s 32.01 Mt CO2e 457.2 Mt CO2e 425.19 Mt CO2e High income
2000s 33.08 Mt CO2e 440.25 Mt CO2e 407.17 Mt CO2e High income
2010s 33.16 Mt CO2e 455.45 Mt CO2e 422.29 Mt CO2e High income
2020s 35.57 Mt CO2e 460.54 Mt CO2e 424.97 Mt CO2e High income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from agriculture, Australia or High income?
High income, at 460.32 Mt CO2e against 38.62 Mt CO2e in Australia as of 2024.
What is the difference in nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from agriculture between Australia and High income?
421.7 Mt CO2e, with High income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and High income?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Australia and High income rank globally for nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from agriculture?
Australia ranks 8th and High income ranks 9th of 201 countries.
Where does this data come from?
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, published as Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
Unit
Mt CO2e
Source
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
248 places, 13,637 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

A measure of annual emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agricultural sector. This includes emissions from livestock (IPCC 2006 codes 3.A.1 (enteric fermentation, 3.a.2 (manure management) and crops (IPCC 2006 codes 3.C.1 Emissions from biomass burning, 3.C.2 Liming, 3.C.3 Urea application, 3.C.4 Direct N2O Emissions from managed soils, 3.C.5 Indirect N2O Emissions from managed soils, 3.C.6 Indirect N2O Emissions from manure management, 3.C.7 Rice cultivations). The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).