Australia vs Brazil: Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy)

Australia
1.73 Mt CO2e
in 2024
Brazil
2.69 Mt CO2e
in 2024
Australia rank
7th
Brazil rank
4th

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) over time

  • Australia
  • Brazil
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How they compare

Brazil currently reports 2.69 Mt CO2e against 1.73 Mt CO2e in Australia, a difference of 0.96 Mt CO2e.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.6 times Australia's.

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

Australia ranks 7th and Brazil ranks 4th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Brazil Difference Ahead
1970s 0.3798 Mt CO2e 1.35 Mt CO2e 0.9678 Mt CO2e Brazil
1980s 0.4651 Mt CO2e 1.54 Mt CO2e 1.08 Mt CO2e Brazil
1990s 0.5779 Mt CO2e 1.69 Mt CO2e 1.12 Mt CO2e Brazil
2000s 0.9631 Mt CO2e 2.03 Mt CO2e 1.07 Mt CO2e Brazil
2010s 1.38 Mt CO2e 2.28 Mt CO2e 0.8934 Mt CO2e Brazil
2020s 1.65 Mt CO2e 2.57 Mt CO2e 0.9208 Mt CO2e Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from building (energy), Australia or Brazil?
Brazil, at 2.69 Mt CO2e against 1.73 Mt CO2e in Australia as of 2024.
What is the difference in nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from building (energy) between Australia and Brazil?
0.96 Mt CO2e, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Brazil?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Australia and Brazil rank globally for nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from building (energy)?
Australia ranks 7th and Brazil ranks 4th of 197 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 Building (Energy) (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 Building (Energy) (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
244 places, 13,420 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 building sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.4 Residential and other sectors, 1.A.5 Non-Specified. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).