Japan vs Nigeria: Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy)

Japan
0.9263 Mt CO2e
in 2024
Nigeria
1.08 Mt CO2e
in 2024
Japan rank
19th
Nigeria rank
16th

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

  • Japan
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 1.08 Mt CO2e against 0.9263 Mt CO2e in Japan, a difference of 0.1537 Mt CO2e.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 19th and Nigeria ranks 16th of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Nigeria in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Nigeria Difference Ahead
1970s 0.5827 Mt CO2e 0.4403 Mt CO2e 0.1424 Mt CO2e Japan
1980s 1.88 Mt CO2e 0.4114 Mt CO2e 1.47 Mt CO2e Japan
1990s 1.1 Mt CO2e 0.5786 Mt CO2e 0.5194 Mt CO2e Japan
2000s 1.22 Mt CO2e 0.6887 Mt CO2e 0.5278 Mt CO2e Japan
2010s 1.05 Mt CO2e 0.8704 Mt CO2e 0.1814 Mt CO2e Japan
2020s 0.9561 Mt CO2e 1.06 Mt CO2e 0.1028 Mt CO2e Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from building (energy), Japan or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 1.08 Mt CO2e against 0.9263 Mt CO2e in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from building (energy) between Japan and Nigeria?
0.1537 Mt CO2e, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Nigeria?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Japan and Nigeria rank globally for nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from building (energy)?
Japan ranks 19th and Nigeria ranks 16th 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).