North America vs Spain: Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy)

North America
6.94 Mt CO2e
in 2024
Spain
0.6735 Mt CO2e
in 2024
North America rank
28th
Spain rank
25th

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

  • North America
  • Spain
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How they compare

North America currently reports 6.94 Mt CO2e against 0.6735 Mt CO2e in Spain, a difference of 6.27 Mt CO2e.

That makes North America's figure about 10.3 times Spain's.

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

North America ranks 28th and Spain ranks 25th of 45 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade North America Spain Difference Ahead
1970s 6.92 Mt CO2e 0.5516 Mt CO2e 6.37 Mt CO2e North America
1980s 7.25 Mt CO2e 0.6836 Mt CO2e 6.57 Mt CO2e North America
1990s 7.43 Mt CO2e 0.6064 Mt CO2e 6.82 Mt CO2e North America
2000s 7.4 Mt CO2e 0.7308 Mt CO2e 6.67 Mt CO2e North America
2010s 7.74 Mt CO2e 0.6453 Mt CO2e 7.09 Mt CO2e North America
2020s 7.01 Mt CO2e 0.7068 Mt CO2e 6.3 Mt CO2e North America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from building (energy), North America or Spain?
North America, at 6.94 Mt CO2e against 0.6735 Mt CO2e in Spain as of 2024.
What is the difference in nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from building (energy) between North America and Spain?
6.27 Mt CO2e, with North America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North America and Spain?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do North America and Spain rank globally for nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from building (energy)?
North America ranks 28th and Spain ranks 25th of 45 groups.
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).