Egypt vs South Africa: Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy)
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) over time
- Egypt
- South Africa
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 0.8798 Mt CO2e against 0.665 Mt CO2e in South Africa, a difference of 0.2148 Mt CO2e.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.3 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was South Africa ahead.
Egypt ranks 20th and South Africa ranks 23rd of 194 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 1 and South Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0365 Mt CO2e | 0.2464 Mt CO2e | 0.21 Mt CO2e | South Africa |
| 1980s | 0.1102 Mt CO2e | 0.2721 Mt CO2e | 0.1619 Mt CO2e | South Africa |
| 1990s | 0.2145 Mt CO2e | 0.3824 Mt CO2e | 0.1679 Mt CO2e | South Africa |
| 2000s | 0.4027 Mt CO2e | 0.5009 Mt CO2e | 0.0982 Mt CO2e | South Africa |
| 2010s | 0.6846 Mt CO2e | 0.71 Mt CO2e | 0.0254 Mt CO2e | South Africa |
| 2020s | 0.8351 Mt CO2e | 0.6911 Mt CO2e | 0.144 Mt CO2e | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from transport (energy), Egypt or South Africa?
- Egypt, at 0.8798 Mt CO2e against 0.665 Mt CO2e in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from transport (energy) between Egypt and South Africa?
- 0.2148 Mt CO2e, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and South Africa?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and South Africa rank globally for nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from transport (energy)?
- Egypt ranks 20th and South Africa ranks 23rd of 194 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 Transport (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
A measure of annual emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the transportation sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.3.a Civil Aviation, 1.A.3.b_noRES Road Transportation no resuspension, 1.A.3.c Railways, 1.A.3.d Water-borne Navigation, 1.A.3.e Other Transportation. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).