Japan vs Russia: Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy)

Japan
1.83 Mt CO2e
in 2024
Russia
3.57 Mt CO2e
in 2024
Japan rank
8th
Russia rank
6th

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

  • Japan
  • Russia
2.557.51012.5197019972024

How they compare

Russia currently reports 3.57 Mt CO2e against 1.83 Mt CO2e in Japan, a difference of 1.74 Mt CO2e.

That makes Russia's figure about 2.0 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Russia ahead.

Japan ranks 8th and Russia ranks 6th of 194 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Russia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Russia Difference Ahead
1970s 1.76 Mt CO2e 4 Mt CO2e 2.23 Mt CO2e Russia
1980s 2.19 Mt CO2e 4.96 Mt CO2e 2.77 Mt CO2e Russia
1990s 6.94 Mt CO2e 2.5 Mt CO2e 4.44 Mt CO2e Japan
2000s 4.07 Mt CO2e 2.46 Mt CO2e 1.61 Mt CO2e Japan
2010s 2.18 Mt CO2e 2.4 Mt CO2e 0.2181 Mt CO2e Russia
2020s 1.89 Mt CO2e 3.25 Mt CO2e 1.36 Mt CO2e Russia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from transport (energy), Japan or Russia?
Russia, at 3.57 Mt CO2e against 1.83 Mt CO2e in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from transport (energy) between Japan and Russia?
1.74 Mt CO2e, with Russia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Russia?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Japan and Russia rank globally for nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from transport (energy)?
Japan ranks 8th and Russia ranks 6th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Japan vs Russia: Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy). Statizoid, drawing on EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission. Retrieved 29 August 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/nitrous-oxide-n2o-emissions-from-transport-energy-mt-co2e/japan/russian-federation/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/nitrous-oxide-n2o-emissions-from-transport-energy-mt-co2e/japan/russian-federation/">Japan vs Russia: Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (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
241 places, 13,255 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 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).