Kenya vs Low income: Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste

Kenya
0.5218 Mt CO2e
in 2024
Low income
7.05 Mt CO2e
in 2024
Kenya rank
43rd
Low income rank
39th

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste over time

  • Kenya
  • Low income
02468197019972024

How they compare

Low income currently reports 7.05 Mt CO2e against 0.5218 Mt CO2e in Kenya, a difference of 6.53 Mt CO2e.

That makes Low income's figure about 13.5 times Kenya's.

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

Kenya ranks 43rd and Low income ranks 39th of 203 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Low income Difference Ahead
1970s 0.15 Mt CO2e 1.55 Mt CO2e 1.4 Mt CO2e Low income
1980s 0.1934 Mt CO2e 2.03 Mt CO2e 1.84 Mt CO2e Low income
1990s 0.2598 Mt CO2e 2.7 Mt CO2e 2.44 Mt CO2e Low income
2000s 0.348 Mt CO2e 3.86 Mt CO2e 3.51 Mt CO2e Low income
2010s 0.4683 Mt CO2e 5.49 Mt CO2e 5.02 Mt CO2e Low income
2020s 0.5171 Mt CO2e 6.68 Mt CO2e 6.16 Mt CO2e Low income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from waste, Kenya or Low income?
Low income, at 7.05 Mt CO2e against 0.5218 Mt CO2e in Kenya as of 2024.
What is the difference in nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from waste between Kenya and Low income?
6.53 Mt CO2e, with Low income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Low income?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Low income rank globally for nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from waste?
Kenya ranks 43rd and Low income ranks 39th of 203 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 Waste (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

Kenya vs Low income: Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste. Statizoid, drawing on EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission. Retrieved 18 August 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/nitrous-oxide-n2o-emissions-from-waste-mt-co2e/kenya/low-income/

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-waste-mt-co2e/kenya/low-income/">Kenya vs Low income: Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (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
250 places, 13,750 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 waste sector. This includes emissions from solid waste (IPCC 2006 codes 4.A Solid Waste Disposal, 4.B Biological Treatment of Solid Waste, 4.C Incineration and Open Burning of Waste) and wastewater treatment (IPCC 2006 code 4.D Wastewater Treatment and Discharge). The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).