Rwanda vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per

Rwanda
0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre
in 2023
Rwanda rank
41st
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
38th

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per over time

  • Rwanda
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0000197019962023

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre against 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 4.3 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 54 years both countries report, Rwanda has been ahead every year.

Rwanda ranks 41st and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 38th of 203 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Rwanda Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre Rwanda
1980s 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre Rwanda
1990s 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre Rwanda
2000s 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre Rwanda
2010s 0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre Rwanda
2020s 0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e), per, Rwanda or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Rwanda, at 0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre against 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e), per between Rwanda and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Rwanda and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e), per?
Rwanda ranks 41st and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 38th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per square kilometre
Unit
Mt CO2e per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
250 places, 12,804 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.