Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per square kilometre by country

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (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.

Countries reporting
194
Highest
0.0003 Mt CO2e per square kilometre
Singapore
Lowest
0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre
Nepal
Median
0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
12,381

What the numbers show

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per square kilometre is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 0.0003 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in Singapore; the lowest is 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in Nepal.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre, and the mean is 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 60,600.0%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 88.7%).

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 0.0003 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 43.9% volatile
2 Brunei 0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 25,723.1% volatile
3 Hong Kong 0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 50.4% volatile
4 Puerto Rico 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 38.3% volatile
5 South Korea 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 8.5% volatile
6 Macao 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 19.7% volatile
7 Czechia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 30.5% falling
8 Vietnam 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 255.1% volatile
9 Philippines 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 3,121.2% volatile
10 Bahrain 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 20.1% volatile
11 Gibraltar 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 66.7% rising
12 India 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 38.0% volatile
13 Japan 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 6.2% volatile
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 551.2% volatile
15 China 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 75.4% volatile
16 Poland 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 25.1% volatile
17 Mauritius 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 16.5% volatile
18 Bermuda 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 50.0% rising
19 Netherlands 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 18.0% rising
20 New Caledonia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 122.7% volatile
21 Germany 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 49.9% flat
22 Denmark 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 2.8% rising
23 Kuwait 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 10.3% volatile
24 Aruba 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 50.0% volatile
25 Turkey 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 76.3% volatile
26 Maldives 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 13.3% volatile
27 Luxembourg 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 322.2% volatile
28 Thailand 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 6.8% volatile
29 Israel 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 52.7% volatile
30 Palau 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 42.9% falling
31 Rwanda 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 12,400.0% volatile
32 Guatemala 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 223.3% volatile
33 Belgium 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 35.8% falling
34 Finland 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 42.1% volatile
35 Cayman Islands 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 100.0% volatile
36 Barbados 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
37 Switzerland 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 15.0% volatile
38 United Kingdom 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 44.5% falling
39 Indonesia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 421.3% volatile
40 Malta 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 84.0% volatile
41 Austria 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 13.9% volatile
42 Malaysia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 55.5% volatile
43 Slovakia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 56.6% falling
44 Qatar 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 67.2% volatile
45 Italy 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 46.2% volatile
46 Estonia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 11.4% rising
47 Antigua and Barbuda 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 33.3% rising
48 Dominican Republic 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 117.7% volatile
49 El Salvador 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 47.3% volatile
50 Zambia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 33,829.4% volatile
51 Botswana 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 140.1% volatile
52 Pakistan 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 394.8% volatile
53 Slovenia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 35.5% falling
54 Bulgaria 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 37.4% rising
55 South Africa 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 9.7% rising
56 Ireland 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 88.7% volatile
57 British Virgin Islands 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
58 Saint Lucia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 33.3% volatile
59 Seychelles 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 25.0% volatile
60 Sweden 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 40.1% volatile
61 Bangladesh 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 191.4% volatile
62 United States 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 52.9% rising
63 Lithuania 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 106.8% volatile
64 Chile 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 43.9% volatile
65 Grenada 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 100.0% volatile
66 Portugal 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 29.0% volatile
67 Cyprus 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 14.0% volatile
68 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
69 North Macedonia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 25.0% falling
70 Trinidad and Tobago 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 20.0% rising
71 France 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 34.0% rising
72 Mongolia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 53.6% volatile
73 Sri Lanka 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 127.1% volatile
74 United Arab Emirates 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 5.6% volatile
75 North Korea 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 33.2% flat
76 Lebanon 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 81.8% volatile
77 Hungary 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 29.9% falling
78 Uzbekistan 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 371.6% volatile
79 Latvia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 84.8% rising
80 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
81 Cambodia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 3,220.0% volatile
82 Croatia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 74.1% rising
83 Iraq 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 73.4% volatile
84 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 200.0% volatile
85 Jamaica 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 40.0% rising
86 Ukraine 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 59.7% falling
87 Dominica 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 100.0% volatile
88 Laos 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 60,600.0% volatile
89 Spain 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 52.1% volatile
90 Cuba 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 29.7% rising
91 Belarus 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% rising
92 Morocco 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 98.5% volatile
93 Greece 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 75.2% rising
94 Honduras 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 41.3% volatile
95 Madagascar 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 23.9% volatile
96 Nicaragua 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 45.8% volatile
97 Bahamas 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 33.3% rising
98 Panama 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 45.9% volatile
99 Romania 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 47.2% falling
100 Eswatini 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 12.1% volatile
101 Kazakhstan 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 27.4% rising
102 Saudi Arabia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 4.4% volatile
103 Tonga 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
104 Syria 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 90.3% volatile
105 Mexico 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 8.0% volatile
106 Russia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 23.9% flat
107 Azerbaijan 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 24.7% falling
108 French Polynesia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 20.0% rising
109 Comoros 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 100.0% volatile
110 Senegal 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 258.9% volatile
111 Sao Tome and Principe 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
112 Brazil 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 16.6% volatile
113 Belize 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 37.5% volatile
114 Australia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 18.3% rising
115 Iran 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 9.2% volatile
116 Uruguay 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 40.4% volatile
117 Colombia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 125.2% volatile
118 New Zealand 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 25.0% volatile
119 Moldova 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 49.8% volatile
120 Norway 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 37.9% volatile
121 Cape Verde 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 25.0% volatile
122 Bhutan 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 47.3% volatile
123 Samoa 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 1.8% volatile
124 Egypt 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 14.0% volatile
125 Haiti 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 10.5% volatile
126 Jordan 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 69.8% volatile
127 Ecuador 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 15.3% volatile
128 Zimbabwe 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 29.4% volatile
129 Kyrgyzstan 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 43.1% rising
130 Tajikistan 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 1,849.6% volatile
131 Fiji 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
132 Cote d'Ivoire 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 233.3% volatile
133 Myanmar 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 591.1% volatile
134 Uganda 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 191.3% volatile
135 Argentina 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 26.2% rising
136 Oman 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 17.7% volatile
137 Tunisia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
138 Armenia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 17.8% volatile
139 Turkmenistan 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 58.3% rising
140 Canada 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 41.9% rising
141 East Timor 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
142 Venezuela 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 58.0% volatile
143 Gambia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
144 Burundi 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 25.0% volatile
145 Peru 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 13.0% volatile
146 Ghana 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 45.5% volatile
147 Bolivia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 130.3% volatile
148 Malawi 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 86.2% volatile
149 Costa Rica 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 77.4% volatile
150 Afghanistan 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 27.9% volatile
151 Lesotho 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 33.3% volatile
152 Djibouti 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 25.0% volatile
153 Libya 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 34.2% volatile
154 Guyana 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 2.1% falling
155 Equatorial Guinea 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 50.0% volatile
156 Suriname 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 26.1% volatile
157 Georgia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 40.0% volatile
158 Algeria 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 49.4% volatile
159 Gabon 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 118.2% volatile
160 Kenya 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 33.4% volatile
161 Burkina Faso 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 35.3% volatile
162 Sierra Leone 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
163 Vanuatu 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
164 Guinea 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 53.8% volatile
165 Nigeria 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 1.4% rising
166 Solomon Islands 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
167 Guinea-Bissau 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
168 Papua New Guinea 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 3.1% volatile
169 Eritrea 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 39.9% falling
170 Cameroon 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 3.8% volatile
171 Yemen 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 68.1% volatile
172 Angola 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 18.5% volatile
173 Congo 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 800.0% volatile
174 Liberia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 16.7% volatile
175 Mozambique 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 110.5% volatile
176 Paraguay 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 volatile
177 Benin 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 150.0% volatile
178 Sudan 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 78.6% rising
179 Togo 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
180 Tanzania 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 34.0% volatile
181 Mali 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 100.0% volatile
182 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 51.7% volatile
183 Mauritania 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 80.0% volatile
184 Niger 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 58.3% volatile
185 Somalia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
186 Greenland 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
187 Chad 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 50.0% volatile
188 Central African Republic 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 200.0% volatile
189 Namibia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 down 66.7% volatile
190 Albania 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 volatile
190 Ethiopia 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 volatile
190 Iceland 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 volatile
190 Kiribati 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 volatile
190 Nepal 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per square kilometre
Unit
Mt CO2e per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
241 places, 12,381 data points, 1970–2023
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Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (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.