Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF was 33.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF in Papua New Guinea, 1991–2024
Source: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission. Measured in % change from 1990.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 33.4% for nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf in Papua New Guinea peaked at 37.3% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 1991.
That places Papua New Guinea 117th out of 203 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | % change from 1990 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1.5% | — |
| 1992 | 6.8% | +355.4% |
| 1993 | 7.3% | +7.3% |
| 1994 | 3.0% | -59.2% |
| 1995 | 10.9% | +264.8% |
| 1996 | 13.9% | +27.3% |
| 1997 | 11.2% | -19.9% |
| 1998 | 20.3% | +81.7% |
| 1999 | 22.1% | +8.9% |
| 2000 | 29.7% | +34.8% |
| 2001 | 30.2% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 30.9% | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 30.3% | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 35.4% | +16.8% |
| 2005 | 29.7% | -16.2% |
| 2006 | 30.9% | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 29.0% | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 27.1% | -6.4% |
| 2009 | 28.1% | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 27.3% | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 27.4% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 27.6% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 28.3% | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 30.2% | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 37.3% | +23.8% |
| 2016 | 29.5% | -20.9% |
| 2017 | 29.2% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 30.7% | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 30.4% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 30.1% | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 31.3% | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 32.5% | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 34.0% | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 33.4% | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.8% | 1.5% | 22.1% | 9 |
| 2000s | 30.1% | 27.1% | 35.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.8% | 27.3% | 37.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.3% | 30.1% | 34.0% | 5 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.56 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.183 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.834 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita 0.0023 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 2.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0008 t per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf in Papua New Guinea?
- Nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf in Papua New Guinea was 33.4% in 2024, according to EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission.
- What is the highest nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 37.3% in 2015.
- What is the lowest nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 1991.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 117th out of 203 countries with data for 2024.
- Is nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, published as part of Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Change of emissions (as %) of current year with respect to emissions in baseline year 1990 emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF.. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5). Negative values indicate that the emission level for that year is lower than the emissions level in 1990.