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Nitrous oxide emissions — Iceland

Nitrous oxide emissions in Iceland in 2024 — 0.35 Mt. Ranked 47 in the world out of 201. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,016.1%.

2024 0.35 Mt −0.57% vs 2023
World rank 47of 201
Period maximum 0.46 Mt1978
Period minimum 0.03 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Iceland, 1850–202400.20.40.6185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.03 Mt1853: 0.03 Mt1856: 0.03 Mt1859: 0.04 Mt1862: 0.04 Mt1865: 0.04 Mt1868: 0.04 Mt1871: 0.04 Mt1874: 0.04 Mt1877: 0.05 Mt1880: 0.06 Mt1883: 0.06 Mt1886: 0.06 Mt1889: 0.06 Mt1892: 0.07 Mt1895: 0.08 Mt1898: 0.09 Mt1901: 0.09 Mt1904: 0.09 Mt1907: 0.09 Mt1910: 0.08 Mt1913: 0.09 Mt1916: 0.09 Mt1919: 0.09 Mt1922: 0.09 Mt1925: 0.1 Mt1928: 0.1 Mt1931: 0.11 Mt1934: 0.11 Mt1937: 0.12 Mt1940: 0.12 Mt1943: 0.16 Mt1946: 0.24 Mt1949: 0.3 Mt1952: 0.32 Mt1955: 0.33 Mt1958: 0.34 Mt1961: 0.36 Mt1964: 0.37 Mt1967: 0.39 Mt1970: 0.39 Mt1973: 0.42 Mt1976: 0.44 Mt1979: 0.46 Mt1982: 0.43 Mt1985: 0.44 Mt1988: 0.43 Mt1991: 0.37 Mt1994: 0.37 Mt1997: 0.36 Mt2000: 0.37 Mt2003: 0.35 Mt2006: 0.37 Mt2009: 0.34 Mt2012: 0.35 Mt2015: 0.37 Mt2018: 0.36 Mt2021: 0.35 Mt2024: 0.35 Mt
Change over the period: +0.32 (+1,016.13%) Average annual rate: 1.4 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Iceland

Iceland 0.35 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Europe & Central Asia computed 469.71 Mt
Northern Europe computed 67.26 Mt
High-income countries computed 782.61 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Iceland, by year Iceland All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 0.35 −0 −0.57%
2023 0.35 −0 −0.57%
2022 0.35 −0 −1.13%
2021 0.35 +0 +0.57%
2020 0.35 −0 −0.85%
2019 0.36 −0.01 −2.47%
2018 0.36 −0.01 −2.41%
2017 0.37 +0.01 +3.04%
2016 0.36 −0.01 −1.63%
2015 0.37 +0.01 +1.94%
2014 0.36 +0.02 +5.56%
2013 0.34 −0.01 −2.01%
2012 0.35 +0 +0.58%
2011 0.35 +0 +1.17%
2010 0.34 +0 +0%
2009 0.34 −0.05 −11.83%
2008 0.39 +0.01 +3.46%
2007 0.38 +0.01 +1.35%
2006 0.37 +0.02 +6.3%
2005 0.35 +0 +0%
2004 0.35 −0 −1.13%
2003 0.35 −0.01 −1.4%
2002 0.36 +0.01 +2.58%
2001 0.35 −0.02 −5.93%
2000 0.37 −0 −0.54%
1999 0.37 +0.01 +1.91%
1998 0.37 +0 +1.1%
1997 0.36 −0.01 −1.63%
1996 0.37 +0.01 +3.95%
1995 0.35 −0.02 −4.07%
1994 0.37 −0 −0.81%
1993 0.37 +0.01 +1.64%
1992 0.37 −0.01 −2.14%
1991 0.37 −0.01 −1.84%
1990 0.38 −0.05 −11.4%
1989 0.43 +0 +0.23%
1988 0.43 +0 +0.23%
1987 0.43 −0.01 −1.38%
1986 0.43 −0 −0.23%
1985 0.44 +0.01 +1.4%
1984 0.43 +0 +0.23%
1983 0.43 +0 +0.71%
1982 0.43 −0.02 −3.63%
1981 0.44 +0.01 +2.08%
1980 0.43 −0.02 −5.26%
1979 0.46 −0.01 −1.3%
1978 0.46 +0.01 +2.9%
1977 0.45 +0.01 +1.58%
1976 0.44 −0 −0.9%
1975 0.45 +0.01 +3%
1974 0.43 +0.01 +2.12%
1973 0.42 +0.02 +3.92%
1972 0.41 +0.02 +4.88%
1971 0.39 +0 +1.04%
1970 0.39 −0.01 −2.28%
1969 0.39 −0 −0.25%
1968 0.4 +0 +0.25%
1967 0.39 +0.01 +1.29%
1966 0.39 +0.01 +3.18%
1965 0.38 +0.01 +1.62%
1964 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1963 0.37 +0 +0%
1962 0.37 +0.01 +3.35%
1961 0.36 +0.01 +3.77%
1960 0.35 +0 +1.17%
1959 0.34 +0 +1.19%
1958 0.34 +0.01 +1.51%
1957 0.33 +0 +0.91%
1956 0.33 +0 +1.23%
1955 0.33 +0 +1.25%
1954 0.32 +0 +0.94%
1953 0.32 +0 +0.95%
1952 0.32 +0 +0.64%
1951 0.31 +0 +0.64%
1950 0.31 +0.01 +2.3%
1949 0.3 +0.02 +5.56%
1948 0.29 +0.02 +7.87%
1947 0.27 +0.03 +10.79%
1946 0.24 +0.03 +13.15%
1945 0.21 +0.03 +14.52%
1944 0.19 +0.03 +15.53%
1943 0.16 +0.02 +15%
1942 0.14 +0.01 +11.11%
1941 0.13 +0.01 +4.13%
1940 0.12 +0 +0.83%
1939 0.12 +0 +0.84%
1938 0.12 +0 +0.85%
1937 0.12 +0 +1.72%
1936 0.12 +0 +0.87%
1935 0.12 +0 +1.77%
1934 0.11 +0 +1.8%
1933 0.11 +0 +1.83%
1932 0.11 +0 +1.87%
1931 0.11 +0 +0.94%
1930 0.11 +0 +1.92%
1929 0.1 +0 +0.97%
1928 0.1 +0 +1.98%
1927 0.1 +0 +2.02%
1926 0.1 +0 +2.06%
1925 0.1 +0 +2.11%
1924 0.1 +0 +1.06%
1923 0.09 +0 +2.17%
1922 0.09 +0 +1.1%
1921 0.09 +0 +1.11%
1920 0.09 +0 +1.12%
1919 0.09 +0 +1.14%
1918 0.09 +0 +1.15%
1917 0.09 +0 +0%
1916 0.09 +0 +1.16%
1915 0.09 +0 +1.18%
1914 0.09 +0 +0%
1913 0.09 +0 +1.19%
1912 0.08 +0 +0%
1911 0.08 +0 +1.2%
1910 0.08 +0 +0%
1909 0.08 −0 −1.19%
1908 0.08 −0 −1.18%
1907 0.09 −0 −2.3%
1906 0.09 −0 −2.25%
1905 0.09 −0 −1.11%
1904 0.09 −0 −2.17%
1903 0.09 −0 −1.08%
1902 0.09 −0 −1.06%
1901 0.09 +0 +0%
1900 0.09 +0 +1.08%
1899 0.09 +0 +2.2%
1898 0.09 +0 +2.25%
1897 0.09 +0 +4.71%
1896 0.09 +0 +3.66%
1895 0.08 +0.01 +6.49%
1894 0.08 +0.01 +6.94%
1893 0.07 +0 +7.46%
1892 0.07 +0.01 +9.84%
1891 0.06 +0.01 +10.91%
1890 0.06 −0 −6.78%
1889 0.06 +0 +0%
1888 0.06 +0 +0%
1887 0.06 +0 +1.72%
1886 0.06 +0 +0%
1885 0.06 +0 +0%
1884 0.06 +0 +1.75%
1883 0.06 +0 +0%
1882 0.06 +0 +1.79%
1881 0.06 +0 +0%
1880 0.06 +0 +3.7%
1879 0.05 +0 +1.89%
1878 0.05 +0 +6%
1877 0.05 +0 +4.17%
1876 0.05 +0 +6.67%
1875 0.05 +0 +7.14%
1874 0.04 +0 +5%
1873 0.04 +0 +5.26%
1872 0.04 +0 +2.7%
1871 0.04 +0 +2.78%
1870 0.04 +0 +0%
1869 0.04 +0 +0%
1868 0.04 +0 +0%
1867 0.04 +0 +0%
1866 0.04 +0 +0%
1865 0.04 +0 +0%
1864 0.04 +0 +0%
1863 0.04 +0 +2.86%
1862 0.04 +0 +0%
1861 0.04 +0 +0%
1860 0.04 +0 +0%
1859 0.04 +0 +0%
1858 0.04 +0 +0%
1857 0.04 +0 +2.94%
1856 0.03 +0 +0%
1855 0.03 +0 +3.03%
1854 0.03 +0 +0%
1853 0.03 +0 +3.13%
1852 0.03 +0 +0%
1851 0.03 +0 +3.23%
1850 0.03 — —

Northern Europe, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

IS Iceland 0.35 EE Estonia 1.7 LV Latvia 2.19 NO Norway 4.18 DK Denmark 4.69 LT Lithuania 4.99 SE Sweden 6.07 FI Finland 6.37 IE Ireland 8.67 GB United Kingdom 28.06
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About the indicator

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions converted into carbon dioxide equivalent. The third greenhouse gas by contribution after CO2 and methane, and the most agricultural of the three: most of it forms in the soil after nitrogen fertilizer and manure are applied. It stays in the atmosphere for more than a century and destroys the ozone layer as well, so after the phase-out of CFCs it has remained the leading ozone-depleting substance.

Important: Estimates of emissions from soil are inevitably approximate: they depend on soil type, moisture and the way fertilizer is applied, and they are measured by models rather than by sensors.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.

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