Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Kenya

Nitrous oxide emissions in Kenya in 2024 — 20.51 Mt. Ranked 175 in the world out of 201. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 6,368.8%.

2024 20.51 Mt −0.58% vs 2023
World rank 175of 201
Period maximum 21.98 Mt2020
Period minimum 0.32 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Kenya, 1850–20240102030185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.32 Mt1853: 0.34 Mt1856: 0.35 Mt1859: 0.36 Mt1862: 0.36 Mt1865: 0.37 Mt1868: 0.37 Mt1871: 0.38 Mt1874: 0.43 Mt1877: 0.51 Mt1880: 0.56 Mt1883: 0.57 Mt1886: 0.58 Mt1889: 0.6 Mt1892: 0.64 Mt1895: 0.66 Mt1898: 0.68 Mt1901: 0.7 Mt1904: 0.73 Mt1907: 0.76 Mt1910: 0.8 Mt1913: 0.88 Mt1916: 1.01 Mt1919: 1.16 Mt1922: 1.29 Mt1925: 1.45 Mt1928: 1.57 Mt1931: 1.6 Mt1934: 1.55 Mt1937: 1.47 Mt1940: 1.44 Mt1943: 2.42 Mt1946: 4.36 Mt1949: 5.85 Mt1952: 5.82 Mt1955: 5.03 Mt1958: 4.24 Mt1961: 4.65 Mt1964: 4.9 Mt1967: 5.12 Mt1970: 5.52 Mt1973: 5.89 Mt1976: 6.02 Mt1979: 7.33 Mt1982: 7.37 Mt1985: 8.4 Mt1988: 9.29 Mt1991: 9.51 Mt1994: 9.52 Mt1997: 9.04 Mt2000: 9.24 Mt2003: 10.11 Mt2006: 10.17 Mt2009: 15.05 Mt2012: 15.84 Mt2015: 15.85 Mt2018: 16.82 Mt2021: 19.74 Mt2024: 20.51 Mt
Change over the period: +20.19 (+6,368.77%) Average annual rate: 2.43 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Kenya 20.51 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 448.4 Mt
Eastern Africa computed 185.91 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 802.16 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 20.51 −0.12 −0.58%
2023 20.63 +0.81 +4.06%
2022 19.82 +0.08 +0.4%
2021 19.74 −2.23 −10.16%
2020 21.98 +2.83 +14.81%
2019 19.14 +2.32 +13.79%
2018 16.82 +0.49 +3.03%
2017 16.33 −0.95 −5.52%
2016 17.28 +1.44 +9.07%
2015 15.85 −0.04 −0.27%
2014 15.89 +0.19 +1.21%
2013 15.7 −0.14 −0.87%
2012 15.84 +0.09 +0.57%
2011 15.75 +0.5 +3.27%
2010 15.25 +0.2 +1.3%
2009 15.05 −0.4 −2.57%
2008 15.45 +0.02 +0.14%
2007 15.43 +5.25 +51.63%
2006 10.17 −0.34 −3.19%
2005 10.51 −0.06 −0.61%
2004 10.57 +0.47 +4.63%
2003 10.11 +0.62 +6.48%
2002 9.49 +0.29 +3.13%
2001 9.2 −0.03 −0.36%
2000 9.24 −0.58 −5.89%
1999 9.81 +0.46 +4.95%
1998 9.35 +0.32 +3.5%
1997 9.04 −0.04 −0.42%
1996 9.07 −0.33 −3.51%
1995 9.4 −0.12 −1.27%
1994 9.52 +0.06 +0.64%
1993 9.46 −0.02 −0.24%
1992 9.49 −0.02 −0.24%
1991 9.51 −0.31 −3.18%
1990 9.82 +0.24 +2.46%
1989 9.59 +0.3 +3.19%
1988 9.29 +0.72 +8.42%
1987 8.57 −0.02 −0.22%
1986 8.59 +0.19 +2.21%
1985 8.4 +0.05 +0.65%
1984 8.35 +0.18 +2.24%
1983 8.16 +0.79 +10.73%
1982 7.37 +0.66 +9.82%
1981 6.71 −0.06 −0.86%
1980 6.77 −0.56 −7.6%
1979 7.33 +0.55 +8.05%
1978 6.78 +0.54 +8.61%
1977 6.25 +0.22 +3.72%
1976 6.02 −0.03 −0.51%
1975 6.05 +0.11 +1.8%
1974 5.95 +0.05 +0.92%
1973 5.89 +0.08 +1.45%
1972 5.81 +0.16 +2.87%
1971 5.65 +0.13 +2.32%
1970 5.52 +0.36 +6.9%
1969 5.16 +0.02 +0.31%
1968 5.15 +0.03 +0.53%
1967 5.12 +0.03 +0.59%
1966 5.09 +0.1 +1.96%
1965 4.99 +0.1 +1.94%
1964 4.9 +0.33 +7.18%
1963 4.57 −0.17 −3.63%
1962 4.74 +0.09 +1.87%
1961 4.65 +0.59 +14.47%
1960 4.06 −0.04 −0.85%
1959 4.1 −0.14 −3.33%
1958 4.24 −0.22 −4.91%
1957 4.46 −0.27 −5.77%
1956 4.73 −0.3 −5.94%
1955 5.03 −0.3 −5.61%
1954 5.33 −0.27 −4.87%
1953 5.6 −0.22 −3.78%
1952 5.82 −0.14 −2.36%
1951 5.96 −0.03 −0.58%
1950 6 +0.15 +2.53%
1949 5.85 +0.36 +6.5%
1948 5.49 +0.51 +10.3%
1947 4.98 +0.62 +14.14%
1946 4.36 +0.67 +18.07%
1945 3.7 +0.67 +21.98%
1944 3.03 +0.61 +25.26%
1943 2.42 +0.5 +26.25%
1942 1.92 +0.34 +21.81%
1941 1.57 +0.13 +9.01%
1940 1.44 +0 +0%
1939 1.44 −0.01 −0.76%
1938 1.45 −0.02 −1.16%
1937 1.47 −0.02 −1.54%
1936 1.49 −0.03 −1.71%
1935 1.52 −0.02 −1.62%
1934 1.55 −0.02 −1.53%
1933 1.57 −0.02 −1.2%
1932 1.59 −0.01 −0.69%
1931 1.6 −0 −0.19%
1930 1.6 +0.01 +0.69%
1929 1.59 +0.02 +1.4%
1928 1.57 +0.03 +2.21%
1927 1.54 +0.04 +2.74%
1926 1.49 +0.05 +3.25%
1925 1.45 +0.05 +3.65%
1924 1.4 +0.05 +3.87%
1923 1.34 +0.05 +4.02%
1922 1.29 +0.05 +3.94%
1921 1.24 +0.04 +3.58%
1920 1.2 +0.04 +3.72%
1919 1.16 +0.05 +4.14%
1918 1.11 +0.05 +4.52%
1917 1.06 +0.05 +4.83%
1916 1.01 +0.05 +4.97%
1915 0.97 +0.04 +4.89%
1914 0.92 +0.04 +4.66%
1913 0.88 +0.04 +4.14%
1912 0.85 +0.03 +3.43%
1911 0.82 +0.02 +2.51%
1910 0.8 +0.01 +1.79%
1909 0.78 +0.01 +1.56%
1908 0.77 +0.01 +1.58%
1907 0.76 +0.01 +1.47%
1906 0.75 +0.01 +1.22%
1905 0.74 +0.01 +1.37%
1904 0.73 +0.01 +1.11%
1903 0.72 +0.01 +1.26%
1902 0.71 +0.01 +1.14%
1901 0.7 +0.01 +1.29%
1900 0.7 +0.01 +1.16%
1899 0.69 +0.01 +1.18%
1898 0.68 +0.01 +1.19%
1897 0.67 +0.01 +1.21%
1896 0.66 +0.01 +1.07%
1895 0.66 +0.01 +1.08%
1894 0.65 +0.01 +1.09%
1893 0.64 +0.01 +1.1%
1892 0.64 +0.01 +0.95%
1891 0.63 +0.01 +0.96%
1890 0.62 +0.03 +4.71%
1889 0.6 +0 +0.68%
1888 0.59 +0 +0.68%
1887 0.59 +0 +0.69%
1886 0.58 +0 +0.52%
1885 0.58 +0 +0.69%
1884 0.58 +0 +0.7%
1883 0.57 +0 +0.7%
1882 0.57 +0.01 +1.07%
1881 0.56 +0.01 +1.08%
1880 0.56 +0.01 +2.02%
1879 0.55 +0.02 +3.22%
1878 0.53 +0.02 +4.14%
1877 0.51 +0.03 +5.19%
1876 0.48 +0.03 +5.7%
1875 0.46 +0.03 +5.8%
1874 0.43 +0.02 +5.64%
1873 0.41 +0.02 +4.88%
1872 0.39 +0.01 +3.73%
1871 0.38 +0.01 +1.35%
1870 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1869 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1868 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1867 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1866 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1865 0.37 +0 +0.27%
1864 0.36 +0 +0%
1863 0.36 +0 +0.28%
1862 0.36 +0 +0.28%
1861 0.36 +0 +0.28%
1860 0.36 +0 +0.56%
1859 0.36 +0 +0.84%
1858 0.36 +0 +0.85%
1857 0.35 +0 +1.15%
1856 0.35 +0 +1.16%
1855 0.35 +0 +1.47%
1854 0.34 +0.01 +1.49%
1853 0.34 +0.01 +1.82%
1852 0.33 +0.01 +1.86%
1851 0.32 +0.01 +1.89%
1850 0.32 — —

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.