Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Latin America & Caribbean

Nitrous oxide emissions in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 404.46 Mt. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 9,884.1%.

2024 404.46 Mt +1.9% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 404.46 Mt2024
Period minimum 4.05 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Latin America & Caribbean, 1850–20240200400600185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 4.05 Mt1853: 4.25 Mt1856: 4.43 Mt1859: 4.57 Mt1862: 4.67 Mt1865: 4.76 Mt1868: 4.85 Mt1871: 4.98 Mt1874: 5.47 Mt1877: 6.12 Mt1880: 6.56 Mt1883: 6.75 Mt1886: 6.91 Mt1889: 7.06 Mt1892: 8.99 Mt1895: 9.92 Mt1898: 11.25 Mt1901: 12.97 Mt1904: 16.59 Mt1907: 20.76 Mt1910: 23.27 Mt1913: 24.16 Mt1916: 24.88 Mt1919: 25.37 Mt1922: 25.45 Mt1925: 24.92 Mt1928: 24.38 Mt1931: 24.52 Mt1934: 26.12 Mt1937: 28.65 Mt1940: 31.27 Mt1943: 40.52 Mt1946: 57.29 Mt1949: 72.19 Mt1952: 82.36 Mt1955: 100.1 Mt1958: 118.96 Mt1961: 133.22 Mt1964: 143.76 Mt1967: 158.74 Mt1970: 172.12 Mt1973: 180.53 Mt1976: 209.12 Mt1979: 218.45 Mt1982: 231.66 Mt1985: 236.07 Mt1988: 250.55 Mt1991: 253.11 Mt1994: 266.63 Mt1997: 271.73 Mt2000: 285.72 Mt2003: 309.16 Mt2006: 319.34 Mt2009: 319.09 Mt2012: 344.2 Mt2015: 349.16 Mt2018: 360.2 Mt2021: 389.35 Mt2024: 404.46 Mt
Change over the period: +400.41 (+9,884.13%) Average annual rate: 2.68 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 404.46 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 404.46 +7.55 +1.9%
2023 396.9 +3.8 +0.97%
2022 393.1 +3.75 +0.96%
2021 389.35 +5.9 +1.54%
2020 383.46 +10.59 +2.84%
2019 372.87 +12.68 +3.52%
2018 360.2 −7.41 −2.02%
2017 367.61 +12.4 +3.49%
2016 355.21 +6.04 +1.73%
2015 349.16 −3.81 −1.08%
2014 352.97 +6.45 +1.86%
2013 346.52 +2.32 +0.68%
2012 344.2 +1.33 +0.39%
2011 342.87 −0.17 −0.05%
2010 343.04 +23.95 +7.51%
2009 319.09 −10.66 −3.23%
2008 329.75 −9.7 −2.86%
2007 339.45 +20.12 +6.3%
2006 319.34 −2.08 −0.65%
2005 321.42 +2.75 +0.86%
2004 318.67 +9.51 +3.08%
2003 309.16 +12.93 +4.36%
2002 296.23 +4.62 +1.59%
2001 291.61 +5.89 +2.06%
2000 285.72 −0.99 −0.34%
1999 286.7 +1.15 +0.4%
1998 285.55 +13.83 +5.09%
1997 271.73 +4.53 +1.7%
1996 267.19 −2.45 −0.91%
1995 269.64 +3.01 +1.13%
1994 266.63 +3.65 +1.39%
1993 262.98 +5.74 +2.23%
1992 257.24 +4.13 +1.63%
1991 253.11 +3.31 +1.33%
1990 249.8 +0.81 +0.33%
1989 248.99 −1.56 −0.62%
1988 250.55 −0.19 −0.07%
1987 250.73 +7.52 +3.09%
1986 243.21 +7.14 +3.02%
1985 236.07 +2.47 +1.06%
1984 233.6 +1.9 +0.82%
1983 231.7 +0.04 +0.02%
1982 231.66 +4.62 +2.04%
1981 227.04 +0.31 +0.14%
1980 226.73 +8.28 +3.79%
1979 218.45 +5.2 +2.44%
1978 213.25 +3.36 +1.6%
1977 209.89 +0.77 +0.37%
1976 209.12 +11.11 +5.61%
1975 198.02 +8.32 +4.38%
1974 189.7 +9.17 +5.08%
1973 180.53 +2.16 +1.21%
1972 178.37 +8.86 +5.23%
1971 169.51 −2.61 −1.52%
1970 172.12 +6.93 +4.19%
1969 165.19 +2.63 +1.62%
1968 162.56 +3.82 +2.41%
1967 158.74 +5.13 +3.34%
1966 153.61 +4.81 +3.23%
1965 148.8 +5.05 +3.51%
1964 143.76 +4.8 +3.46%
1963 138.95 +2.68 +1.97%
1962 136.27 +3.06 +2.29%
1961 133.22 +5.04 +3.93%
1960 128.17 +4.07 +3.28%
1959 124.11 +5.14 +4.32%
1958 118.96 +5.91 +5.23%
1957 113.05 +6.39 +5.99%
1956 106.67 +6.56 +6.56%
1955 100.1 +6.44 +6.87%
1954 93.67 +6.02 +6.86%
1953 87.65 +5.29 +6.43%
1952 82.36 +4.28 +5.47%
1951 78.09 +2.96 +3.94%
1950 75.13 +2.94 +4.07%
1949 72.19 +4.18 +6.15%
1948 68.01 +5.08 +8.08%
1947 62.92 +5.64 +9.84%
1946 57.29 +5.85 +11.36%
1945 51.44 +5.7 +12.46%
1944 45.74 +5.22 +12.88%
1943 40.52 +4.38 +12.12%
1942 36.14 +3.2 +9.71%
1941 32.94 +1.68 +5.37%
1940 31.27 +0.83 +2.73%
1939 30.43 +0.88 +2.99%
1938 29.55 +0.9 +3.14%
1937 28.65 +0.89 +3.21%
1936 27.76 +0.85 +3.17%
1935 26.9 +0.78 +2.99%
1934 26.12 +0.68 +2.66%
1933 25.45 +0.54 +2.19%
1932 24.9 +0.38 +1.55%
1931 24.52 +0.19 +0.78%
1930 24.33 +0.03 +0.11%
1929 24.31 −0.07 −0.29%
1928 24.38 −0.14 −0.58%
1927 24.52 −0.19 −0.76%
1926 24.71 −0.21 −0.84%
1925 24.92 −0.21 −0.84%
1924 25.13 −0.19 −0.73%
1923 25.31 −0.14 −0.55%
1922 25.45 −0.06 −0.24%
1921 25.51 +0.03 +0.11%
1920 25.48 +0.11 +0.43%
1919 25.37 +0.13 +0.53%
1918 25.24 +0.17 +0.66%
1917 25.07 +0.19 +0.78%
1916 24.88 +0.21 +0.86%
1915 24.67 +0.24 +0.99%
1914 24.43 +0.26 +1.08%
1913 24.16 +0.28 +1.17%
1912 23.89 +0.3 +1.27%
1911 23.59 +0.31 +1.34%
1910 23.27 +0.52 +2.29%
1909 22.75 +0.87 +3.98%
1908 21.88 +1.13 +5.43%
1907 20.76 +1.31 +6.76%
1906 19.44 +1.42 +7.86%
1905 18.02 +1.44 +8.66%
1904 16.59 +1.38 +9.05%
1903 15.21 +1.23 +8.81%
1902 13.98 +1.01 +7.79%
1901 12.97 +0.7 +5.73%
1900 12.27 +0.52 +4.39%
1899 11.75 +0.5 +4.43%
1898 11.25 +0.48 +4.48%
1897 10.77 +0.45 +4.35%
1896 10.32 +0.41 +4.09%
1895 9.92 +0.37 +3.85%
1894 9.55 +0.31 +3.33%
1893 9.24 +0.25 +2.83%
1892 8.99 +0.18 +2.1%
1891 8.8 +0.11 +1.27%
1890 8.69 +1.63 +23.09%
1889 7.06 +0.05 +0.74%
1888 7.01 +0.05 +0.75%
1887 6.96 +0.05 +0.72%
1886 6.91 +0.05 +0.7%
1885 6.86 +0.05 +0.73%
1884 6.81 +0.06 +0.83%
1883 6.75 +0.06 +0.85%
1882 6.7 +0.06 +0.95%
1881 6.63 +0.07 +1.08%
1880 6.56 +0.1 +1.61%
1879 6.46 +0.16 +2.48%
1878 6.3 +0.19 +3.04%
1877 6.12 +0.21 +3.56%
1876 5.91 +0.22 +3.91%
1875 5.68 +0.22 +3.95%
1874 5.47 +0.2 +3.8%
1873 5.27 +0.17 +3.27%
1872 5.1 +0.12 +2.43%
1871 4.98 +0.07 +1.43%
1870 4.91 +0.03 +0.64%
1869 4.88 +0.03 +0.62%
1868 4.85 +0.03 +0.62%
1867 4.82 +0.03 +0.63%
1866 4.79 +0.03 +0.61%
1865 4.76 +0.03 +0.63%
1864 4.73 +0.03 +0.57%
1863 4.7 +0.03 +0.62%
1862 4.67 +0.03 +0.65%
1861 4.64 +0.03 +0.61%
1860 4.62 +0.04 +0.92%
1859 4.57 +0.04 +0.84%
1858 4.54 +0.05 +1.14%
1857 4.48 +0.05 +1.2%
1856 4.43 +0.05 +1.26%
1855 4.38 +0.06 +1.34%
1854 4.32 +0.06 +1.5%
1853 4.25 +0.07 +1.58%
1852 4.19 +0.07 +1.7%
1851 4.12 +0.07 +1.65%
1850 4.05 — —

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.