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Nitrous oxide emissions — Saudi Arabia

Nitrous oxide emissions in Saudi Arabia in 2024 — 13.06 Mt. Ranked 156 in the world out of 201. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 30,262.8%.

2024 13.06 Mt +5.61% vs 2023
World rank 156of 201
Period maximum 13.06 Mt2024
Period minimum 0.04 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Saudi Arabia, 1850–2024051015185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.04 Mt1853: 0.05 Mt1856: 0.05 Mt1859: 0.05 Mt1862: 0.05 Mt1865: 0.05 Mt1868: 0.05 Mt1871: 0.05 Mt1874: 0.06 Mt1877: 0.07 Mt1880: 0.08 Mt1883: 0.09 Mt1886: 0.09 Mt1889: 0.09 Mt1892: 0.09 Mt1895: 0.09 Mt1898: 0.1 Mt1901: 0.1 Mt1904: 0.1 Mt1907: 0.11 Mt1910: 0.11 Mt1913: 0.12 Mt1916: 0.12 Mt1919: 0.13 Mt1922: 0.14 Mt1925: 0.15 Mt1928: 0.17 Mt1931: 0.18 Mt1934: 0.2 Mt1937: 0.22 Mt1940: 0.24 Mt1943: 0.29 Mt1946: 0.36 Mt1949: 0.42 Mt1952: 0.46 Mt1955: 0.5 Mt1958: 0.53 Mt1961: 0.63 Mt1964: 0.74 Mt1967: 0.9 Mt1970: 1.02 Mt1973: 1.43 Mt1976: 1.81 Mt1979: 2.66 Mt1982: 3.46 Mt1985: 4.52 Mt1988: 5.21 Mt1991: 5.91 Mt1994: 6.09 Mt1997: 6.55 Mt2000: 6.68 Mt2003: 7.13 Mt2006: 7.44 Mt2009: 7.52 Mt2012: 9.18 Mt2015: 9.81 Mt2018: 9.5 Mt2021: 11.07 Mt2024: 13.06 Mt
Change over the period: +13.01 (+30,262.79%) Average annual rate: 3.34 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Saudi Arabia 13.06 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Middle East & North Africa computed 117.47 Mt
Western Asia computed 86.72 Mt
High-income countries computed 782.61 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Saudi Arabia, by year Saudi Arabia All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 13.06 +0.69 +5.61%
2023 12.36 +0.54 +4.59%
2022 11.82 +0.76 +6.82%
2021 11.07 +0.02 +0.18%
2020 11.05 +1.42 +14.69%
2019 9.63 +0.13 +1.4%
2018 9.5 +0.04 +0.47%
2017 9.45 −0.33 −3.36%
2016 9.78 −0.02 −0.23%
2015 9.81 +0.24 +2.49%
2014 9.57 +0.21 +2.22%
2013 9.36 +0.18 +1.98%
2012 9.18 +0.39 +4.49%
2011 8.78 +0.67 +8.21%
2010 8.12 +0.6 +7.92%
2009 7.52 +0 +0.03%
2008 7.52 −0.32 −4.12%
2007 7.84 +0.4 +5.39%
2006 7.44 +0.13 +1.81%
2005 7.31 −0.09 −1.15%
2004 7.39 +0.26 +3.67%
2003 7.13 +0.15 +2.1%
2002 6.99 +0.17 +2.48%
2001 6.82 +0.14 +2.11%
2000 6.68 −0.26 −3.78%
1999 6.94 +0.1 +1.46%
1998 6.84 +0.29 +4.4%
1997 6.55 +0.41 +6.7%
1996 6.14 +0.36 +6.27%
1995 5.78 −0.32 −5.2%
1994 6.09 −0.02 −0.39%
1993 6.12 −0.01 −0.16%
1992 6.13 +0.22 +3.76%
1991 5.91 +0.21 +3.76%
1990 5.69 +0.37 +6.89%
1989 5.32 +0.12 +2.29%
1988 5.21 +0.13 +2.56%
1987 5.08 +0.43 +9.33%
1986 4.64 +0.13 +2.79%
1985 4.52 +0.26 +6.16%
1984 4.25 +0.06 +1.33%
1983 4.2 +0.74 +21.4%
1982 3.46 +0.4 +12.93%
1981 3.06 +0.07 +2.34%
1980 2.99 +0.33 +12.31%
1979 2.66 +0.37 +15.93%
1978 2.3 +0.33 +16.95%
1977 1.97 +0.16 +8.68%
1976 1.81 +0.23 +14.87%
1975 1.57 −0 −0.19%
1974 1.58 +0.15 +10.2%
1973 1.43 +0.22 +18.17%
1972 1.21 +0.11 +9.59%
1971 1.11 +0.08 +8.12%
1970 1.02 −0.03 −2.85%
1969 1.05 +0.08 +7.68%
1968 0.98 +0.08 +9.16%
1967 0.9 +0.04 +4.31%
1966 0.86 +0.07 +8.47%
1965 0.79 +0.05 +7.04%
1964 0.74 +0.04 +6.33%
1963 0.7 +0.04 +5.46%
1962 0.66 +0.03 +4.11%
1961 0.63 +0.08 +14.26%
1960 0.55 +0.01 +1.84%
1959 0.54 +0.01 +2.26%
1958 0.53 +0.01 +2.11%
1957 0.52 +0.01 +2.36%
1956 0.51 +0.01 +2.41%
1955 0.5 +0.01 +2.69%
1954 0.48 +0.01 +2.54%
1953 0.47 +0.01 +2.61%
1952 0.46 +0.01 +2.68%
1951 0.45 +0.01 +2.52%
1950 0.44 +0.01 +3.31%
1949 0.42 +0.02 +4.7%
1948 0.4 +0.02 +5.76%
1947 0.38 +0.02 +6.7%
1946 0.36 +0.03 +7.51%
1945 0.33 +0.03 +8.12%
1944 0.31 +0.02 +8.07%
1943 0.29 +0.02 +7.55%
1942 0.27 +0.02 +6.43%
1941 0.25 +0.01 +4.18%
1940 0.24 +0.01 +3.46%
1939 0.23 +0.01 +3.13%
1938 0.22 +0.01 +3.23%
1937 0.22 +0.01 +3.33%
1936 0.21 +0.01 +3.45%
1935 0.2 +0.01 +3.05%
1934 0.2 +0.01 +3.14%
1933 0.19 +0.01 +3.24%
1932 0.19 +0.01 +2.78%
1931 0.18 +0 +2.27%
1930 0.18 +0 +2.92%
1929 0.17 +0.01 +3.01%
1928 0.17 +0.01 +3.11%
1927 0.16 +0.01 +3.21%
1926 0.16 +0.01 +4%
1925 0.15 +0.01 +3.45%
1924 0.15 +0 +3.57%
1923 0.14 +0 +2.94%
1922 0.14 +0 +2.26%
1921 0.13 +0 +2.31%
1920 0.13 +0 +1.56%
1919 0.13 +0 +1.59%
1918 0.13 +0 +0.8%
1917 0.13 +0 +1.63%
1916 0.12 +0 +0.82%
1915 0.12 +0 +1.67%
1914 0.12 +0 +0.84%
1913 0.12 +0 +1.71%
1912 0.12 +0 +0.86%
1911 0.12 +0 +1.75%
1910 0.11 +0 +0.88%
1909 0.11 +0 +1.8%
1908 0.11 +0 +1.83%
1907 0.11 +0 +1.87%
1906 0.11 +0 +0.94%
1905 0.11 +0 +1.92%
1904 0.1 +0 +0.97%
1903 0.1 +0 +1.98%
1902 0.1 +0 +1%
1901 0.1 +0 +1.01%
1900 0.1 +0 +1.02%
1899 0.1 +0 +1.03%
1898 0.1 +0 +1.04%
1897 0.1 +0 +1.05%
1896 0.1 +0 +1.06%
1895 0.09 +0 +0%
1894 0.09 +0 +1.08%
1893 0.09 +0 +1.09%
1892 0.09 +0 +0%
1891 0.09 +0 +1.1%
1890 0.09 +0 +2.25%
1889 0.09 +0 +1.14%
1888 0.09 +0 +1.15%
1887 0.09 +0 +0%
1886 0.09 +0 +1.16%
1885 0.09 +0 +0%
1884 0.09 +0 +1.18%
1883 0.09 +0 +1.19%
1882 0.08 +0 +1.2%
1881 0.08 +0 +1.22%
1880 0.08 +0 +2.5%
1879 0.08 +0 +2.56%
1878 0.08 +0 +5.41%
1877 0.07 +0 +5.71%
1876 0.07 +0 +6.06%
1875 0.07 +0 +6.45%
1874 0.06 +0 +6.9%
1873 0.06 +0 +5.45%
1872 0.06 +0 +5.77%
1871 0.05 +0 +1.96%
1870 0.05 +0 +0%
1869 0.05 +0 +0%
1868 0.05 +0 +0%
1867 0.05 +0 +0%
1866 0.05 +0 +0%
1865 0.05 +0 +0%
1864 0.05 +0 +2%
1863 0.05 +0 +0%
1862 0.05 +0 +0%
1861 0.05 +0 +0%
1860 0.05 +0 +0%
1859 0.05 +0 +2.04%
1858 0.05 +0 +0%
1857 0.05 +0 +2.08%
1856 0.05 +0 +2.13%
1855 0.05 +0 +2.17%
1854 0.05 +0 +0%
1853 0.05 +0 +2.22%
1852 0.05 +0 +2.27%
1851 0.04 +0 +2.33%
1850 0.04 — —

Western Asia, 2024

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

BH Bahrain 0.21 CY Cyprus 0.36 AM Armenia 0.71 LB Lebanon 0.89 QA Qatar 0.91 KW Kuwait 1.23 OM Oman 1.42 JO Jordan 1.47 GE Georgia 1.9 IL Israel 2.56 AE United Arab Emirates 2.64 AZ Azerbaijan 2.98 SY Syria 4.07 YE Yemen 5.11 IQ Iraq 7.05 SA Saudi Arabia 13.06 TR Türkiye 40.17
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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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