Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Middle Africa

Nitrous oxide emissions in Middle Africa in 2024 — 84.86 Mt. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 4,632.7%.

2024 84.86 Mt +2.49% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 84.86 Mt2024
Period minimum 1.79 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Middle Africa, 1850–20240255075100185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 1.79 Mt1853: 1.9 Mt1856: 1.98 Mt1859: 2.04 Mt1862: 2.05 Mt1865: 2.07 Mt1868: 2.08 Mt1871: 2.12 Mt1874: 2.46 Mt1877: 2.93 Mt1880: 3.23 Mt1883: 3.33 Mt1886: 3.39 Mt1889: 3.46 Mt1892: 3.7 Mt1895: 3.82 Mt1898: 3.95 Mt1901: 4.1 Mt1904: 4.24 Mt1907: 4.4 Mt1910: 4.63 Mt1913: 5.15 Mt1916: 6.01 Mt1919: 6.94 Mt1922: 7.8 Mt1925: 8.8 Mt1928: 9.58 Mt1931: 9.76 Mt1934: 9.38 Mt1937: 8.85 Mt1940: 8.63 Mt1943: 14.96 Mt1946: 27.63 Mt1949: 37.29 Mt1952: 37.01 Mt1955: 31.71 Mt1958: 26.41 Mt1961: 26.6 Mt1964: 27.1 Mt1967: 28.08 Mt1970: 41.73 Mt1973: 29.07 Mt1976: 25.71 Mt1979: 40.25 Mt1982: 43.75 Mt1985: 34.03 Mt1988: 35.3 Mt1991: 54.86 Mt1994: 55.51 Mt1997: 52.69 Mt2000: 62.1 Mt2003: 66.25 Mt2006: 66.11 Mt2009: 63.45 Mt2012: 66.9 Mt2015: 72.48 Mt2018: 73.98 Mt2021: 79.24 Mt2024: 84.86 Mt
Change over the period: +83.07 (+4,632.74%) Average annual rate: 2.24 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Middle Africa 84.86 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 84.86 +2.07 +2.49%
2023 82.79 +0.93 +1.13%
2022 81.86 +2.63 +3.32%
2021 79.24 +1.43 +1.84%
2020 77.8 +1.86 +2.45%
2019 75.94 +1.96 +2.65%
2018 73.98 −1.28 −1.7%
2017 75.26 −0.67 −0.88%
2016 75.92 +3.45 +4.76%
2015 72.48 +3.37 +4.88%
2014 69.11 −0.73 −1.04%
2013 69.84 +2.94 +4.4%
2012 66.9 −2.39 −3.45%
2011 69.28 +1.28 +1.88%
2010 68.01 +4.55 +7.17%
2009 63.45 −3.31 −4.95%
2008 66.76 +0.97 +1.47%
2007 65.79 −0.31 −0.47%
2006 66.11 −1.27 −1.88%
2005 67.38 +2.48 +3.82%
2004 64.9 −1.35 −2.04%
2003 66.25 +9.07 +15.86%
2002 57.18 +0.91 +1.62%
2001 56.27 −5.83 −9.39%
2000 62.1 +5.99 +10.67%
1999 56.11 −2.75 −4.68%
1998 58.86 +6.18 +11.73%
1997 52.69 −3.18 −5.69%
1996 55.86 +0.06 +0.11%
1995 55.8 +0.29 +0.53%
1994 55.51 −1.99 −3.47%
1993 57.5 +1.26 +2.24%
1992 56.24 +1.38 +2.52%
1991 54.86 +1.61 +3.03%
1990 53.25 +15.25 +40.13%
1989 38 +2.7 +7.63%
1988 35.3 −9.52 −21.24%
1987 44.82 +9.84 +28.13%
1986 34.98 +0.96 +2.82%
1985 34.03 −2.29 −6.31%
1984 36.32 −6.34 −14.87%
1983 42.66 −1.09 −2.49%
1982 43.75 +12.91 +41.86%
1981 30.84 −6.22 −16.78%
1980 37.06 −3.19 −7.93%
1979 40.25 +9.47 +30.78%
1978 30.78 −0.4 −1.27%
1977 31.17 +5.46 +21.24%
1976 25.71 −2.18 −7.83%
1975 27.89 +4.85 +21.02%
1974 23.05 −6.02 −20.7%
1973 29.07 +2.25 +8.4%
1972 26.81 +1.63 +6.48%
1971 25.18 −16.54 −39.65%
1970 41.73 +12.98 +45.15%
1969 28.75 +0.36 +1.25%
1968 28.39 +0.31 +1.1%
1967 28.08 +0.33 +1.18%
1966 27.75 +0.41 +1.51%
1965 27.34 +0.24 +0.9%
1964 27.1 +0.11 +0.4%
1963 26.99 +0.22 +0.83%
1962 26.77 +0.17 +0.65%
1961 26.6 +1.39 +5.53%
1960 25.2 −0.26 −1.01%
1959 25.46 −0.95 −3.62%
1958 26.41 −1.47 −5.29%
1957 27.89 −1.82 −6.13%
1956 29.71 −2 −6.3%
1955 31.71 −2 −5.94%
1954 33.71 −1.82 −5.13%
1953 35.53 −1.48 −4%
1952 37.01 −0.96 −2.52%
1951 37.97 −0.26 −0.69%
1950 38.23 +0.94 +2.53%
1949 37.29 +2.31 +6.61%
1948 34.98 +3.34 +10.54%
1947 31.64 +4.02 +14.53%
1946 27.63 +4.35 +18.68%
1945 23.28 +4.34 +22.89%
1944 18.94 +3.98 +26.6%
1943 14.96 +3.28 +28.04%
1942 11.69 +2.23 +23.54%
1941 9.46 +0.83 +9.66%
1940 8.63 −0.02 −0.17%
1939 8.64 −0.08 −0.94%
1938 8.72 −0.13 −1.47%
1937 8.85 −0.16 −1.8%
1936 9.02 −0.18 −1.96%
1935 9.2 −0.18 −1.92%
1934 9.38 −0.16 −1.73%
1933 9.54 −0.13 −1.37%
1932 9.67 −0.09 −0.89%
1931 9.76 −0.02 −0.22%
1930 9.78 +0.06 +0.61%
1929 9.72 +0.14 +1.49%
1928 9.58 +0.21 +2.25%
1927 9.37 +0.27 +2.92%
1926 9.1 +0.3 +3.44%
1925 8.8 +0.33 +3.87%
1924 8.47 +0.33 +4.12%
1923 8.14 +0.33 +4.28%
1922 7.8 +0.31 +4.18%
1921 7.49 +0.28 +3.9%
1920 7.21 +0.27 +3.94%
1919 6.94 +0.3 +4.46%
1918 6.64 +0.31 +4.91%
1917 6.33 +0.32 +5.24%
1916 6.01 +0.31 +5.38%
1915 5.71 +0.29 +5.35%
1914 5.42 +0.26 +5.12%
1913 5.15 +0.23 +4.59%
1912 4.93 +0.18 +3.73%
1911 4.75 +0.12 +2.61%
1910 4.63 +0.09 +1.87%
1909 4.54 +0.07 +1.68%
1908 4.47 +0.07 +1.5%
1907 4.4 +0.06 +1.38%
1906 4.34 +0.05 +1.28%
1905 4.29 +0.05 +1.2%
1904 4.24 +0.05 +1.15%
1903 4.19 +0.05 +1.11%
1902 4.14 +0.05 +1.15%
1901 4.1 +0.05 +1.16%
1900 4.05 +0.05 +1.2%
1899 4 +0.05 +1.19%
1898 3.95 +0.05 +1.18%
1897 3.91 +0.04 +1.16%
1896 3.86 +0.04 +1.1%
1895 3.82 +0.04 +1.06%
1894 3.78 +0.04 +1.12%
1893 3.74 +0.04 +1%
1892 3.7 +0.04 +1.01%
1891 3.67 +0.04 +0.96%
1890 3.63 +0.17 +4.94%
1889 3.46 +0.02 +0.73%
1888 3.43 +0.02 +0.62%
1887 3.41 +0.02 +0.62%
1886 3.39 +0.02 +0.53%
1885 3.37 +0.02 +0.66%
1884 3.35 +0.02 +0.75%
1883 3.33 +0.02 +0.73%
1882 3.3 +0.03 +1.04%
1881 3.27 +0.04 +1.11%
1880 3.23 +0.07 +2.05%
1879 3.17 +0.11 +3.43%
1878 3.06 +0.14 +4.61%
1877 2.93 +0.15 +5.48%
1876 2.78 +0.16 +6.16%
1875 2.62 +0.16 +6.43%
1874 2.46 +0.14 +6.09%
1873 2.32 +0.12 +5.46%
1872 2.2 +0.08 +3.78%
1871 2.12 +0.03 +1.54%
1870 2.08 +0 +0.24%
1869 2.08 +0 +0.19%
1868 2.08 +0.01 +0.24%
1867 2.07 +0 +0.15%
1866 2.07 +0 +0.1%
1865 2.07 +0 +0.24%
1864 2.06 +0 +0.1%
1863 2.06 +0 +0.19%
1862 2.05 +0 +0.24%
1861 2.05 +0 +0.2%
1860 2.05 +0.01 +0.34%
1859 2.04 +0.01 +0.69%
1858 2.02 +0.02 +0.95%
1857 2.01 +0.02 +1.11%
1856 1.98 +0.03 +1.38%
1855 1.96 +0.03 +1.4%
1854 1.93 +0.03 +1.74%
1853 1.9 +0.03 +1.72%
1852 1.86 +0.04 +1.91%
1851 1.83 +0.04 +2.01%
1850 1.79 — —

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.