Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Northern Europe

Nitrous oxide emissions in Northern Europe in 2024 — 67.26 Mt. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 924.3%.

2024 67.26 Mt −1.34% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 97.27 Mt1979
Period minimum 6.57 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Northern Europe, 1850–20240255075100185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 6.57 Mt1853: 6.9 Mt1856: 7.18 Mt1859: 7.38 Mt1862: 7.48 Mt1865: 7.56 Mt1868: 7.64 Mt1871: 7.81 Mt1874: 8.76 Mt1877: 10.06 Mt1880: 10.93 Mt1883: 11.23 Mt1886: 11.46 Mt1889: 11.69 Mt1892: 12.76 Mt1895: 14.73 Mt1898: 16.03 Mt1901: 16.47 Mt1904: 16.17 Mt1907: 15.67 Mt1910: 15.55 Mt1913: 15.96 Mt1916: 16.58 Mt1919: 17.22 Mt1922: 17.82 Mt1925: 18.64 Mt1928: 19.48 Mt1931: 20.17 Mt1934: 21.04 Mt1937: 21.98 Mt1940: 22.68 Mt1943: 28.23 Mt1946: 39.05 Mt1949: 47.77 Mt1952: 50.43 Mt1955: 53.76 Mt1958: 57.81 Mt1961: 64.12 Mt1964: 68.73 Mt1967: 75.81 Mt1970: 75.52 Mt1973: 82.51 Mt1976: 93.93 Mt1979: 97.27 Mt1982: 94.96 Mt1985: 92.04 Mt1988: 87.96 Mt1991: 83.67 Mt1994: 80.64 Mt1997: 80.37 Mt2000: 78.93 Mt2003: 77.04 Mt2006: 73.28 Mt2009: 69.66 Mt2012: 71.93 Mt2015: 73.38 Mt2018: 72.69 Mt2021: 72.11 Mt2024: 67.26 Mt
Change over the period: +60.7 (+924.27%) Average annual rate: 1.35 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Northern Europe 67.26 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 67.26 −0.91 −1.34%
2023 68.18 −1.31 −1.88%
2022 69.48 −2.63 −3.64%
2021 72.11 +0.55 +0.77%
2020 71.56 −1.64 −2.24%
2019 73.21 +0.52 +0.72%
2018 72.69 −1.15 −1.55%
2017 73.83 +0.8 +1.1%
2016 73.03 −0.35 −0.48%
2015 73.38 +0.47 +0.65%
2014 72.91 +1.55 +2.17%
2013 71.36 −0.57 −0.79%
2012 71.93 +0.66 +0.93%
2011 71.27 +0.01 +0.01%
2010 71.26 +1.59 +2.29%
2009 69.66 −3.03 −4.16%
2008 72.69 −0.81 −1.11%
2007 73.5 +0.22 +0.3%
2006 73.28 −1.46 −1.95%
2005 74.74 −1.52 −1.99%
2004 76.26 −0.77 −1%
2003 77.04 +0.26 +0.34%
2002 76.78 −0.37 −0.48%
2001 77.15 −1.78 −2.26%
2000 78.93 −1.92 −2.38%
1999 80.85 +0.61 +0.76%
1998 80.25 −0.13 −0.16%
1997 80.37 −1.21 −1.48%
1996 81.58 +1.69 +2.11%
1995 79.9 −0.74 −0.92%
1994 80.64 −0.52 −0.65%
1993 81.16 −0.28 −0.35%
1992 81.45 −2.22 −2.65%
1991 83.67 −2.2 −2.57%
1990 85.87 −2.23 −2.53%
1989 88.1 +0.14 +0.15%
1988 87.96 −2.33 −2.58%
1987 90.3 −2.84 −3.05%
1986 93.14 +1.1 +1.2%
1985 92.04 −1.9 −2.03%
1984 93.94 −2.76 −2.85%
1983 96.7 +1.74 +1.83%
1982 94.96 +1.11 +1.18%
1981 93.85 −2.42 −2.52%
1980 96.28 −0.99 −1.02%
1979 97.27 +0.9 +0.93%
1978 96.37 +0.83 +0.86%
1977 95.54 +1.61 +1.72%
1976 93.93 +1.39 +1.5%
1975 92.54 +3.5 +3.93%
1974 89.04 +6.53 +7.91%
1973 82.51 +4.5 +5.76%
1972 78.01 +0.21 +0.27%
1971 77.81 +2.29 +3.03%
1970 75.52 −1.49 −1.93%
1969 77 +0.37 +0.48%
1968 76.64 +0.83 +1.09%
1967 75.81 +2.41 +3.28%
1966 73.41 +2.18 +3.06%
1965 71.22 +2.5 +3.63%
1964 68.73 +1.66 +2.48%
1963 67.06 +1.45 +2.21%
1962 65.62 +1.5 +2.34%
1961 64.12 +3.55 +5.85%
1960 60.57 +1.37 +2.31%
1959 59.21 +1.39 +2.41%
1958 57.81 +1.39 +2.46%
1957 56.42 +1.36 +2.46%
1956 55.07 +1.3 +2.42%
1955 53.76 +1.23 +2.34%
1954 52.54 +1.12 +2.18%
1953 51.42 +0.99 +1.96%
1952 50.43 +0.83 +1.68%
1951 49.59 +0.65 +1.33%
1950 48.94 +1.17 +2.45%
1949 47.77 +2.22 +4.88%
1948 45.55 +3 +7.05%
1947 42.55 +3.5 +8.97%
1946 39.05 +3.74 +10.58%
1945 35.31 +3.7 +11.7%
1944 31.61 +3.39 +11.99%
1943 28.23 +2.8 +11%
1942 25.43 +1.94 +8.27%
1941 23.49 +0.81 +3.57%
1940 22.68 +0.19 +0.82%
1939 22.49 +0.23 +1.05%
1938 22.26 +0.27 +1.24%
1937 21.98 +0.3 +1.39%
1936 21.68 +0.31 +1.47%
1935 21.37 +0.32 +1.54%
1934 21.04 +0.31 +1.51%
1933 20.73 +0.3 +1.44%
1932 20.44 +0.27 +1.32%
1931 20.17 +0.22 +1.11%
1930 19.95 +0.22 +1.09%
1929 19.73 +0.25 +1.27%
1928 19.48 +0.27 +1.41%
1927 19.21 +0.29 +1.51%
1926 18.93 +0.29 +1.57%
1925 18.64 +0.29 +1.56%
1924 18.35 +0.27 +1.52%
1923 18.07 +0.26 +1.44%
1922 17.82 +0.23 +1.28%
1921 17.59 +0.19 +1.09%
1920 17.4 +0.18 +1.06%
1919 17.22 +0.2 +1.18%
1918 17.02 +0.22 +1.29%
1917 16.8 +0.22 +1.33%
1916 16.58 +0.22 +1.33%
1915 16.36 +0.21 +1.3%
1914 16.15 +0.19 +1.21%
1913 15.96 +0.17 +1.09%
1912 15.79 +0.14 +0.89%
1911 15.65 +0.1 +0.66%
1910 15.55 +0.04 +0.23%
1909 15.51 −0.05 −0.33%
1908 15.56 −0.11 −0.7%
1907 15.67 −0.15 −0.97%
1906 15.83 −0.17 −1.08%
1905 16 −0.17 −1.05%
1904 16.17 −0.15 −0.93%
1903 16.32 −0.11 −0.65%
1902 16.42 −0.05 −0.27%
1901 16.47 +0.04 +0.26%
1900 16.43 +0.15 +0.89%
1899 16.28 +0.25 +1.55%
1898 16.03 +0.35 +2.21%
1897 15.69 +0.44 +2.89%
1896 15.25 +0.52 +3.5%
1895 14.73 +0.6 +4.22%
1894 14.13 +0.66 +4.9%
1893 13.47 +0.72 +5.63%
1892 12.76 +0.77 +6.45%
1891 11.98 +0.81 +7.28%
1890 11.17 −0.52 −4.42%
1889 11.69 +0.08 +0.69%
1888 11.61 +0.08 +0.66%
1887 11.53 +0.07 +0.63%
1886 11.46 +0.07 +0.61%
1885 11.39 +0.07 +0.66%
1884 11.31 +0.08 +0.72%
1883 11.23 +0.09 +0.8%
1882 11.14 +0.1 +0.92%
1881 11.04 +0.12 +1.07%
1880 10.93 +0.19 +1.76%
1879 10.74 +0.3 +2.85%
1878 10.44 +0.38 +3.74%
1877 10.06 +0.42 +4.4%
1876 9.64 +0.44 +4.82%
1875 9.2 +0.43 +4.95%
1874 8.76 +0.4 +4.75%
1873 8.37 +0.33 +4.07%
1872 8.04 +0.23 +2.96%
1871 7.81 +0.11 +1.39%
1870 7.7 +0.03 +0.42%
1869 7.67 +0.03 +0.39%
1868 7.64 +0.03 +0.37%
1867 7.61 +0.03 +0.34%
1866 7.58 +0.03 +0.37%
1865 7.56 +0.02 +0.31%
1864 7.53 +0.03 +0.36%
1863 7.51 +0.03 +0.39%
1862 7.48 +0.03 +0.39%
1861 7.45 +0.03 +0.46%
1860 7.41 +0.04 +0.53%
1859 7.38 +0.05 +0.71%
1858 7.32 +0.07 +0.91%
1857 7.26 +0.08 +1.11%
1856 7.18 +0.09 +1.2%
1855 7.09 +0.09 +1.33%
1854 7 +0.1 +1.48%
1853 6.9 +0.11 +1.58%
1852 6.79 +0.11 +1.65%
1851 6.68 +0.11 +1.72%
1850 6.57 — —

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.