Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Southern Asia

Nitrous oxide emissions in Southern Asia in 2024 — 459.12 Mt. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,605.9%.

2024 459.12 Mt +1.71% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 459.12 Mt2024
Period minimum 26.91 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Southern Asia, 1850–20240200400600185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 26.91 Mt1853: 28.49 Mt1856: 29.8 Mt1859: 30.61 Mt1862: 30.85 Mt1865: 30.97 Mt1868: 31.1 Mt1871: 31.73 Mt1874: 36.99 Mt1877: 44.28 Mt1880: 48.97 Mt1883: 50.44 Mt1886: 51.41 Mt1889: 52.39 Mt1892: 54.74 Mt1895: 55.28 Mt1898: 55.88 Mt1901: 56.54 Mt1904: 57.38 Mt1907: 58.26 Mt1910: 58.98 Mt1913: 59.5 Mt1916: 59.94 Mt1919: 60.41 Mt1922: 61.11 Mt1925: 62.17 Mt1928: 63.27 Mt1931: 64.06 Mt1934: 64.78 Mt1937: 65.57 Mt1940: 66.43 Mt1943: 69.11 Mt1946: 73.75 Mt1949: 77.98 Mt1952: 80.58 Mt1955: 83.66 Mt1958: 86.81 Mt1961: 94 Mt1964: 99.43 Mt1967: 108.63 Mt1970: 117.32 Mt1973: 126.12 Mt1976: 138.71 Mt1979: 155.74 Mt1982: 166.84 Mt1985: 187.17 Mt1988: 206.69 Mt1991: 223.73 Mt1994: 244.6 Mt1997: 266.36 Mt2000: 274.86 Mt2003: 283.11 Mt2006: 319.93 Mt2009: 350.81 Mt2012: 371.59 Mt2015: 386.68 Mt2018: 407.04 Mt2021: 432.65 Mt2024: 459.12 Mt
Change over the period: +432.2 (+1,605.93%) Average annual rate: 1.64 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Asia 459.12 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 459.12 +7.73 +1.71%
2023 451.39 +9.93 +2.25%
2022 441.46 +8.81 +2.04%
2021 432.65 +5.67 +1.33%
2020 426.97 +10.59 +2.54%
2019 416.39 +9.35 +2.3%
2018 407.04 +10.88 +2.75%
2017 396.16 +8.87 +2.29%
2016 387.29 +0.61 +0.16%
2015 386.68 +4.48 +1.17%
2014 382.21 +5.74 +1.52%
2013 376.47 +4.88 +1.31%
2012 371.59 +1.43 +0.39%
2011 370.16 +9.9 +2.75%
2010 360.26 +9.46 +2.7%
2009 350.81 +11.39 +3.36%
2008 339.42 +8.85 +2.68%
2007 330.56 +10.64 +3.32%
2006 319.93 +14.62 +4.79%
2005 305.3 +12.65 +4.32%
2004 292.65 +9.54 +3.37%
2003 283.11 +7.75 +2.82%
2002 275.36 −3.24 −1.16%
2001 278.6 +3.74 +1.36%
2000 274.86 −3.26 −1.17%
1999 278.11 +6.08 +2.23%
1998 272.04 +5.68 +2.13%
1997 266.36 +6.9 +2.66%
1996 259.45 +6.95 +2.75%
1995 252.51 +7.91 +3.23%
1994 244.6 +8.87 +3.76%
1993 235.72 +3.47 +1.49%
1992 232.26 +8.53 +3.81%
1991 223.73 +6.73 +3.1%
1990 217 +3.16 +1.48%
1989 213.84 +7.15 +3.46%
1988 206.69 +12.53 +6.45%
1987 194.16 −2.79 −1.42%
1986 196.95 +9.78 +5.22%
1985 187.17 +4.8 +2.63%
1984 182.38 +6.42 +3.65%
1983 175.95 +9.12 +5.47%
1982 166.84 +3.22 +1.97%
1981 163.61 +6.66 +4.24%
1980 156.96 +1.21 +0.78%
1979 155.74 +4.3 +2.84%
1978 151.44 +6.54 +4.51%
1977 144.9 +6.19 +4.46%
1976 138.71 +1.4 +1.02%
1975 137.31 +10.27 +8.08%
1974 127.04 +0.93 +0.74%
1973 126.12 +3.51 +2.86%
1972 122.61 +2.45 +2.04%
1971 120.15 +2.84 +2.42%
1970 117.32 +1.25 +1.08%
1969 116.07 +3.32 +2.94%
1968 112.75 +4.12 +3.79%
1967 108.63 +4.52 +4.34%
1966 104.11 +3.96 +3.96%
1965 100.15 +0.72 +0.72%
1964 99.43 +2.91 +3.01%
1963 96.53 +1.28 +1.34%
1962 95.25 +1.24 +1.32%
1961 94 +5.41 +6.1%
1960 88.6 +0.85 +0.97%
1959 87.75 +0.94 +1.09%
1958 86.81 +1.01 +1.18%
1957 85.79 +1.05 +1.24%
1956 84.74 +1.08 +1.29%
1955 83.66 +1.07 +1.29%
1954 82.59 +1.04 +1.27%
1953 81.56 +0.98 +1.22%
1952 80.58 +0.89 +1.12%
1951 79.68 +0.79 +1%
1950 78.89 +0.91 +1.17%
1949 77.98 +1.22 +1.59%
1948 76.76 +1.44 +1.91%
1947 75.33 +1.58 +2.14%
1946 73.75 +1.62 +2.25%
1945 72.13 +1.58 +2.24%
1944 70.55 +1.44 +2.09%
1943 69.11 +1.23 +1.81%
1942 67.88 +0.92 +1.38%
1941 66.96 +0.52 +0.79%
1940 66.43 +0.3 +0.45%
1939 66.14 +0.29 +0.44%
1938 65.85 +0.28 +0.42%
1937 65.57 +0.27 +0.42%
1936 65.3 +0.26 +0.4%
1935 65.04 +0.26 +0.4%
1934 64.78 +0.25 +0.39%
1933 64.53 +0.24 +0.37%
1932 64.29 +0.23 +0.36%
1931 64.06 +0.23 +0.36%
1930 63.83 +0.25 +0.4%
1929 63.58 +0.31 +0.49%
1928 63.27 +0.35 +0.55%
1927 62.93 +0.37 +0.59%
1926 62.56 +0.38 +0.62%
1925 62.17 +0.38 +0.61%
1924 61.8 +0.36 +0.59%
1923 61.44 +0.33 +0.54%
1922 61.11 +0.29 +0.47%
1921 60.82 +0.23 +0.37%
1920 60.59 +0.19 +0.31%
1919 60.41 +0.17 +0.28%
1918 60.24 +0.16 +0.26%
1917 60.08 +0.15 +0.25%
1916 59.94 +0.14 +0.24%
1915 59.79 +0.14 +0.24%
1914 59.65 +0.15 +0.25%
1913 59.5 +0.16 +0.27%
1912 59.34 +0.17 +0.29%
1911 59.17 +0.19 +0.32%
1910 58.98 +0.21 +0.36%
1909 58.77 +0.24 +0.42%
1908 58.53 +0.27 +0.46%
1907 58.26 +0.29 +0.49%
1906 57.97 +0.3 +0.51%
1905 57.68 +0.3 +0.52%
1904 57.38 +0.29 +0.51%
1903 57.08 +0.28 +0.49%
1902 56.8 +0.26 +0.47%
1901 56.54 +0.23 +0.42%
1900 56.31 +0.22 +0.39%
1899 56.09 +0.21 +0.38%
1898 55.88 +0.21 +0.37%
1897 55.67 +0.2 +0.36%
1896 55.47 +0.19 +0.35%
1895 55.28 +0.19 +0.34%
1894 55.09 +0.18 +0.32%
1893 54.91 +0.17 +0.31%
1892 54.74 +0.17 +0.3%
1891 54.57 +0.16 +0.29%
1890 54.41 +2.02 +3.86%
1889 52.39 +0.36 +0.69%
1888 52.04 +0.32 +0.62%
1887 51.72 +0.3 +0.59%
1886 51.41 +0.3 +0.59%
1885 51.11 +0.32 +0.63%
1884 50.79 +0.36 +0.71%
1883 50.44 +0.41 +0.82%
1882 50.03 +0.48 +0.97%
1881 49.55 +0.57 +1.17%
1880 48.97 +0.99 +2.07%
1879 47.98 +1.62 +3.5%
1878 46.36 +2.08 +4.7%
1877 44.28 +2.37 +5.65%
1876 41.91 +2.49 +6.3%
1875 39.42 +2.43 +6.57%
1874 36.99 +2.21 +6.34%
1873 34.79 +1.81 +5.49%
1872 32.97 +1.24 +3.92%
1871 31.73 +0.51 +1.62%
1870 31.22 +0.07 +0.23%
1869 31.15 +0.06 +0.18%
1868 31.1 +0.05 +0.15%
1867 31.05 +0.04 +0.14%
1866 31.01 +0.04 +0.11%
1865 30.97 +0.04 +0.12%
1864 30.93 +0.04 +0.13%
1863 30.89 +0.04 +0.14%
1862 30.85 +0.06 +0.18%
1861 30.79 +0.07 +0.22%
1860 30.73 +0.12 +0.39%
1859 30.61 +0.2 +0.66%
1858 30.4 +0.27 +0.9%
1857 30.13 +0.34 +1.12%
1856 29.8 +0.39 +1.33%
1855 29.41 +0.44 +1.51%
1854 28.97 +0.48 +1.67%
1853 28.49 +0.51 +1.81%
1852 27.99 +0.53 +1.93%
1851 27.46 +0.54 +2.01%
1850 26.91 — —

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.