Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Southern Europe

Nitrous oxide emissions in Southern Europe in 2024 — 50.44 Mt. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,191.4%.

2024 50.44 Mt −1.35% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 79.46 Mt1987
Period minimum 3.91 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Southern Europe, 1850–2024020406080185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 3.91 Mt1853: 4.1 Mt1856: 4.27 Mt1859: 4.39 Mt1862: 4.45 Mt1865: 4.5 Mt1868: 4.54 Mt1871: 4.64 Mt1874: 5.21 Mt1877: 5.98 Mt1880: 6.5 Mt1883: 6.68 Mt1886: 6.81 Mt1889: 6.95 Mt1892: 7.53 Mt1895: 8.57 Mt1898: 9.26 Mt1901: 9.5 Mt1904: 9.34 Mt1907: 9.08 Mt1910: 9.04 Mt1913: 9.34 Mt1916: 9.83 Mt1919: 10.41 Mt1922: 11.13 Mt1925: 12.2 Mt1928: 13.19 Mt1931: 13.71 Mt1934: 14.03 Mt1937: 14.38 Mt1940: 14.81 Mt1943: 19.13 Mt1946: 27.42 Mt1949: 34.22 Mt1952: 36.66 Mt1955: 39.86 Mt1958: 43.73 Mt1961: 50 Mt1964: 53.93 Mt1967: 60.55 Mt1970: 62.64 Mt1973: 67.95 Mt1976: 68.65 Mt1979: 73.95 Mt1982: 70.15 Mt1985: 72.45 Mt1988: 75.79 Mt1991: 70.85 Mt1994: 67.66 Mt1997: 70.26 Mt2000: 70.53 Mt2003: 69.68 Mt2006: 62.11 Mt2009: 56.11 Mt2012: 55.08 Mt2015: 55.76 Mt2018: 55.58 Mt2021: 54.36 Mt2024: 50.44 Mt
Change over the period: +46.54 (+1,191.42%) Average annual rate: 1.48 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Europe 50.44 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 50.44 −0.69 −1.35%
2023 51.14 −1.15 −2.19%
2022 52.28 −2.08 −3.83%
2021 54.36 −1.13 −2.04%
2020 55.49 +0.67 +1.23%
2019 54.82 −0.76 −1.36%
2018 55.58 −0.65 −1.15%
2017 56.22 +0.19 +0.35%
2016 56.03 +0.27 +0.48%
2015 55.76 +0.53 +0.97%
2014 55.23 −0.37 −0.66%
2013 55.6 +0.51 +0.93%
2012 55.08 −0.21 −0.38%
2011 55.29 −1.09 −1.93%
2010 56.38 +0.27 +0.48%
2009 56.11 −2.79 −4.74%
2008 58.9 −4.41 −6.97%
2007 63.31 +1.2 +1.93%
2006 62.11 −5.33 −7.9%
2005 67.44 −2.77 −3.94%
2004 70.21 +0.53 +0.76%
2003 69.68 +0.7 +1.01%
2002 68.98 +0.54 +0.79%
2001 68.44 −2.09 −2.96%
2000 70.53 +0.35 +0.5%
1999 70.17 −0.44 −0.62%
1998 70.61 +0.35 +0.5%
1997 70.26 +0.19 +0.27%
1996 70.08 +1.64 +2.39%
1995 68.44 +0.78 +1.15%
1994 67.66 +0.75 +1.13%
1993 66.91 −0.59 −0.88%
1992 67.5 −3.35 −4.73%
1991 70.85 −3.24 −4.38%
1990 74.1 +0.03 +0.04%
1989 74.07 −1.72 −2.27%
1988 75.79 −3.67 −4.61%
1987 79.46 +6.02 +8.2%
1986 73.43 +0.99 +1.36%
1985 72.45 +0.16 +0.22%
1984 72.29 +3.27 +4.74%
1983 69.02 −1.14 −1.62%
1982 70.15 −0.44 −0.62%
1981 70.59 −1.7 −2.35%
1980 72.29 −1.67 −2.25%
1979 73.95 +0.66 +0.9%
1978 73.29 +5.07 +7.43%
1977 68.22 −0.43 −0.63%
1976 68.65 +1.34 +1.99%
1975 67.32 −0.72 −1.05%
1974 68.03 +0.09 +0.13%
1973 67.95 +3.36 +5.2%
1972 64.59 +0.84 +1.32%
1971 63.74 +1.1 +1.76%
1970 62.64 −2.48 −3.81%
1969 65.12 +1.99 +3.16%
1968 63.13 +2.58 +4.27%
1967 60.55 +2.32 +3.98%
1966 58.23 +2.34 +4.18%
1965 55.89 +1.96 +3.64%
1964 53.93 +1.52 +2.89%
1963 52.41 +0.81 +1.58%
1962 51.6 +1.6 +3.2%
1961 50 +3.63 +7.82%
1960 46.38 +1.31 +2.91%
1959 45.06 +1.33 +3.05%
1958 43.73 +1.33 +3.13%
1957 42.4 +1.3 +3.17%
1956 41.1 +1.24 +3.12%
1955 39.86 +1.17 +3.03%
1954 38.68 +1.07 +2.86%
1953 37.61 +0.95 +2.6%
1952 36.66 +0.8 +2.24%
1951 35.85 +0.63 +1.8%
1950 35.22 +1 +2.91%
1949 34.22 +1.77 +5.44%
1948 32.45 +2.33 +7.75%
1947 30.12 +2.71 +9.87%
1946 27.42 +2.87 +11.67%
1945 24.55 +2.83 +13.05%
1944 21.72 +2.59 +13.54%
1943 19.13 +2.15 +12.67%
1942 16.98 +1.51 +9.73%
1941 15.47 +0.66 +4.46%
1940 14.81 +0.16 +1.09%
1939 14.65 +0.15 +1%
1938 14.51 +0.13 +0.91%
1937 14.38 +0.12 +0.86%
1936 14.25 +0.11 +0.79%
1935 14.14 +0.11 +0.79%
1934 14.03 +0.11 +0.76%
1933 13.92 +0.11 +0.78%
1932 13.82 +0.11 +0.8%
1931 13.71 +0.12 +0.85%
1930 13.59 +0.16 +1.23%
1929 13.43 +0.24 +1.79%
1928 13.19 +0.29 +2.28%
1927 12.9 +0.34 +2.68%
1926 12.56 +0.36 +2.97%
1925 12.2 +0.37 +3.12%
1924 11.83 +0.36 +3.13%
1923 11.47 +0.34 +3.02%
1922 11.13 +0.29 +2.7%
1921 10.84 +0.23 +2.22%
1920 10.61 +0.2 +1.91%
1919 10.41 +0.2 +1.94%
1918 10.21 +0.2 +1.98%
1917 10.01 +0.18 +1.87%
1916 9.83 +0.18 +1.83%
1915 9.65 +0.16 +1.72%
1914 9.49 +0.14 +1.54%
1913 9.34 +0.13 +1.39%
1912 9.21 +0.1 +1.1%
1911 9.11 +0.08 +0.84%
1910 9.04 +0.04 +0.39%
1909 9 −0.02 −0.2%
1908 9.02 −0.05 −0.6%
1907 9.08 −0.08 −0.87%
1906 9.16 −0.09 −1.01%
1905 9.25 −0.09 −0.99%
1904 9.34 −0.08 −0.87%
1903 9.42 −0.06 −0.63%
1902 9.48 −0.02 −0.21%
1901 9.5 +0.03 +0.27%
1900 9.48 +0.08 +0.88%
1899 9.39 +0.13 +1.44%
1898 9.26 +0.19 +2.07%
1897 9.07 +0.23 +2.64%
1896 8.84 +0.27 +3.19%
1895 8.57 +0.31 +3.79%
1894 8.25 +0.35 +4.39%
1893 7.91 +0.38 +5.05%
1892 7.53 +0.41 +5.7%
1891 7.12 +0.43 +6.46%
1890 6.69 −0.26 −3.73%
1889 6.95 +0.04 +0.65%
1888 6.9 +0.05 +0.69%
1887 6.86 +0.04 +0.6%
1886 6.81 +0.04 +0.64%
1885 6.77 +0.04 +0.65%
1884 6.73 +0.05 +0.69%
1883 6.68 +0.05 +0.81%
1882 6.63 +0.06 +0.93%
1881 6.57 +0.07 +1.06%
1880 6.5 +0.11 +1.79%
1879 6.38 +0.17 +2.79%
1878 6.21 +0.23 +3.78%
1877 5.98 +0.25 +4.38%
1876 5.73 +0.27 +4.85%
1875 5.47 +0.26 +4.95%
1874 5.21 +0.24 +4.72%
1873 4.98 +0.19 +4.06%
1872 4.78 +0.14 +2.99%
1871 4.64 +0.06 +1.35%
1870 4.58 +0.02 +0.44%
1869 4.56 +0.02 +0.37%
1868 4.54 +0.02 +0.33%
1867 4.53 +0.02 +0.38%
1866 4.51 +0.02 +0.36%
1865 4.5 +0.01 +0.33%
1864 4.48 +0.02 +0.36%
1863 4.46 +0.02 +0.4%
1862 4.45 +0.02 +0.41%
1861 4.43 +0.02 +0.41%
1860 4.41 +0.02 +0.55%
1859 4.39 +0.03 +0.71%
1858 4.36 +0.04 +0.93%
1857 4.32 +0.05 +1.05%
1856 4.27 +0.05 +1.21%
1855 4.22 +0.06 +1.35%
1854 4.16 +0.06 +1.46%
1853 4.1 +0.06 +1.58%
1852 4.04 +0.06 +1.61%
1851 3.98 +0.07 +1.77%
1850 3.91 — —

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.