Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Western Europe

Nitrous oxide emissions in Western Europe in 2024 — 88.1 Mt. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 823.8%.

2024 88.1 Mt −2.19% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 186.05 Mt1984
Period minimum 9.54 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Western Europe, 1850–2024050100150200185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 9.54 Mt1853: 9.99 Mt1856: 10.39 Mt1859: 10.68 Mt1862: 10.84 Mt1865: 10.97 Mt1868: 11.11 Mt1871: 11.35 Mt1874: 12.63 Mt1877: 14.35 Mt1880: 15.5 Mt1883: 15.93 Mt1886: 16.26 Mt1889: 16.58 Mt1892: 18.18 Mt1895: 21.14 Mt1898: 23.12 Mt1901: 23.85 Mt1904: 23.53 Mt1907: 22.93 Mt1910: 22.85 Mt1913: 23.31 Mt1916: 23.84 Mt1919: 24.46 Mt1922: 25.3 Mt1925: 26.54 Mt1928: 27.85 Mt1931: 29 Mt1934: 31.42 Mt1937: 34.55 Mt1940: 37.1 Mt1943: 46.02 Mt1946: 62.38 Mt1949: 76.01 Mt1952: 82.34 Mt1955: 92.76 Mt1958: 105.72 Mt1961: 121.15 Mt1964: 138.4 Mt1967: 158.19 Mt1970: 164.61 Mt1973: 179.64 Mt1976: 176.74 Mt1979: 183.25 Mt1982: 177.1 Mt1985: 179.22 Mt1988: 173.74 Mt1991: 165.04 Mt1994: 161.85 Mt1997: 156.65 Mt2000: 126.26 Mt2003: 118.71 Mt2006: 114.92 Mt2009: 103.24 Mt2012: 103.55 Mt2015: 106.15 Mt2018: 100.11 Mt2021: 96.54 Mt2024: 88.1 Mt
Change over the period: +78.56 (+823.85%) Average annual rate: 1.29 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Europe 88.1 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 88.1 −1.98 −2.19%
2023 90.08 −2.15 −2.34%
2022 92.23 −4.31 −4.46%
2021 96.54 −0.56 −0.57%
2020 97.1 −2.1 −2.11%
2019 99.19 −0.92 −0.92%
2018 100.11 −3.11 −3.01%
2017 103.22 −0.24 −0.24%
2016 103.47 −2.69 −2.53%
2015 106.15 +0.12 +0.11%
2014 106.03 +0.89 +0.85%
2013 105.14 +1.6 +1.54%
2012 103.55 +0.63 +0.61%
2011 102.91 −2.38 −2.26%
2010 105.29 +2.05 +1.99%
2009 103.24 −3.13 −2.94%
2008 106.37 −8.58 −7.47%
2007 114.95 +0.03 +0.02%
2006 114.92 −0.5 −0.43%
2005 115.42 −2.22 −1.89%
2004 117.64 −1.07 −0.9%
2003 118.71 −1.28 −1.07%
2002 119.99 −2.84 −2.31%
2001 122.83 −3.43 −2.72%
2000 126.26 −1.65 −1.29%
1999 127.91 −4.07 −3.08%
1998 131.98 −24.67 −15.75%
1997 156.65 −9.11 −5.5%
1996 165.76 +4.69 +2.92%
1995 161.06 −0.79 −0.49%
1994 161.85 +4.21 +2.67%
1993 157.64 −3.68 −2.28%
1992 161.32 −3.72 −2.25%
1991 165.04 +7.05 +4.46%
1990 157.99 −10.41 −6.18%
1989 168.4 −5.34 −3.07%
1988 173.74 −0.56 −0.32%
1987 174.3 −1.24 −0.71%
1986 175.55 −3.67 −2.05%
1985 179.22 −6.83 −3.67%
1984 186.05 +2.84 +1.55%
1983 183.21 +6.11 +3.45%
1982 177.1 −2.12 −1.18%
1981 179.22 −2.02 −1.12%
1980 181.24 −2.01 −1.1%
1979 183.25 +2.07 +1.14%
1978 181.18 +3.31 +1.86%
1977 177.87 +1.14 +0.64%
1976 176.74 −0.21 −0.12%
1975 176.95 −5.73 −3.14%
1974 182.68 +3.04 +1.69%
1973 179.64 +8.52 +4.98%
1972 171.12 +2.98 +1.77%
1971 168.14 +3.53 +2.15%
1970 164.61 −4.11 −2.43%
1969 168.72 +4.52 +2.75%
1968 164.2 +6.01 +3.8%
1967 158.19 +6.98 +4.62%
1966 151.21 +6.28 +4.33%
1965 144.94 +6.54 +4.72%
1964 138.4 +5.05 +3.79%
1963 133.34 +4.65 +3.61%
1962 128.69 +7.54 +6.23%
1961 121.15 +6.75 +5.9%
1960 114.4 +4.28 +3.88%
1959 110.13 +4.41 +4.17%
1958 105.72 +4.43 +4.38%
1957 101.29 +4.36 +4.49%
1956 96.93 +4.18 +4.5%
1955 92.76 +3.89 +4.38%
1954 88.86 +3.51 +4.11%
1953 85.36 +3.02 +3.66%
1952 82.34 +2.42 +3.03%
1951 79.92 +1.73 +2.21%
1950 78.19 +2.18 +2.87%
1949 76.01 +3.61 +4.99%
1948 72.4 +4.67 +6.89%
1947 67.73 +5.35 +8.57%
1946 62.38 +5.65 +9.96%
1945 56.73 +5.58 +10.9%
1944 51.15 +5.13 +11.14%
1943 46.02 +4.3 +10.31%
1942 41.72 +3.1 +8.03%
1941 38.62 +1.52 +4.1%
1940 37.1 +0.71 +1.94%
1939 36.39 +0.86 +2.43%
1938 35.53 +0.98 +2.83%
1937 34.55 +1.04 +3.11%
1936 33.51 +1.06 +3.26%
1935 32.45 +1.03 +3.27%
1934 31.42 +0.95 +3.12%
1933 30.47 +0.82 +2.78%
1932 29.65 +0.65 +2.25%
1931 29 +0.43 +1.51%
1930 28.57 +0.33 +1.18%
1929 28.23 +0.38 +1.38%
1928 27.85 +0.42 +1.52%
1927 27.43 +0.44 +1.63%
1926 26.99 +0.45 +1.68%
1925 26.54 +0.44 +1.69%
1924 26.1 +0.42 +1.64%
1923 25.68 +0.39 +1.52%
1922 25.3 +0.34 +1.35%
1921 24.96 +0.27 +1.11%
1920 24.69 +0.23 +0.94%
1919 24.46 +0.22 +0.9%
1918 24.24 +0.2 +0.85%
1917 24.03 +0.19 +0.81%
1916 23.84 +0.18 +0.78%
1915 23.65 +0.18 +0.75%
1914 23.48 +0.17 +0.72%
1913 23.31 +0.16 +0.7%
1912 23.15 +0.15 +0.67%
1911 23 +0.15 +0.66%
1910 22.85 +0.08 +0.35%
1909 22.77 −0.04 −0.17%
1908 22.81 −0.13 −0.55%
1907 22.93 −0.18 −0.79%
1906 23.11 −0.21 −0.9%
1905 23.32 −0.21 −0.89%
1904 23.53 −0.18 −0.75%
1903 23.71 −0.12 −0.49%
1902 23.83 −0.03 −0.11%
1901 23.85 +0.09 +0.4%
1900 23.76 +0.24 +1.03%
1899 23.52 +0.4 +1.71%
1898 23.12 +0.54 +2.38%
1897 22.58 +0.67 +3.04%
1896 21.92 +0.78 +3.7%
1895 21.14 +0.89 +4.41%
1894 20.24 +0.99 +5.14%
1893 19.25 +1.07 +5.9%
1892 18.18 +1.15 +6.73%
1891 17.04 +1.21 +7.66%
1890 15.82 −0.76 −4.58%
1889 16.58 +0.12 +0.71%
1888 16.47 +0.11 +0.65%
1887 16.36 +0.1 +0.63%
1886 16.26 +0.1 +0.64%
1885 16.15 +0.11 +0.67%
1884 16.05 +0.11 +0.72%
1883 15.93 +0.13 +0.8%
1882 15.81 +0.14 +0.9%
1881 15.66 +0.16 +1.05%
1880 15.5 +0.25 +1.67%
1879 15.25 +0.4 +2.68%
1878 14.85 +0.5 +3.46%
1877 14.35 +0.56 +4.08%
1876 13.79 +0.59 +4.44%
1875 13.2 +0.58 +4.56%
1874 12.63 +0.53 +4.35%
1873 12.1 +0.44 +3.76%
1872 11.66 +0.31 +2.74%
1871 11.35 +0.15 +1.32%
1870 11.2 +0.05 +0.46%
1869 11.15 +0.05 +0.43%
1868 11.11 +0.05 +0.43%
1867 11.06 +0.04 +0.4%
1866 11.01 +0.04 +0.39%
1865 10.97 +0.04 +0.41%
1864 10.93 +0.04 +0.4%
1863 10.88 +0.04 +0.42%
1862 10.84 +0.05 +0.44%
1861 10.79 +0.05 +0.48%
1860 10.74 +0.06 +0.58%
1859 10.68 +0.08 +0.76%
1858 10.6 +0.1 +0.9%
1857 10.5 +0.11 +1.06%
1856 10.39 +0.12 +1.2%
1855 10.27 +0.13 +1.31%
1854 10.13 +0.14 +1.42%
1853 9.99 +0.15 +1.5%
1852 9.84 +0.15 +1.6%
1851 9.69 +0.15 +1.6%
1850 9.54 — —

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.