Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Zambia

Nitrous oxide emissions in Zambia in 2024 — 14.23 Mt. Ranked 161 in the world out of 201. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 3,172%.

2024 14.23 Mt +0.92% vs 2023
World rank 161of 201
Period maximum 14.23 Mt2024
Period minimum 0.44 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Zambia, 1850–2024051015185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.44 Mt1853: 0.46 Mt1856: 0.48 Mt1859: 0.49 Mt1862: 0.5 Mt1865: 0.5 Mt1868: 0.5 Mt1871: 0.51 Mt1874: 0.6 Mt1877: 0.71 Mt1880: 0.79 Mt1883: 0.81 Mt1886: 0.82 Mt1889: 0.84 Mt1892: 0.9 Mt1895: 0.93 Mt1898: 0.96 Mt1901: 0.99 Mt1904: 1.03 Mt1907: 1.07 Mt1910: 1.12 Mt1913: 1.25 Mt1916: 1.46 Mt1919: 1.69 Mt1922: 1.9 Mt1925: 2.15 Mt1928: 2.34 Mt1931: 2.38 Mt1934: 2.33 Mt1937: 2.27 Mt1940: 2.29 Mt1943: 3.91 Mt1946: 7.09 Mt1949: 9.52 Mt1952: 9.46 Mt1955: 8.16 Mt1958: 6.85 Mt1961: 6.95 Mt1964: 7.07 Mt1967: 7.39 Mt1970: 11.23 Mt1973: 7.22 Mt1976: 6.93 Mt1979: 11.03 Mt1982: 9.2 Mt1985: 7 Mt1988: 6.5 Mt1991: 10.74 Mt1994: 10.74 Mt1997: 9.81 Mt2000: 9.61 Mt2003: 11.88 Mt2006: 11.08 Mt2009: 10.81 Mt2012: 12.67 Mt2015: 13.03 Mt2018: 12.55 Mt2021: 12.72 Mt2024: 14.23 Mt
Change over the period: +13.8 (+3,171.95%) Average annual rate: 2.02 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Zambia 14.23 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 448.4 Mt
Eastern Africa computed 185.91 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 802.16 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 14.23 +0.13 +0.92%
2023 14.1 +0.26 +1.91%
2022 13.84 +1.12 +8.77%
2021 12.72 −0.06 −0.49%
2020 12.79 −0.3 −2.3%
2019 13.09 +0.54 +4.3%
2018 12.55 −0.01 −0.12%
2017 12.56 −0.51 −3.89%
2016 13.07 +0.04 +0.34%
2015 13.03 +0.34 +2.7%
2014 12.68 −0.36 −2.75%
2013 13.04 +0.38 +2.96%
2012 12.67 +1.05 +9.01%
2011 11.62 −0.24 −2.04%
2010 11.86 +1.05 +9.7%
2009 10.81 −0.72 −6.21%
2008 11.53 +0.04 +0.33%
2007 11.49 +0.41 +3.73%
2006 11.08 −1.27 −10.25%
2005 12.34 +0.51 +4.29%
2004 11.84 −0.04 −0.35%
2003 11.88 +0.97 +8.92%
2002 10.91 +1.05 +10.68%
2001 9.85 +0.24 +2.55%
2000 9.61 −0.43 −4.28%
1999 10.04 −0.75 −6.93%
1998 10.79 +0.98 +10.01%
1997 9.81 −0.25 −2.47%
1996 10.05 −0.5 −4.75%
1995 10.55 −0.18 −1.7%
1994 10.74 −0.11 −1.04%
1993 10.85 +0.13 +1.24%
1992 10.72 −0.02 −0.2%
1991 10.74 −0.1 −0.88%
1990 10.83 +3.35 +44.85%
1989 7.48 +0.98 +15.1%
1988 6.5 −2.92 −31.03%
1987 9.42 +2.63 +38.76%
1986 6.79 −0.21 −3.01%
1985 7 +0.41 +6.2%
1984 6.59 −2.37 −26.42%
1983 8.96 −0.25 −2.66%
1982 9.2 +1.36 +17.31%
1981 7.85 −1.22 −13.46%
1980 9.07 −1.96 −17.78%
1979 11.03 +2.71 +32.54%
1978 8.32 +0.29 +3.6%
1977 8.03 +1.1 +15.94%
1976 6.93 −0.73 −9.49%
1975 7.65 +1.29 +20.22%
1974 6.37 −0.86 −11.84%
1973 7.22 +0.59 +8.95%
1972 6.63 +0.56 +9.18%
1971 6.07 −5.16 −45.95%
1970 11.23 +3.51 +45.5%
1969 7.72 +0.18 +2.37%
1968 7.54 +0.15 +2.02%
1967 7.39 +0.14 +1.86%
1966 7.26 +0.1 +1.37%
1965 7.16 +0.09 +1.2%
1964 7.07 +0.07 +0.96%
1963 7.01 +0.04 +0.53%
1962 6.97 +0.02 +0.29%
1961 6.95 +0.39 +5.88%
1960 6.56 −0.06 −0.89%
1959 6.62 −0.23 −3.38%
1958 6.85 −0.36 −5.02%
1957 7.22 −0.45 −5.85%
1956 7.66 −0.49 −6.03%
1955 8.16 −0.49 −5.7%
1954 8.65 −0.45 −4.94%
1953 9.1 −0.36 −3.84%
1952 9.46 −0.23 −2.41%
1951 9.7 −0.06 −0.63%
1950 9.76 +0.24 +2.51%
1949 9.52 +0.58 +6.49%
1948 8.94 +0.84 +10.33%
1947 8.1 +1.01 +14.2%
1946 7.09 +1.09 +18.18%
1945 6 +1.09 +22.19%
1944 4.91 +1 +25.63%
1943 3.91 +0.83 +26.91%
1942 3.08 +0.57 +22.7%
1941 2.51 +0.23 +9.84%
1940 2.29 +0.02 +0.7%
1939 2.27 +0 +0.13%
1938 2.27 −0.01 −0.31%
1937 2.27 −0.02 −0.66%
1936 2.29 −0.02 −0.87%
1935 2.31 −0.02 −0.99%
1934 2.33 −0.02 −0.89%
1933 2.35 −0.02 −0.76%
1932 2.37 −0.01 −0.46%
1931 2.38 −0 −0.13%
1930 2.39 +0.01 +0.63%
1929 2.37 +0.04 +1.5%
1928 2.34 +0.05 +2.23%
1927 2.28 +0.07 +2.93%
1926 2.22 +0.07 +3.45%
1925 2.15 +0.08 +3.92%
1924 2.06 +0.08 +4.19%
1923 1.98 +0.08 +4.26%
1922 1.9 +0.08 +4.22%
1921 1.82 +0.07 +3.93%
1920 1.75 +0.07 +3.97%
1919 1.69 +0.07 +4.52%
1918 1.61 +0.08 +4.94%
1917 1.54 +0.08 +5.27%
1916 1.46 +0.08 +5.49%
1915 1.39 +0.07 +5.4%
1914 1.31 +0.07 +5.2%
1913 1.25 +0.06 +4.61%
1912 1.19 +0.04 +3.83%
1911 1.15 +0.03 +2.59%
1910 1.12 +0.02 +1.91%
1909 1.1 +0.02 +1.66%
1908 1.08 +0.02 +1.5%
1907 1.07 +0.01 +1.33%
1906 1.05 +0.01 +1.25%
1905 1.04 +0.01 +1.17%
1904 1.03 +0.01 +1.08%
1903 1.02 +0.01 +1.09%
1902 1.01 +0.01 +1.11%
1901 0.99 +0.01 +1.22%
1900 0.98 +0.01 +1.13%
1899 0.97 +0.01 +1.15%
1898 0.96 +0.01 +1.16%
1897 0.95 +0.01 +1.17%
1896 0.94 +0.01 +1.08%
1895 0.93 +0.01 +1.09%
1894 0.92 +0.01 +1.1%
1893 0.91 +0.01 +1%
1892 0.9 +0.01 +1.01%
1891 0.89 +0.01 +0.91%
1890 0.88 +0.04 +5%
1889 0.84 +0.01 +0.72%
1888 0.83 +0.01 +0.6%
1887 0.83 +0.01 +0.61%
1886 0.82 +0 +0.49%
1885 0.82 +0.01 +0.74%
1884 0.81 +0 +0.62%
1883 0.81 +0.01 +0.87%
1882 0.8 +0.01 +1.01%
1881 0.79 +0.01 +1.15%
1880 0.79 +0.02 +1.95%
1879 0.77 +0.03 +3.49%
1878 0.74 +0.03 +4.64%
1877 0.71 +0.04 +5.49%
1876 0.67 +0.04 +6.14%
1875 0.64 +0.04 +6.54%
1874 0.6 +0.03 +6.05%
1873 0.56 +0.03 +5.44%
1872 0.53 +0.02 +3.9%
1871 0.51 +0.01 +1.58%
1870 0.51 +0 +0.2%
1869 0.5 +0 +0.2%
1868 0.5 +0 +0.2%
1867 0.5 +0 +0.2%
1866 0.5 +0 +0%
1865 0.5 +0 +0.2%
1864 0.5 +0 +0.2%
1863 0.5 +0 +0.2%
1862 0.5 +0 +0.2%
1861 0.5 +0 +0.2%
1860 0.5 +0 +0.4%
1859 0.49 +0 +0.61%
1858 0.49 +0 +0.82%
1857 0.49 +0.01 +1.25%
1856 0.48 +0.01 +1.26%
1855 0.48 +0.01 +1.5%
1854 0.47 +0.01 +1.74%
1853 0.46 +0.01 +1.77%
1852 0.45 +0.01 +1.8%
1851 0.44 +0.01 +2.07%
1850 0.44 — —

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.