China is the top country by nitrous oxide emissions in energy in the world. As of 2020, nitrous oxide emissions in energy in China was 56,111.6 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent that accounts for 21.23% of the world's nitrous oxide emissions in energy. The top 5 countries (others are the United States of America, India, Brazil, and Japan) account for 54.07% of it. The world's total nitrous oxide emissions in energy was estimated at 264,333.1 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent in 2020.

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Nitrous oxide emissions from energy processes are emissions produced by the combustion of fossil fuels and biofuels.

Nitrous oxide emissions in energy sector (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)

19902000200520102011201220132014201520162017201820192020
Australia2,333.52,760.82,951.03,143.43,143.73,184.83,193.83,148.03,254.43,315.33,364.43,377.53,348.63,152.6
Brunei Darussalam14.219.722.328.430.431.931.632.232.032.032.132.834.541.3
Cambodia0.0150.4168.9213.2219.2228.0232.9249.7266.9289.0300.0315.0357.8366.0
China20,168.127,069.537,961.447,175.450,406.851,842.353,365.953,216.753,484.753,158.954,176.755,914.756,288.656,111.6
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.588.9354.3374.0260.4196.3202.7156.5170.8144.5157.2261.2245.6268.6255.7
Fiji0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Indonesia2,885.84,538.64,940.45,501.15,939.16,128.26,016.16,201.85,841.86,048.96,081.46,688.17,007.16,852.3
Japan7,347.59,274.39,436.58,606.88,608.18,671.18,752.38,377.88,431.28,339.48,371.18,254.68,128.87,722.1
Kiribati0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Korea, Rep.1,283.42,447.32,674.83,155.33,201.73,283.63,365.53,385.43,567.93,636.73,758.43,758.33,721.23,453.7
Lao PDR0.070.381.6100.999.299.1105.5110.6130.7168.1183.0184.7173.5171.6
Malaysia401.6799.21,061.71,293.81,272.71,324.91,630.31,753.31,749.21,809.61,808.01,849.01,954.81,908.6
Marshall Islands0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Mongolia106.569.589.3121.9142.0156.8166.7160.8156.2148.2175.7188.0217.7209.8
Myanmar434.4521.5595.2593.7598.5641.7670.9700.5721.8721.1807.7815.8829.7818.5
Nauru0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
New Zealand247.1335.2378.1362.3360.8368.0364.7363.8375.2377.7390.1395.4401.5353.6
Palau0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Papua New Guinea0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Philippines690.4853.1836.0919.0934.3975.11,048.31,089.31,190.01,275.91,359.91,401.31,456.91,288.9
Samoa0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Singapore131.0249.0216.9224.9233.0227.8224.8227.8236.0241.2238.1221.8220.2214.3
Solomon Islands0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Thailand983.01,482.11,841.12,170.02,182.02,340.22,401.82,453.32,551.72,871.92,943.73,031.83,193.93,029.3
Timor-Leste0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Tonga0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Tuvalu0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Vanuatu0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Vietnam707.4962.31,237.01,587.51,602.31,602.71,630.61,701.41,528.61,670.71,730.41,987.72,205.72,081.7
Albania43.950.861.053.055.251.554.160.060.767.467.974.874.260.2
Andorra0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Armenia96.616.518.729.129.529.828.937.238.638.840.339.943.947.6
Austria505.7577.4734.5846.7825.5831.6849.8840.1863.8856.5852.5844.5843.2769.5
Azerbaijan186.290.1104.4118.3136.4149.2166.0172.4160.5150.9168.5176.9181.8156.4
Belarus572.9289.7325.2363.8374.7382.5383.5367.6337.0340.9357.3372.9380.0353.1
Belgium634.4661.5660.9762.3731.5731.7730.1722.9734.2767.2759.3761.5755.3716.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina130.1100.1107.6136.9148.3137.6131.0131.2138.6155.9154.0190.0189.1187.6
Bulgaria372.7249.0292.2306.5331.5332.8301.0318.4346.1336.1348.8358.1364.2339.7
Croatia162.5169.2203.2201.0197.3197.7196.5184.5195.0193.5195.3196.0207.4194.8
Cyprus29.343.351.460.959.455.449.948.550.753.355.155.656.654.3
Czechia720.1725.3789.9824.6833.4814.2796.5808.4822.6839.4852.2850.8849.4803.6
Denmark475.5562.9581.4588.7564.0542.4556.5544.4551.5575.4580.4576.3559.9540.4
Estonia186.5118.9134.2159.6152.2145.3153.6145.9135.1144.5151.9155.9132.7125.1
Finland595.7671.2701.4805.1780.8777.4800.8833.2809.4791.5834.7849.5852.4785.3
France3,493.03,612.03,575.23,731.53,654.43,745.13,773.63,688.03,749.63,790.63,817.73,727.03,725.63,258.0
Georgia160.659.752.164.465.368.390.095.196.9110.0101.194.092.985.9
Germany6,243.05,787.05,790.35,990.35,921.16,042.56,116.66,000.25,989.25,992.75,944.05,752.95,574.05,253.0
Greece531.7650.3715.4688.4647.0595.3548.3546.6542.8524.0518.1513.1485.5410.9
Hungary398.3324.7390.2446.8432.0422.8414.9429.5449.3451.5469.2475.3475.8448.0
Iceland17.918.518.920.419.619.420.920.623.822.823.924.824.221.4
Ireland200.5298.6345.0317.0299.6300.1300.7309.3314.3323.6325.4322.5320.2280.1
Italy2,475.52,806.63,135.33,155.83,046.03,014.12,909.32,869.52,881.22,778.52,722.32,778.52,755.02,383.7
Kazakhstan1,394.8685.4837.31,024.81,090.61,122.51,134.21,053.2950.31,040.61,052.11,065.11,017.61,090.2
Kyrgyz Republic186.530.235.255.873.2103.6100.292.884.795.158.357.046.651.0
Latvia178.5116.0144.9143.6141.7145.7142.5147.5144.5140.2147.7159.7154.9145.0
Liechtenstein0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Lithuania210.2116.5139.7151.6150.4156.6156.5167.7178.4183.7195.2205.8205.6210.5
Luxembourg63.9101.1136.5131.4137.6133.1131.5130.5125.8124.4132.4141.8146.5126.2
North Macedonia48.259.559.560.766.364.062.061.461.361.365.762.068.458.6
Moldova139.623.740.167.170.267.767.967.772.678.681.582.277.474.2
Montenegro0.00.022.428.727.726.524.423.425.225.226.227.128.126.1
Netherlands707.0840.2911.4975.9990.7977.4953.7935.6970.2960.6967.3992.2993.5882.0
Norway286.7316.8327.0364.5358.7360.0352.6342.7348.8376.2406.1380.2396.3368.2
Poland1,912.11,804.61,876.52,322.32,352.32,307.32,244.32,182.02,218.62,297.52,464.52,706.52,657.42,560.0
Portugal412.1597.4609.5593.7576.6537.3528.9528.9555.7547.7558.9551.9540.6479.6
Romania559.6573.6589.0665.5701.2719.4661.4647.9653.8674.8706.9703.9743.8723.9
Russian Federation10,727.75,973.46,120.46,389.76,749.76,944.36,855.46,732.96,789.86,624.76,733.47,369.57,925.07,563.4
Serbia375.3250.2329.5301.0309.7283.4294.4268.7294.2299.9305.4300.9309.5334.8
Slovak Republic224.6164.6182.2222.8219.1213.5216.1219.9228.8232.2251.7251.4275.9258.3
Slovenia107.9140.4159.0175.4178.4176.9173.7161.2160.5164.7166.6173.2172.4151.3
Spain2,181.92,798.23,208.02,992.23,002.02,995.82,506.92,530.02,610.82,607.02,732.92,803.32,716.12,323.2
Sweden773.8911.7930.11,049.21,011.41,041.01,040.01,048.21,090.01,135.71,193.11,182.31,182.41,186.8
Switzerland454.6511.9524.5535.0517.0524.8529.8513.3506.2517.2521.3522.7527.2499.9
Tajikistan52.97.49.213.714.722.522.135.832.836.437.040.343.151.0
Turkiye1,245.61,428.91,351.91,488.51,480.91,605.61,654.01,706.51,857.72,011.42,134.22,154.72,170.52,112.0
Turkmenistan144.0113.8151.3189.9194.9201.0200.5218.5219.3222.3222.3222.8223.2221.9
Ukraine2,734.3983.71,053.11,141.91,186.01,198.31,201.01,054.8886.0938.0859.3897.5856.3832.3
United Kingdom4,039.13,620.83,719.03,532.23,480.03,573.63,529.63,497.83,455.33,350.53,316.23,401.63,445.02,980.6
Uzbekistan563.3306.3285.9290.2285.0255.6241.3224.1209.8216.9226.7332.4342.9388.0
Antigua and Barbuda0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Argentina666.9845.2792.11,063.91,160.51,176.01,256.11,228.11,290.91,309.01,372.91,374.21,364.81,034.6
Barbados0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Belize0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Bolivia92.094.6107.9166.2177.0188.6203.7217.3225.5236.6249.6258.7266.1230.0
Brazil3,890.95,170.16,310.58,313.68,482.68,863.89,350.99,733.39,653.59,558.79,826.89,713.19,922.59,869.2
Chile370.1611.0625.2751.7825.51,019.91,121.7970.0996.51,062.71,093.51,112.21,127.61,040.1
Colombia722.5636.0624.1719.1820.1840.8994.11,023.61,062.61,087.41,035.41,057.01,116.11,023.1
Costa Rica55.874.6109.0128.8127.5130.0133.8135.2139.1142.0142.5141.4142.5123.3
Cuba441.1246.1165.1131.1140.7145.7144.2151.4162.1138.8157.8169.9149.2154.7
Dominica0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Dominican Republic84.7168.0173.7172.2182.2191.0173.1159.9179.3191.5190.3205.7210.2193.9
Ecuador202.4208.7250.5305.2324.7337.2356.4381.0395.2398.9417.0427.8432.7355.7
El Salvador84.481.0101.696.895.693.086.482.993.799.0101.6102.6108.695.8
Grenada0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Guatemala186.1284.7377.1443.3447.1468.6484.3504.7534.3578.3586.8602.3628.5616.2
Guyana26.824.524.125.127.726.925.025.626.127.327.526.126.526.5
Haiti68.583.991.8105.9109.5110.0109.5113.3120.9122.8124.2125.8127.3123.1
Honduras96.3135.0158.7199.9210.8216.3217.8220.6242.0248.9211.9217.6228.9207.4
Jamaica54.171.273.559.861.058.962.062.561.466.365.472.976.750.9
Mexico2,670.03,194.23,819.54,241.14,290.24,294.24,270.64,217.94,257.24,345.64,315.04,153.24,233.43,122.0
Nicaragua65.988.890.599.299.8104.8106.0111.1114.7118.0122.8118.7121.1118.0
Panama48.465.880.696.3102.2104.5106.1113.1117.6123.7123.9122.7137.7105.9
Paraguay135.2155.6155.9191.2192.7188.9189.7199.5212.9266.0283.2291.8290.6270.3
Peru294.2375.2373.4503.3512.7541.6564.9571.4592.1628.8626.1637.3656.8557.7
St. Kitts and Nevis0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
St. Lucia0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Suriname0.011.315.018.917.520.919.420.921.528.223.319.725.123.1
Bahamas, The0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Trinidad and Tobago37.540.252.771.271.870.666.775.775.267.868.357.562.953.6
Uruguay60.874.070.5130.2138.7146.1152.3164.4185.0190.9195.1194.2198.7194.4
Venezuela, RB738.1909.91,115.61,295.21,334.31,420.21,389.41,357.91,205.21,061.7988.2873.6774.2581.8
Algeria323.13,135.33,227.13,417.13,451.43,533.73,575.13,656.93,721.33,699.13,672.83,690.13,689.33,576.8
Bahrain26.641.061.276.773.378.981.985.588.989.791.995.195.685.5
Djibouti0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Egypt, Arab Rep.446.7624.0709.31,006.01,049.41,131.41,140.31,194.61,238.71,293.01,273.01,269.31,161.31,143.6
Iran, Islamic Rep.1,020.61,807.92,500.12,667.72,671.82,785.82,925.33,122.03,067.02,893.92,994.83,087.73,054.02,868.6
Iraq488.7606.4607.0682.4727.1803.1798.5674.3644.5667.1745.0833.8882.0734.7
Israel249.9422.6439.8498.3492.8543.7469.6460.1478.4474.1477.3469.8504.9447.2
Jordan67.797.1119.3129.8140.4170.9173.7180.5185.0187.2206.2201.7192.1162.1
Kuwait101.2196.5270.2367.2354.2362.4378.3378.7392.7393.7407.7423.3422.2359.5
Lebanon57.2125.3128.9157.9159.9208.7186.1199.6225.5237.6249.0226.7233.2179.4
Libya155.5271.5322.2423.5320.6406.8433.5461.8386.9427.5414.9410.7416.0411.9
Malta14.712.814.115.215.215.815.616.114.914.114.015.216.314.5
Morocco162.3265.8365.7391.4411.1414.9416.7433.3455.9463.5479.2494.5534.3490.7
Oman50.383.6110.2203.6236.8267.1289.0305.9323.6312.2310.9307.4306.5256.1
Qatar37.060.6110.6261.4276.9283.1292.9338.7339.2355.6360.5332.9339.5331.3
Saudi Arabia1,087.11,483.61,829.22,588.02,801.63,027.43,094.53,291.43,507.83,475.43,409.13,219.33,221.22,912.5
Syrian Arab Republic199.0201.3314.9314.7316.5254.1159.0144.9138.5128.8126.5158.9140.1128.9
Tunisia88.1123.4138.8168.9162.1162.1161.3171.1179.0176.8186.8188.5186.0180.0
United Arab Emirates239.9328.5496.0685.7686.6728.6832.4859.4775.8857.6925.3920.5879.9783.8
Yemen, Rep.89.2112.9147.0174.7164.0136.7198.9203.183.470.566.779.479.670.4
Canada4,402.25,057.35,328.95,469.25,600.85,562.25,695.85,689.55,614.75,587.75,848.35,937.65,709.45,157.8
United States44,137.752,773.056,031.054,364.253,594.952,419.454,635.854,828.455,038.055,155.354,934.056,188.055,043.347,628.8
Afghanistan0.00.00.00.00.20.00.00.10.00.00.00.10.10.0
Bangladesh394.1474.9562.5627.1681.8693.1684.8701.5723.4743.7783.9841.3800.5763.8
Bhutan0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
India8,235.910,835.112,443.616,407.617,096.818,080.618,688.019,787.120,282.120,734.521,967.523,043.022,892.321,582.1
Maldives0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Nepal278.2368.6414.1465.4477.5447.9499.4513.4514.0549.2575.2594.9587.4613.9
Pakistan1,316.61,801.62,001.62,309.02,374.62,429.32,493.22,612.82,779.02,957.83,159.33,114.63,099.23,109.8
Sri Lanka248.6324.5363.3390.2378.6394.9378.1399.1422.1463.8450.0435.5451.0426.5
Angola164.9187.5216.0300.2315.0338.3360.7374.0375.4369.0344.9351.3371.2330.2
Benin57.474.698.2128.1131.1134.7150.0157.6168.7201.0206.3223.1212.4220.6
Botswana47.568.268.468.572.069.579.788.190.188.592.598.192.782.5
Burkina Faso0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Burundi0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Cabo Verde0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Cameroon214.9274.7321.2271.1283.6296.8310.9325.3326.0334.8340.0349.9359.0366.5
Central African Republic0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Chad0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Comoros0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Congo, Rep.25.717.929.952.977.0108.1114.4119.0118.7109.387.687.288.386.9
Cote d'Ivoire115.2153.4197.6213.1245.6268.6278.5288.4240.4251.5257.1262.6272.5283.4
Congo, Dem. Rep.492.4650.0777.9901.1954.5697.2811.0940.8938.9957.4958.8827.8841.6855.5
Equatorial Guinea0.94.09.011.812.312.813.413.813.914.512.712.212.711.0
Eritrea0.022.717.919.221.621.321.121.721.822.624.024.625.225.4
Ethiopia799.61,110.71,285.71,480.41,525.41,572.51,623.51,679.31,721.31,780.01,831.51,869.21,917.81,970.2
Gabon44.172.1143.3234.8181.8156.2237.5224.1226.7226.7212.7210.5208.5206.5
Ghana180.2217.1189.6212.5226.2257.5271.4267.5279.0269.4266.3286.6299.5310.8
Guinea0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Guinea-Bissau0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Kenya291.9365.5411.5501.4509.5524.5556.4585.6631.3660.1660.2686.6714.4717.8
Lesotho0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Liberia0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Madagascar107.4143.3152.5166.2170.4176.0179.9183.9186.9244.4253.0257.2264.5262.1
Malawi0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Mali0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Mauritania0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Mauritius21.431.734.938.638.238.639.139.642.242.242.742.142.937.2
Mozambique218.5305.3339.2196.1239.8249.2256.8269.1278.4289.0291.0293.5302.6301.3
Namibia0.032.743.246.647.046.048.450.852.753.152.452.752.448.6
Niger66.167.579.199.183.696.4121.6127.4132.3133.6135.4141.9149.2159.9
Nigeria2,848.73,809.44,453.05,182.25,409.25,714.95,972.06,064.86,048.56,239.96,325.16,487.06,669.36,583.3
Rwanda77.8107.194.5106.9110.8114.6118.1119.2121.5120.8124.1127.4131.9135.7
Sao Tome and Principe0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Senegal39.352.359.893.798.797.990.7103.5108.3115.097.5102.2118.4115.7
Seychelles0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Sierra Leone0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Somalia0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
South Africa1,903.32,251.22,622.72,861.12,802.12,879.93,001.22,994.02,920.82,891.73,012.03,017.23,007.22,664.2
South Sudan0.00.00.00.00.025.024.524.827.325.222.826.927.226.2
Sudan234.0286.1372.0453.2455.1450.7458.2468.2483.5511.4515.7526.2537.1521.9
Eswatini40.336.835.038.646.541.847.045.447.345.844.644.747.145.8
Tanzania305.0556.0674.5752.1784.0781.9823.6802.9821.7835.0853.3864.6937.5945.5
Gambia, The0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Togo35.545.154.179.778.475.569.264.069.071.070.777.180.784.8
Uganda209.1270.1314.3372.8400.9411.4438.1447.0473.6526.4533.1569.9629.2544.5
Zambia164.6199.7225.9243.5251.4264.6271.6281.7292.4298.4303.6312.7324.0327.1
Zimbabwe353.1371.3368.8392.6424.0435.9450.7453.4460.6453.2455.0480.8476.8464.4