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World Data Atlas Topics Environment Emissions

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Nitrous oxide emissions

(thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)

China is the top country by nitrous oxide emissions in the world. As of 2020, nitrous oxide emissions in China was 536,920.2 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent that accounts for 17.88% of the world's nitrous oxide emissions. The top 5 countries (others are India, the United States of America, Brazil, and Indonesia) account for 44.65% of it. The world's total nitrous oxide emissions was estimated at 3 million thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent in 2020.

What is nitrous oxide emissions?

Nitrous oxide emissions are emissions from agricultural biomass burning, industrial activities, and livestock management.

See also

Energy related methane emissions, CO2 intensity, CO2 emissions from electricity production (%), CO2 emissions from manufacturing industries (%), CO2 emissions: residential buildings (%), CO2 emissions: transport (%), CO2 emissions from other sectors (%), CO2 emissions from solid fuel consumption, CO2 emissions from solid fuel consumption (%), CO2 emissions from liquid fuel consumption, CO2 emissions from liquid fuel consumption (%), CO2 emissions from gaseous fuel consumption, CO2 emissions from gaseous fuel consumption (%), Agricultural methane emissions, Agricultural methane emissions (%), Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions, Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (%), Methane emissions, Methane emissions in energy sector, Nitrous oxide emissions in energy, Other greenhouse gas emissions, PM2.5 air pollution

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