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Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)

A measure of annual emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the building sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.4 Residential and other sectors, 1.A.5 Non-Specified. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).

World Bank code: EN.GHG.N2O.BU.MT.CE.AR5 • Data available for 197 countries • Latest year: 2024

In , China led Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) at 9.31.

The world median across 197 reporting countries was 0.05.

What this measures: A measure of annual emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the building sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.4 Residential and other sectors, 1.A.5 Non-Specified. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).

How "Environment" indicators are measured

Environmental indicators cover emissions, land use, biodiversity, and natural resources. Emissions data is often produced by international scientific consortia (EDGAR, Global Carbon Project) and typically lags 2–3 years due to the complexity of fuel- and process-level accounting. Per-capita metrics reveal a different story than absolute totals — small wealthy countries can have high per-capita emissions while contributing little to the global total.

Distribution — 2024

Reporting
197 countries
Median
0.05
Mean
0.33
25th percentile
0.00
75th percentile
0.19
Range
0.00 – 9.31

World at a Glance — 2024

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAustralia: 1.73AUBrunei Darussalam: 0.00BNCambodia: 0.11KHChina: 9.31CNFiji: 0.00FJFrench Polynesia: 0.00PFGuam: 0.00GUHong Kong SAR, China: 0.00HKIndonesia: 0.38IDJapan: 0.93JPKiribati: 0.00KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 0.09KPKorea, Rep.: 0.18KRLao PDR: 0.06LAMacao SAR, China: 0.00MOMalaysia: 0.15MYMongolia: 0.04MNMyanmar: 0.47MMNew Caledonia: 0.00NCNew Zealand: 0.12NZPalau: 0.00PWPapua New Guinea: 0.07PGPhilippines: 0.26PHSamoa: 0.00WSSingapore: 0.00SGSolomon Islands: 0.00SBThailand: 0.81THTimor-Leste: 0.00TLTonga: 0.00TOVanuatu: 0.00VUViet Nam: 0.91VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 0.02ALArmenia: 0.03AMAustria: 0.15ATAzerbaijan: 0.09AZBelarus: 0.25BYBelgium: 0.15BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 0.08BABulgaria: 0.07BGCroatia: 0.11HRCyprus: 0.01CYCzechia: 0.19CZDenmark: 0.13DKEstonia: 0.04EEFaroe Islands: 0.00FOFinland: 0.17FIFrance: 1.20FRGeorgia: 0.01GEGermany: 1.04DEGibraltar: 0.00GIGreece: 0.04GRGreenland: 0.00GLHungary: 0.17HUIceland: 0.00ISIreland: 0.09IEItaly: 0.87ITKazakhstan: 0.23KZKyrgyz Republic: 0.01KGLatvia: 0.06LVLithuania: 0.04LTLuxembourg: 0.01LUMoldova: 0.07MDNetherlands: 0.15NLNorth Macedonia: 0.01MKNorway: 0.07NOPoland: 1.00PLPortugal: 0.13PTRomania: 0.28RORussian Federation: 2.02RUSlovak Republic: 0.04SKSlovenia: 0.04SISpain: 0.67ESSweden: 0.12SESwitzerland: 0.05CHTajikistan: 0.01TJTurkiye: 1.15TRTurkmenistan: 0.02TMUkraine: 0.40UAUnited Kingdom: 0.26GBUzbekistan: 0.05UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 0.00AGArgentina: 1.11ARAruba: 0.00AWBahamas, The: 0.00BSBarbados: 0.00BBBelize: 0.00BZBolivia: 0.10BOBrazil: 2.69BRBritish Virgin Islands: 0.00VGCayman Islands: 0.00KYChile: 0.16CLColombia: 0.13COCosta Rica: 0.01CRCuba: 0.03CUDominica: 0.00DMDominican Republic: 0.05DOEcuador: 0.02ECEl Salvador: 0.01SVGrenada: 0.00GDGuatemala: 0.34GTGuyana: 0.01GYHaiti: 0.08HTHonduras: 0.06HNJamaica: 0.00JMMexico: 1.21MXNicaragua: 0.05NIPanama: 0.01PAParaguay: 0.04PYPeru: 0.12PEPuerto Rico (US): 0.00PRSt. Kitts and Nevis: 0.00KNSt. Lucia: 0.00LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 0.00VCSuriname: 0.04SRTrinidad and Tobago: 0.00TTTurks and Caicos Islands: 0.00TCUruguay: 0.05UYVenezuela, RB: 0.01VEVirgin Islands (U.S.): 0.00VIMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 0.04AFAlgeria: 0.02DZBahrain: 0.00BHDjibouti: 0.01DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 0.34EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 1.20IRIraq: 0.01IQIsrael: 0.00ILJordan: 0.01JOKuwait: 0.00KWLebanon: 0.01LBLibya: 0.01LYMalta: 0.00MTMorocco: 0.33MAOman: 0.01OMPakistan: 1.22PKQatar: 0.00QASaudi Arabia: 0.00SASyrian Arab Republic: 0.06SYTunisia: 0.19TNUnited Arab Emirates: 0.00AEYemen, Rep.: 0.02YENorth AmericaBermuda: 0.00BMCanada: 1.40CAUnited States: 5.54USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 1.58BDBhutan: 0.06BTIndia: 8.28INMaldives: 0.00MVNepal: 0.57NPSri Lanka: 0.09LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 0.21AOBenin: 0.08BJBotswana: 0.03BWBurkina Faso: 0.22BFBurundi: 0.09BICabo Verde: 0.00CVCameroon: 0.28CMCentral African Republic: 0.09CFChad: 0.12TDComoros: 0.01KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 0.90CDCongo, Rep.: 0.05CGCote d'Ivoire: 0.23CIEquatorial Guinea: 0.00GQEritrea: 0.04EREswatini: 0.01SZEthiopia: 2.63ETGabon: 0.05GAGambia, The: 0.01GMGhana: 0.10GHGuinea: 0.18GNGuinea-Bissau: 0.04GWKenya: 0.41KELesotho: 0.07LSLiberia: 0.15LRMadagascar: 0.21MGMalawi: 0.10MWMali: 0.09MLMauritania: 0.04MRMauritius: 0.00MUMozambique: 0.20MZNamibia: 0.01NANiger: 0.14NENigeria: 1.08NGRwanda: 0.11RWSao Tome and Principe: 0.00STSenegal: 0.04SNSeychelles: 0.00SCSierra Leone: 0.09SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 0.26SOSouth Africa: 0.40ZASudan: 0.30SDTanzania: 0.69TZTogo: 0.08TGUganda: 0.49UGZambia: 0.25ZMZimbabwe: 0.15ZW

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Highest Values — 2024

# Country Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
1 China East Asia & Pacific 9.31
2 India South Asia 8.28
3 United States North America 5.54
4 Brazil Latin America & Caribbean 2.69
5 Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa 2.63
6 Russian Federation Europe & Central Asia 2.02
7 Australia East Asia & Pacific 1.73
8 Bangladesh South Asia 1.58
9 Canada North America 1.40
10 Pakistan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 1.22

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 74 0.26
Upper middle income 49 0.42
Lower middle income 48 0.39
Low income 24 0.16
Not classified 2 1.32

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 31 0.50
Europe & Central Asia 49 0.24
Latin America & Caribbean 39 0.16
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 22 0.16
North America 3 2.31
South Asia 6 1.76
Sub-Saharan Africa 47 0.23

Lowest Values — 2024

# Country Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
1 Faroe Islands 0.00
2 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 0.00
3 Brunei Darussalam 0.00
4 Guam 0.00
5 Gibraltar 0.00
6 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.00
7 Grenada 0.00
8 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.00
9 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.00
10 Dominica 0.00
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Source: World Bank Open Data (EN.GHG.N2O.BU.MT.CE.AR5), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2024.