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Countries Ranked by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)

Showing every country with available data for 2024 • World Bank: EN.GHG.N2O.WA.MT.CE.AR5

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from waste (mt co2e) data for 2024, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 203 countries reporting, the median value is 0.12, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

China

31.69

Europe & Central Asia

Russian Federation

3.08

Latin America & Caribbean

Brazil

3.82

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Pakistan

2.62

North America

United States

9.94

South Asia

India

18.93

Sub-Saharan Africa

Nigeria

2.20

Rank Country Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
1 China 31.69
2 India 18.93
3 United States 9.94
4 Brazil 3.82
5 Indonesia 3.79
6 Russian Federation 3.08
7 Pakistan 2.62
8 Japan 2.47
9 Mexico 2.41
10 Germany 2.25
11 Nigeria 2.20
12 United Kingdom 2.03
13 Bangladesh 2.03
14 Egypt, Arab Rep. 1.90
15 France 1.85
16 Turkiye 1.73
17 Viet Nam 1.72
18 Colombia 1.67
19 Ethiopia 1.63
20 Spain 1.54
21 Philippines 1.52
22 Italy 1.37
23 Canada 1.35
24 Korea, Rep. 1.25
25 Iran, Islamic Rep. 1.19
26 Australia 1.03
27 Argentina 0.97
28 Thailand 0.92
29 Poland 0.91
30 South Africa 0.85
31 Sudan 0.78
32 Algeria 0.73
33 Myanmar 0.70
34 Tanzania 0.68
35 Ukraine 0.64
36 Morocco 0.64
37 Uzbekistan 0.63
38 Saudi Arabia 0.60
39 Netherlands 0.57
40 Iraq 0.55
41 Malaysia 0.55
42 Peru 0.53
43 Kenya 0.52
44 Congo, Dem. Rep. 0.49
45 Uganda 0.47
46 Nepal 0.45
47 Afghanistan 0.42
48 Niger 0.41
49 Ghana 0.39
50 Israel 0.39
51 Chile 0.39
52 Venezuela, RB 0.38
53 Kazakhstan 0.38
54 Burkina Faso 0.38
55 Romania 0.37
56 Cameroon 0.34
57 Yemen, Rep. 0.33
58 Cote d'Ivoire 0.33
59 Belgium 0.33
60 Senegal 0.32
61 Angola 0.29
62 Mali 0.29
63 Mozambique 0.28
64 Portugal 0.27
65 Czechia 0.26
66 Syrian Arab Republic 0.25
67 Sri Lanka 0.25
68 Austria 0.25
69 Malawi 0.25
70 Slovak Republic 0.24
71 Guatemala 0.23
72 Chad 0.23
73 United Arab Emirates 0.22
74 Ecuador 0.22
75 Tunisia 0.22
76 Belarus 0.21
77 Sweden 0.21
78 Denmark 0.20
79 Madagascar 0.20
80 Greece 0.20
81 Finland 0.19
82 Hungary 0.19
83 Zimbabwe 0.19
84 Cambodia 0.18
85 Switzerland 0.18
86 Azerbaijan 0.18
87 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.18
88 Cuba 0.17
89 Dominican Republic 0.17
90 Benin 0.16
91 Bolivia 0.16
92 Zambia 0.16
93 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.15
94 Guinea 0.15
95 Tajikistan 0.15
96 Ireland 0.14
97 Norway 0.14
98 New Zealand 0.14
99 Rwanda 0.13
100 Jordan 0.13
101 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 0.12
102 Libya 0.12
103 Honduras 0.11
104 Bulgaria 0.11
105 Turkmenistan 0.10
106 Lao PDR 0.10
107 Kyrgyz Republic 0.10
108 Albania 0.10
109 El Salvador 0.10
110 Lebanon 0.10
111 Papua New Guinea 0.10
112 Paraguay 0.09
113 Singapore 0.09
114 Burundi 0.09
115 Croatia 0.09
116 Haiti 0.09
117 Kuwait 0.09
118 Lithuania 0.09
119 Oman 0.09
120 North Macedonia 0.09
121 Togo 0.09
122 Nicaragua 0.08
123 Qatar 0.08
124 Costa Rica 0.08
125 Sierra Leone 0.08
126 Mongolia 0.08
127 Mauritania 0.08
128 Panama 0.07
129 Uruguay 0.06
130 Georgia 0.06
131 Congo, Rep. 0.06
132 Eritrea 0.06
133 Moldova 0.06
134 Central African Republic 0.06
135 Latvia 0.06
136 Armenia 0.05
137 Jamaica 0.05
138 Puerto Rico (US) 0.05
139 Slovenia 0.04
140 Liberia 0.04
141 Estonia 0.04
142 Gabon 0.03
143 Namibia 0.03
144 Bahrain 0.03
145 Cyprus 0.03
146 Botswana 0.03
147 Gambia, The 0.02
148 Mauritius 0.02
149 Trinidad and Tobago 0.02
150 Lesotho 0.02
151 Guinea-Bissau 0.02
152 Luxembourg 0.02
153 Belize 0.02
154 Eswatini 0.02
155 Timor-Leste 0.02
156 Guyana 0.02
157 Fiji 0.01
158 Djibouti 0.01
159 Macao SAR, China 0.01
160 Equatorial Guinea 0.01
161 Bhutan 0.01
162 Iceland 0.01
163 Comoros 0.01
164 Maldives 0.01
165 Cabo Verde 0.01
166 Suriname 0.01
167 Malta 0.01
168 Bahamas, The 0.01
169 Solomon Islands 0.01
170 French Polynesia 0.01
171 Barbados 0.01
172 New Caledonia 0.01
173 Vanuatu 0.00
174 Samoa 0.00
175 St. Lucia 0.00
176 Guam 0.00
177 Tonga 0.00
178 Sao Tome and Principe 0.00
179 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.00
180 Seychelles 0.00
181 Grenada 0.00
182 Kiribati 0.00
183 Antigua and Barbuda 0.00
184 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 0.00
185 Aruba 0.00
186 Dominica 0.00
187 Marshall Islands 0.00
188 Greenland 0.00
189 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 0.00
190 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.00
191 Faroe Islands 0.00
192 Northern Mariana Islands 0.00
193 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 0.00
194 Cayman Islands 0.00
195 American Samoa 0.00
196 Gibraltar 0.00
197 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.00
198 Bermuda 0.00
199 British Virgin Islands 0.00
200 Brunei Darussalam 0.00
201 Palau 0.00
202 Nauru 0.00
203 Tuvalu 0.00

Source: World Bank Open Data (EN.GHG.N2O.WA.MT.CE.AR5), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2024; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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