This statistic depicts the nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions worldwide in 2015, and forecast figures for 2020 to 2050. In 2015, global N2O emissions reached around 12.4 million metric tons. By 2050, this figure is forecast to increase to some 13 million metric tons.
Nitrous oxide emissions worldwide from 2015 to 2050
(in million metric tons)
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MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. (March 21, 2019). Nitrous oxide emissions worldwide from 2015 to 2050 (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1014082/nitrous-oxide-emissions-worldwide/
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. "Nitrous oxide emissions worldwide from 2015 to 2050 (in million metric tons)." Chart. March 21, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1014082/nitrous-oxide-emissions-worldwide/
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. (2019). Nitrous oxide emissions worldwide from 2015 to 2050 (in million metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1014082/nitrous-oxide-emissions-worldwide/
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. "Nitrous Oxide Emissions Worldwide from 2015 to 2050 (in Million Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Mar 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1014082/nitrous-oxide-emissions-worldwide/
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Nitrous oxide emissions worldwide from 2015 to 2050 (in million metric tons) [Graph], MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, March 21, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1014082/nitrous-oxide-emissions-worldwide/