We calculate the N2O growth rate indicator, which makes up 5% of the Climate Change issue category, as the average annual rate of N2O emissions over the years 2008–2017. We then adjust for economic trends to isolate change due to policy effort rather than economic fluctuation. A score of 100 indicates a country is cutting emissions by ≥1.95% per year, and a score of 0 indicates that a country has among the worst (≥95th-percentile) rates of emissions growth in the world. Data are drawn from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).
Adjusted emissions growth rate for nitrous oxide
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1 | 100 | 84.4 |
| Romania | 1 | 100 | 27.3 |
| Croatia | 1 | 100 | 74.1 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 100 | 22 |
| Tonga | 1 | 100 | 35.8 |
| Chile | 1 | 100 | 63.3 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 100 | 39.8 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 100 | 58.2 |
| Cabo Verde | 1 | 100 | 39.8 |
| Singapore | 1 | 100 | - |
| Japan | 1 | 100 | - |
| Botswana | 1 | 100 | - |
| Namibia | 1 | 100 | 76.2 |
| Belgium | 1 | 100 | - |
| Czech Republic | 15 | 99.2 | 8.9 |
| Colombia | 16 | 98.2 | 54.3 |
| Sri Lanka | 17 | 97.6 | 46.2 |
| Serbia | 18 | 96 | 39.9 |
| Lithuania | 19 | 93.6 | 37.4 |
| Switzerland | 20 | 91.9 | -5.6 |
| Lesotho | 21 | 89.1 | 17.1 |
| Mozambique | 22 | 88.6 | 61.7 |
| Poland | 23 | 83.7 | 24.2 |
| Montenegro | 24 | 83.6 | -16.4 |
| South Africa | 25 | 83.4 | -4.5 |
| Portugal | 26 | 83 | -17 |
| Greece | 27 | 82.5 | -17.5 |
| Germany | 28 | 82.4 | -17.6 |
| Ecuador | 29 | 82 | 17.6 |
| South Korea | 30 | 81.5 | -18.5 |
| Jamaica | 31 | 79.7 | -19 |
| Slovenia | 32 | 79.2 | -17.4 |
| Norway | 33 | 79 | -20.3 |
| Gambia | 34 | 78.9 | 45.6 |
| United States of America | 35 | 78.1 | -1.4 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 36 | 77.8 | 28.3 |
| Sweden | 37 | 76.7 | 76.7 |
| Cyprus | 38 | 76.1 | 6.5 |
| Italy | 39 | 75.7 | -24.3 |
| Bhutan | 40 | 74.4 | 7.1 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 41 | 74 | 14.4 |
| Uruguay | 42 | 73.4 | 24.9 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 43 | 73.2 | 70.2 |
| United Kingdom | 44 | 73 | -27 |
| Cambodia | 45 | 72.9 | 43.6 |
| Panama | 46 | 71.7 | 16.6 |
| Eswatini | 47 | 71.6 | -7.1 |
| Central African Republic | 48 | 71.3 | 19.2 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 49 | 70.8 | -29.2 |
| Guyana | 50 | 70.6 | 10.6 |
| North Macedonia | 50 | 70.6 | -29.4 |
| Australia | 52 | 70.1 | -29.9 |
| Denmark | 53 | 69.7 | -30.3 |
| Cuba | 54 | 69.5 | -29 |
| France | 54 | 69.5 | -30.5 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56 | 68.7 | 7.6 |
| Venezuela | 57 | 68.4 | 30.6 |
| Barbados | 58 | 67.9 | -32.1 |
| Tunisia | 59 | 67.7 | 14.3 |
| Iceland | 60 | 67.6 | -6.9 |
| Luxembourg | 61 | 67.5 | 24.8 |
| Iran | 62 | 67.3 | 67.3 |
| Madagascar | 63 | 67.1 | 9.5 |
| Austria | 64 | 66.9 | -33.1 |
| Ireland | 65 | 66.2 | -33.8 |
| Ukraine | 65 | 66.2 | -2 |
| Djibouti | 67 | 66.1 | -0.1 |
| Thailand | 68 | 65.7 | 33.2 |
| Suriname | 68 | 65.7 | -0.9 |
| New Zealand | 70 | 65.4 | 0.1 |
| Fiji | 71 | 65.3 | -22.6 |
| Malta | 72 | 65 | -10.7 |
| Finland | 73 | 63.8 | 17.3 |
| Spain | 73 | 63.8 | -24.4 |
| Senegal | 75 | 63.3 | 4.6 |
| Angola | 76 | 63.2 | 40.5 |
| Cameroon | 77 | 62.4 | 6.2 |
| Eritrea | 78 | 62.2 | -13 |
| Iraq | 79 | 62 | -21.1 |
| Albania | 80 | 61.9 | 1.4 |
| Dominica | 81 | 61.2 | -38.8 |
| Vanuatu | 82 | 61 | 2.4 |
| Azerbaijan | 83 | 60.9 | 46.3 |
| Kenya | 84 | 60.7 | 40.3 |
| Haiti | 84 | 60.7 | 3.7 |
| Sudan | 86 | 60.5 | 17.3 |
| Peru | 87 | 60.3 | 10.5 |
| Taiwan | 88 | 59.8 | -2.5 |
| Dominican Republic | 88 | 59.8 | 34.6 |
| Comoros | 88 | 59.8 | -23.6 |
| Israel | 91 | 58.6 | 0.5 |
| Canada | 92 | 58.3 | -20.9 |
| Bulgaria | 93 | 58.2 | -8.9 |
| Republic of Congo | 94 | 58.1 | 58.1 |
| Argentina | 95 | 58 | 20.9 |
| China | 96 | 57.2 | 17.4 |
| India | 97 | 56.8 | 11.2 |
| Bangladesh | 98 | 56.6 | 9.1 |
| Bolivia | 99 | 56.5 | 39.1 |
| Estonia | 100 | 56.4 | -10 |
| Bahrain | 101 | 56.1 | 44 |
| Egypt | 102 | 55.8 | 21 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 102 | 55.8 | 23.1 |
| Philippines | 104 | 54.7 | -0.4 |
| Kazakhstan | 105 | 54.6 | 49.4 |
| Mexico | 106 | 53.2 | 23 |
| Gabon | 107 | 52.7 | 19.5 |
| Russia | 107 | 52.7 | -12.7 |
| Indonesia | 109 | 51 | 1.8 |
| Zambia | 110 | 50.4 | 12.4 |
| Morocco | 111 | 50.1 | 12.8 |
| Turkmenistan | 112 | 49.7 | 49.7 |
| Latvia | 113 | 48.7 | -12.3 |
| Marshall Islands | 113 | 48.7 | -21 |
| Solomon Islands | 115 | 47.8 | 10.4 |
| Brazil | 116 | 47.6 | 23.5 |
| Kiribati | 117 | 46.6 | 27.2 |
| Seychelles | 118 | 46.4 | -15.7 |
| Micronesia | 119 | 45.7 | -26.1 |
| Costa Rica | 119 | 45.7 | -54.3 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 121 | 45.6 | 31.4 |
| Pakistan | 122 | 45.1 | 13.3 |
| Benin | 123 | 44.4 | -6.9 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 124 | 44.3 | 19.2 |
| Bahamas | 125 | 44 | -26.4 |
| Burkina Faso | 126 | 43.5 | 36.8 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 127 | 42.6 | -10.2 |
| United Arab Emirates | 128 | 41.7 | 37.7 |
| Rwanda | 129 | 41 | 40.9 |
| Georgia | 130 | 40.1 | -25.7 |
| Mauritius | 131 | 39.9 | -27.3 |
| Burundi | 132 | 39.8 | -6.4 |
| Uganda | 133 | 39.6 | 4.7 |
| Ghana | 134 | 37.7 | -13.8 |
| Jordan | 135 | 37.6 | 4 |
| Tanzania | 136 | 37.5 | 2.8 |
| Ethiopia | 137 | 37.3 | 13.7 |
| Timor-Leste | 138 | 37 | -10.4 |
| Honduras | 139 | 36.9 | -1.2 |
| Viet Nam | 140 | 36.8 | -12 |
| Laos | 141 | 36.4 | 4.7 |
| Mauritania | 142 | 35.7 | -18.6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 143 | 35.2 | -14.9 |
| Liberia | 144 | 35 | 13.5 |
| Togo | 145 | 34.6 | -19 |
| Guatemala | 146 | 34.5 | 4.3 |
| Afghanistan | 147 | 34.1 | 1.6 |
| Lebanon | 148 | 34 | -44 |
| Kuwait | 149 | 33.8 | 33.8 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 149 | 33.8 | -23.9 |
| Nigeria | 151 | 33.5 | -10 |
| Nepal | 152 | 32.9 | -33.6 |
| Samoa | 153 | 32 | -59.3 |
| Algeria | 154 | 28.4 | -12.5 |
| Myanmar | 154 | 28.4 | -7.4 |
| Grenada | 156 | 28.3 | 26.1 |
| Tajikistan | 157 | 27.9 | 27.9 |
| Paraguay | 158 | 27.8 | -15.2 |
| Mali | 159 | 25.6 | 3.2 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 160 | 24.8 | -21.2 |
| Hungary | 161 | 23.2 | -18.8 |
| Nicaragua | 162 | 22.2 | -5.6 |
| Saint Lucia | 163 | 22.1 | -77.9 |
| Uzbekistan | 164 | 21.2 | -42.4 |
| Niger | 165 | 19.2 | 5.6 |
| Guinea | 166 | 19 | 15 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 167 | 18.4 | 18.4 |
| Sierra Leone | 168 | 14.9 | 14.9 |
| Netherlands | 169 | 14 | -33.6 |
| Mongolia | 169 | 14 | -65.2 |
| Malawi | 171 | 13.1 | 3.3 |
| Oman | 172 | 6.1 | -17.4 |
| Maldives | 173 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Chad | 174 | - | -50.3 |
| Qatar | 174 | - | - |
| Moldova | 174 | - | -83.5 |
| Belarus | 174 | - | -62.4 |
| Armenia | 174 | - | - |
| Turkey | 174 | - | -76.5 |
| Belize | 174 | - | -39.5 |