We calculate the N2O growth rate indicator as the average annual rate of N2O emissions over the years 2010–2019. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bahamas | 1 | 100.00 | 6.70 |
| Japan | 1 | 100.00 | 10.40 |
| Fiji | 1 | 100.00 | 13.70 |
| Malta | 1 | 100.00 | 29.90 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 100.00 | 34.70 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 100.00 | 48.40 |
| Namibia | 1 | 100.00 | 49.90 |
| Cabo Verde | 1 | 100.00 | 58.80 |
| Botswana | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 100.00 | 20.00 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 100.00 | 40.50 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 100.00 | 52.70 |
| Serbia | 1 | 100.00 | 54.30 |
| Sweden | 1 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Singapore | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Ecuador | 16 | 99.90 | 30.30 |
| Belgium | 17 | 99.40 | 2.60 |
| Greece | 18 | 96.10 | -3.90 |
| Finland | 19 | 95.50 | 46.40 |
| Barbados | 20 | 92.60 | -4.40 |
| Luxembourg | 21 | 91.30 | 27.30 |
| Panama | 22 | 91.20 | 33.50 |
| Germany | 23 | 90.90 | -9.10 |
| South Africa | 24 | 90.00 | 4.10 |
| Jamaica | 25 | 89.70 | -1.50 |
| Australia | 26 | 89.40 | -10.60 |
| Italy | 27 | 87.70 | -12.30 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 28 | 87.50 | 87.50 |
| Iran | 29 | 87.30 | 87.30 |
| Switzerland | 30 | 84.60 | -14.20 |
| Chile | 31 | 84.50 | 44.90 |
| Grenada | 32 | 84.00 | 36.10 |
| Saint Lucia | 33 | 83.40 | -16.60 |
| Central African Republic | 34 | 82.90 | -4.30 |
| Romania | 35 | 80.90 | 6.30 |
| Malaysia | 36 | 80.30 | 66.60 |
| Mozambique | 37 | 79.70 | 28.50 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 38 | 79.00 | 36.90 |
| Croatia | 39 | 78.20 | 48.30 |
| Eswatini | 40 | 78.10 | 10.90 |
| Uruguay | 41 | 77.90 | 27.20 |
| Thailand | 42 | 77.60 | 42.00 |
| Cyprus | 43 | 77.50 | 6.10 |
| Albania | 44 | 76.90 | 15.80 |
| North Macedonia | 45 | 76.20 | -23.80 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 46 | 75.80 | 42.10 |
| Slovenia | 47 | 75.60 | -18.50 |
| Portugal | 48 | 74.00 | -26.00 |
| France | 49 | 73.70 | -26.30 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50 | 73.60 | 25.60 |
| United States of America | 50 | 73.60 | -9.80 |
| Gambia | 52 | 73.10 | 32.70 |
| Cuba | 53 | 72.90 | -27.10 |
| Venezuela | 53 | 72.90 | 32.50 |
| Georgia | 55 | 72.50 | 6.00 |
| Norway | 56 | 72.20 | -23.50 |
| Colombia | 57 | 72.00 | 27.40 |
| Tonga | 58 | 71.70 | 2.30 |
| Madagascar | 59 | 71.40 | 5.40 |
| Taiwan | 59 | 71.40 | 71.40 |
| Bhutan | 61 | 71.20 | 8.70 |
| United Kingdom | 62 | 71.00 | -29.00 |
| Angola | 63 | 70.40 | 35.30 |
| Dominica | 64 | 70.20 | -29.80 |
| Poland | 65 | 70.10 | 9.70 |
| Cameroon | 66 | 69.50 | 2.40 |
| China | 66 | 69.50 | 24.70 |
| Austria | 68 | 69.20 | -30.80 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 69 | 69.00 | 22.10 |
| Zambia | 70 | 68.90 | 19.20 |
| Djibouti | 71 | 68.80 | -4.30 |
| Papua New Guinea | 72 | 68.20 | 13.50 |
| Guyana | 73 | 67.70 | 9.40 |
| Spain | 74 | 67.60 | -18.80 |
| Tunisia | 75 | 67.50 | 8.90 |
| South Korea | 76 | 67.10 | -32.90 |
| Denmark | 77 | 67.00 | -33.00 |
| Turkmenistan | 78 | 66.20 | 66.20 |
| Suriname | 79 | 66.10 | 21.30 |
| New Zealand | 80 | 66.00 | -0.70 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 81 | 65.90 | 50.90 |
| Ireland | 82 | 65.70 | -34.30 |
| Lithuania | 83 | 65.20 | 33.40 |
| Canada | 83 | 65.20 | -10.60 |
| Estonia | 85 | 64.60 | 0.10 |
| Israel | 86 | 64.10 | 5.20 |
| Bolivia | 86 | 64.10 | 37.10 |
| Egypt | 88 | 63.80 | 27.40 |
| Ukraine | 88 | 63.80 | -5.60 |
| Peru | 90 | 63.70 | 11.70 |
| Afghanistan | 90 | 63.70 | 32.40 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 92 | 63.60 | 61.30 |
| Republic of Congo | 93 | 62.90 | 62.90 |
| Mexico | 94 | 62.80 | 30.50 |
| Montenegro | 94 | 62.80 | -16.80 |
| Vanuatu | 96 | 61.50 | 2.30 |
| Eritrea | 97 | 61.10 | -14.30 |
| Slovakia | 97 | 61.10 | 0.30 |
| Iceland | 99 | 60.90 | -14.40 |
| Mauritius | 100 | 60.80 | -20.90 |
| India | 101 | 60.70 | 12.40 |
| Brazil | 102 | 59.50 | 30.40 |
| Russia | 103 | 58.50 | -6.60 |
| Latvia | 104 | 57.90 | -1.40 |
| Haiti | 105 | 57.50 | 10.40 |
| Czech Republic | 106 | 57.30 | -35.50 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 107 | 56.70 | 26.40 |
| Cambodia | 108 | 56.20 | 6.90 |
| Morocco | 109 | 56.10 | 17.80 |
| Bangladesh | 110 | 56.00 | 6.60 |
| Iraq | 111 | 55.70 | -31.50 |
| Senegal | 112 | 54.60 | -18.40 |
| Sudan | 113 | 54.30 | 5.70 |
| Comoros | 114 | 53.60 | -10.50 |
| Kenya | 115 | 52.60 | 28.70 |
| Solomon Islands | 115 | 52.60 | -4.40 |
| Costa Rica | 117 | 52.20 | -47.80 |
| Dominican Republic | 118 | 51.90 | 22.40 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 119 | 51.80 | -3.30 |
| Tanzania | 119 | 51.80 | 11.60 |
| Guatemala | 121 | 51.40 | 17.80 |
| Bulgaria | 122 | 50.20 | -18.90 |
| Mauritania | 123 | 49.90 | -4.40 |
| Gabon | 124 | 49.70 | 49.70 |
| Philippines | 125 | 49.60 | -7.10 |
| Marshall Islands | 125 | 49.60 | 6.90 |
| Burkina Faso | 127 | 49.40 | 35.40 |
| Kiribati | 128 | 49.20 | 48.60 |
| Rwanda | 129 | 49.00 | 48.20 |
| Sierra Leone | 130 | 48.50 | 48.50 |
| Micronesia | 131 | 48.10 | -24.70 |
| Argentina | 132 | 47.70 | 9.50 |
| Paraguay | 133 | 47.00 | 5.50 |
| Algeria | 134 | 46.30 | 2.40 |
| Hungary | 134 | 46.30 | 2.80 |
| Timor-Leste | 136 | 46.20 | -3.50 |
| Seychelles | 137 | 45.40 | 20.70 |
| Kazakhstan | 138 | 45.30 | 38.60 |
| Ghana | 138 | 45.30 | -23.90 |
| Uganda | 140 | 44.20 | 1.60 |
| Honduras | 141 | 44.00 | 6.70 |
| Togo | 142 | 43.50 | -10.70 |
| Indonesia | 143 | 43.20 | -7.80 |
| Netherlands | 144 | 43.10 | -8.20 |
| Laos | 145 | 41.00 | 14.10 |
| Saudi Arabia | 146 | 40.80 | -9.20 |
| Viet Nam | 147 | 40.10 | -10.50 |
| United Arab Emirates | 148 | 39.00 | 32.60 |
| Ethiopia | 149 | 38.80 | 10.30 |
| Nepal | 150 | 38.40 | -28.00 |
| Jordan | 151 | 38.10 | 3.90 |
| Nigeria | 152 | 38.00 | -7.20 |
| Kuwait | 153 | 37.90 | 11.70 |
| Nicaragua | 154 | 37.60 | 8.50 |
| Azerbaijan | 155 | 36.50 | 18.00 |
| Benin | 156 | 34.80 | -43.70 |
| Tajikistan | 157 | 31.90 | 0.10 |
| Pakistan | 158 | 31.20 | -3.60 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 159 | 30.70 | 15.40 |
| Uzbekistan | 160 | 30.10 | -34.90 |
| Liberia | 161 | 29.70 | 29.70 |
| Guinea | 162 | 26.40 | 21.40 |
| Mali | 163 | 26.30 | -8.60 |
| Lebanon | 164 | 25.90 | -52.50 |
| Samoa | 165 | 25.60 | -29.50 |
| Burundi | 166 | 25.50 | -20.90 |
| Bahrain | 167 | 24.70 | 20.60 |
| Myanmar | 168 | 22.40 | -19.70 |
| Moldova | 169 | 21.60 | -61.80 |
| Belarus | 170 | 20.80 | -42.80 |
| Oman | 171 | 17.10 | -8.30 |
| Belize | 172 | 10.10 | -38.70 |
| Niger | 173 | 10.00 | -8.00 |
| Turkey | 174 | 6.20 | -72.60 |
| Chad | 175 | 4.40 | -26.30 |
| Mongolia | 176 | 3.40 | -76.50 |
| Maldives | 177 | 0.40 | 0.40 |
| Armenia | 178 | NA | NA |
| Malawi | 178 | NA | -12.50 |
| Qatar | 178 | NA | NA |