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Australia: Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building

1.73Mt CO2e · 2024+25.9% since 2014

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). Reported as: Energy. Annual figures for Australia from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Mt CO2e)Note
20241.726
20231.679
20221.641
20211.698
20201.52
20191.561
20181.626
20171.549
20161.441
20151.363
20141.371
20131.366
20121.287
20111.164
20101.117
20091.092
20081.06
20071.044
20061.068
20051.17
20041.066
20031.031
20020.768
20010.67
20000.663
19990.654
19980.641
19970.615
19960.588
19950.583
19940.566
19930.565
19920.534
19910.521
19900.512
19890.514
19880.481
19870.495
19860.474
19850.471
19840.48
19830.436
19820.462
19810.427
19800.41
19790.395
19780.378
19770.365
19760.353
19750.347
19740.343
19730.447
19720.389
19710.385
19700.396

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Joint Research Centre, European Commission, International Energy Agency. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-nitrous-oxide-n2o-emissions-from-building (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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