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Sri Lanka: Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building

0.09Mt CO2e · 2024-21.9% 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 Sri Lanka from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Mt CO2e)Note
20240.087
20230.087
20220.088
20210.089
20200.09
20190.09
20180.089
20170.092
20160.098
20150.105
20140.111
20130.113
20120.118
20110.125
20100.155
20090.153
20080.146
20070.145
20060.146
20050.146
20040.143
20030.142
20020.14
20010.146
20000.146
19990.144
19980.147
19970.149
19960.147
19950.146
19940.148
19930.15
19920.152
19910.15
19900.148
19890.151
19880.15
19870.144
19860.14
19850.138
19840.136
19830.127
19820.126
19810.122
19800.12
19790.118
19780.115
19770.113
19760.118
19750.117
19740.108
19730.107
19720.105
19710.105
19700.105

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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