Nitrous oxide emissions by source, 1980-2020
Agriculture, largely fertilizer and livestock manure, is the largest source of human-produced nitrous oxide emissions. While many countries' emissions have grown, Europe's overall have fallen. Measured in millions of metric tons.
Sparklines show how agriculture, fossil fuels/industry/waste, and biomass burning primarily increased from China, India, the U.S., Brazil and Russia over time.
