France: nitrous oxide N2O emissions 2020

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions in France were 37 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent in 2020. The emissions of this greenhouse gas fluctuated in the past decades. A general decreasing trend could be observed between 2008 and 2020, with a total change of six million metric tons of N2O emissions.

Total nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions in France from 2008 to 2020 (in million metric tons of CO2 equivalent*)

Characteristic	Emissions in million metric tons of CO2 equivalent
2020**	37.11
2019	37.36
2018	37.79
2017	39.38
2016	37.97
2015	39.11
2014	39.28
2013	38.29
2012	38.38
2011	38.21
2010	39.68
2009	41.92
2008	43.35

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Release date

May 2022

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Region

France

Survey time period

2008 to 2020

Supplementary notes

* CO2 equivalent is the global warming potential of a greenhouse gas, calculated by equivalence with an amount of CO2 which would have the same warming potential

The values have been rounded.

** Eurostat estimates,

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