In 2023, emissions of nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, amounted to around **** million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent. The figures have been decreasing since 2010 when the emission amounted to close to ** million metric tons.
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Greenhouse Gas Inventory Office of Japan. (April 25, 2025). Nitrous oxide emissions in Japan from 2010 to 2023 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170227/japan-nitrous-oxide-emissions/
Greenhouse Gas Inventory Office of Japan. "Nitrous oxide emissions in Japan from 2010 to 2023 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent)." Chart. April 25, 2025. Statista. Accessed June 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170227/japan-nitrous-oxide-emissions/
Greenhouse Gas Inventory Office of Japan. (2025). Nitrous oxide emissions in Japan from 2010 to 2023 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170227/japan-nitrous-oxide-emissions/
Greenhouse Gas Inventory Office of Japan. "Nitrous Oxide Emissions in Japan from 2010 to 2023 (in Million Metric Tons of Co₂ Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Apr 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170227/japan-nitrous-oxide-emissions/
Greenhouse Gas Inventory Office of Japan, Nitrous oxide emissions in Japan from 2010 to 2023 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170227/japan-nitrous-oxide-emissions/ (last visited June 27, 2025)
Nitrous oxide emissions in Japan from 2010 to 2023 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph], Greenhouse Gas Inventory Office of Japan, April 25, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170227/japan-nitrous-oxide-emissions/
