Central African Republic - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Central African Republic was 38.02 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 77.34 in 1980, while its lowest value was 31.23 in 2002.

Definition: Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions are emissions produced through fertilizer use (synthetic and animal manure), animal waste management, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning.

Source: World Bank staff estimates from original source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)/Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR): http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/.

See also:

Year Value
1970 76.11
1971 75.82
1972 75.66
1973 76.28
1974 73.65
1975 74.67
1976 75.19
1977 76.55
1978 74.98
1979 75.87
1980 77.34
1981 75.89
1982 76.92
1983 76.33
1984 76.12
1985 75.10
1986 75.34
1987 75.81
1988 75.08
1989 76.07
1990 42.43
1991 42.05
1992 41.31
1993 40.65
1994 35.90
1995 35.45
1996 37.68
1997 37.34
1998 39.26
1999 35.79
2000 38.92
2001 34.27
2002 31.23
2003 38.36
2004 35.18
2005 36.72
2006 36.59
2007 36.66
2008 38.02

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions