Fragile and conflict affected situations - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 71.28 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 87.63 in 1990, while its lowest value was 57.82 in 1983.

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 60.74
1971 65.67
1972 63.77
1973 61.57
1974 63.79
1975 64.09
1976 65.27
1977 63.49
1978 60.59
1979 61.13
1980 62.87
1981 63.00
1982 63.57
1983 57.82
1984 63.13
1985 63.57
1986 62.97
1987 59.85
1988 62.59
1989 65.43
1990 87.63
1991 87.03
1992 86.59
1993 86.04
1994 67.81
1995 67.72
1996 68.02
1997 68.15
1998 69.13
1999 69.00
2000 69.29
2001 68.70
2002 69.67
2003 70.25
2004 70.51
2005 71.31
2006 70.87
2007 71.13
2008 71.28

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions