Lesotho - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Lesotho was 79.45 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 88.89 in 1995, while its lowest value was 78.05 in 1979.

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 79.92
1971 85.88
1972 84.82
1973 83.86
1974 85.49
1975 83.99
1976 84.72
1977 81.47
1978 80.97
1979 78.05
1980 81.64
1981 83.14
1982 82.04
1983 81.06
1984 83.83
1985 84.05
1986 84.45
1987 83.16
1988 86.56
1989 84.58
1990 87.69
1991 88.89
1992 88.41
1993 88.24
1994 88.06
1995 88.89
1996 87.30
1997 87.10
1998 84.75
1999 88.61
2000 88.16
2001 86.67
2002 85.07
2003 85.51
2004 84.85
2005 86.30
2006 84.93
2007 83.12
2008 79.45

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions