Lower middle income - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Lower middle income was 78.22 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 86.85 in 1993, while its lowest value was 55.14 in 1982.

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 66.59
1971 67.80
1972 62.74
1973 64.17
1974 67.08
1975 67.50
1976 66.14
1977 62.89
1978 65.34
1979 65.45
1980 64.20
1981 65.24
1982 55.14
1983 61.02
1984 65.81
1985 66.97
1986 63.90
1987 59.71
1988 66.81
1989 68.00
1990 86.55
1991 86.59
1992 86.81
1993 86.85
1994 78.79
1995 78.93
1996 78.77
1997 78.74
1998 78.93
1999 78.77
2000 78.04
2001 77.81
2002 77.60
2003 77.90
2004 78.07
2005 78.34
2006 78.23
2007 78.34
2008 78.22

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions