Mauritania - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Mauritania was 95.65 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 98.42 in 1991, while its lowest value was 92.52 in 1984.

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 96.94
1971 96.86
1972 96.59
1973 96.44
1974 95.68
1975 95.64
1976 95.55
1977 95.56
1978 95.47
1979 95.42
1980 94.15
1981 94.60
1982 94.60
1983 93.51
1984 92.52
1985 93.03
1986 93.35
1987 93.33
1988 93.08
1989 93.35
1990 98.37
1991 98.42
1992 98.34
1993 98.39
1994 98.35
1995 98.36
1996 97.56
1997 97.66
1998 96.96
1999 96.76
2000 97.00
2001 96.99
2002 96.54
2003 96.20
2004 96.55
2005 96.23
2006 96.42
2007 96.44
2008 95.65

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions