Nigeria - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Nigeria was 78.92 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 82.67 in 1983, while its lowest value was 78.74 in 2007.

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 81.75
1971 81.77
1972 81.99
1973 81.71
1974 80.99
1975 81.80
1976 82.02
1977 82.43
1978 81.96
1979 82.13
1980 82.34
1981 82.54
1982 82.44
1983 82.67
1984 82.60
1985 82.40
1986 82.11
1987 81.33
1988 79.88
1989 79.61
1990 81.38
1991 81.22
1992 81.12
1993 81.26
1994 80.90
1995 80.42
1996 80.54
1997 80.50
1998 81.16
1999 80.82
2000 80.54
2001 79.94
2002 79.35
2003 79.44
2004 78.79
2005 79.55
2006 79.30
2007 78.74
2008 78.92

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions