Afghanistan - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Afghanistan was 75.16 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 91.57 in 1999, while its lowest value was 72.94 in 1986.

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 85.99
1971 85.39
1972 82.26
1973 82.79
1974 82.52
1975 83.35
1976 82.89
1977 81.97
1978 80.90
1979 80.14
1980 79.99
1981 79.32
1982 79.52
1983 78.27
1984 77.61
1985 76.16
1986 72.94
1987 73.94
1988 74.19
1989 73.88
1990 83.38
1991 84.80
1992 85.63
1993 86.56
1994 86.96
1995 88.56
1996 89.36
1997 90.25
1998 90.98
1999 91.57
2000 90.33
2001 88.82
2002 90.00
2003 90.10
2004 90.03
2005 90.18
2006 83.74
2007 78.12
2008 75.16

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions