Caribbean small states - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Caribbean small states was 78.45 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 81.68 in 1995, while its lowest value was 60.93 in 1987.

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 63.94
1971 67.72
1972 65.13
1973 66.68
1974 66.22
1975 66.73
1976 65.37
1977 67.72
1978 65.76
1979 65.16
1980 64.40
1981 66.28
1982 65.64
1983 66.24
1984 67.57
1985 64.05
1986 62.22
1987 60.93
1988 61.87
1989 62.49
1990 80.33
1991 80.63
1992 80.21
1993 81.48
1994 80.53
1995 81.68
1996 81.25
1997 81.04
1998 80.38
1999 79.53
2000 79.44
2001 79.34
2002 79.73
2003 80.69
2004 80.67
2005 77.78
2006 77.27
2007 76.61
2008 78.45

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions