Central Europe and the Baltics - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 70.04 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 73.91 in 1991, while its lowest value was 50.08 in 1976.

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 52.35
1971 51.87
1972 51.96
1973 50.41
1974 50.31
1975 50.71
1976 50.08
1977 50.44
1978 51.07
1979 51.71
1980 51.84
1981 53.13
1982 54.29
1983 54.30
1984 54.89
1985 55.63
1986 55.98
1987 56.35
1988 56.28
1989 59.11
1990 71.85
1991 73.91
1992 72.17
1993 70.57
1994 69.11
1995 67.14
1996 66.12
1997 67.61
1998 68.36
1999 68.63
2000 65.57
2001 66.30
2002 68.23
2003 66.37
2004 65.31
2005 64.64
2006 65.95
2007 65.96
2008 70.04

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions