Ecuador - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Ecuador was 89.43 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 93.78 in 1997, while its lowest value was 82.32 in 1988.

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 85.30
1971 85.33
1972 85.82
1973 86.22
1974 85.06
1975 84.29
1976 85.34
1977 85.35
1978 84.22
1979 84.49
1980 84.46
1981 83.67
1982 83.71
1983 84.77
1984 84.52
1985 83.70
1986 82.65
1987 82.72
1988 82.32
1989 83.59
1990 93.07
1991 93.05
1992 93.32
1993 93.30
1994 93.48
1995 93.36
1996 93.71
1997 93.78
1998 93.52
1999 93.02
2000 92.10
2001 93.56
2002 92.26
2003 91.51
2004 91.26
2005 90.43
2006 90.00
2007 88.96
2008 89.43

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions