Ghana - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Ghana was 82.01 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 90.22 in 1990, while its lowest value was 71.44 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 73.76
1971 73.25
1972 73.33
1973 73.69
1974 71.77
1975 72.77
1976 72.92
1977 73.94
1978 72.42
1979 73.09
1980 74.59
1981 73.15
1982 74.21
1983 73.33
1984 72.72
1985 71.56
1986 71.60
1987 72.15
1988 71.44
1989 72.51
1990 90.22
1991 89.67
1992 88.86
1993 87.97
1994 87.00
1995 86.35
1996 86.88
1997 86.62
1998 89.59
1999 85.44
2000 87.16
2001 84.05
2002 82.93
2003 83.92
2004 81.86
2005 84.81
2006 83.87
2007 82.45
2008 82.01

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions