High income - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in High income was 71.03 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 71.03 in 2008, while its lowest value was 43.67 in 1974.

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 44.94
1971 44.86
1972 45.19
1973 44.60
1974 43.67
1975 46.07
1976 44.93
1977 44.65
1978 44.54
1979 44.42
1980 45.45
1981 45.64
1982 47.98
1983 47.10
1984 47.54
1985 47.86
1986 48.25
1987 47.75
1988 47.15
1989 46.87
1990 64.93
1991 64.69
1992 64.27
1993 64.11
1994 63.38
1995 62.61
1996 62.08
1997 62.53
1998 64.90
1999 68.01
2000 67.64
2001 68.56
2002 68.88
2003 67.18
2004 68.11
2005 67.16
2006 69.03
2007 70.10
2008 71.03

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions