IDA only - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in IDA only was 85.36 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 86.08 in 2005, while its lowest value was 61.18 in 1983.

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 64.26
1971 67.12
1972 65.74
1973 64.00
1974 65.81
1975 66.23
1976 66.97
1977 65.61
1978 63.68
1979 64.45
1980 65.11
1981 65.12
1982 65.89
1983 61.18
1984 64.96
1985 65.38
1986 64.90
1987 62.86
1988 64.55
1989 67.12
1990 82.63
1991 82.51
1992 82.35
1993 82.05
1994 81.29
1995 81.95
1996 82.56
1997 83.19
1998 84.37
1999 84.80
2000 85.42
2001 84.86
2002 85.35
2003 85.74
2004 85.63
2005 86.08
2006 85.45
2007 85.49
2008 85.36

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions