Middle income - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Middle income was 79.60 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 85.47 in 1992, while its lowest value was 61.69 in 1982.

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 65.92
1971 67.49
1972 63.32
1973 65.30
1974 66.66
1975 66.60
1976 65.55
1977 65.00
1978 65.63
1979 65.80
1980 65.42
1981 66.10
1982 61.69
1983 64.63
1984 67.38
1985 67.58
1986 65.91
1987 64.14
1988 67.55
1989 68.43
1990 85.18
1991 85.20
1992 85.47
1993 85.39
1994 82.12
1995 82.28
1996 82.12
1997 81.60
1998 81.52
1999 81.35
2000 80.56
2001 80.52
2002 80.53
2003 80.46
2004 80.35
2005 80.33
2006 79.82
2007 79.92
2008 79.60

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions