Other small states - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Other small states was 86.52 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 89.02 in 2001, while its lowest value was 65.90 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 80.84
1971 80.75
1972 80.49
1973 79.39
1974 80.84
1975 79.22
1976 78.97
1977 78.91
1978 77.93
1979 78.18
1980 72.70
1981 71.74
1982 69.11
1983 67.05
1984 66.09
1985 67.19
1986 66.05
1987 67.86
1988 65.90
1989 68.05
1990 86.24
1991 85.88
1992 85.62
1993 85.18
1994 85.07
1995 85.77
1996 86.61
1997 87.03
1998 87.29
1999 88.08
2000 88.53
2001 89.02
2002 88.39
2003 84.92
2004 84.96
2005 85.34
2006 86.38
2007 83.93
2008 86.52

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions