Peru - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Peru was 86.07 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 86.71 in 1990, while its lowest value was 67.63 in 1980.

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 71.47
1971 73.93
1972 71.15
1973 72.10
1974 72.58
1975 70.08
1976 69.16
1977 71.34
1978 69.66
1979 68.76
1980 67.63
1981 69.02
1982 67.87
1983 67.81
1984 70.72
1985 70.68
1986 70.43
1987 70.25
1988 71.92
1989 72.44
1990 86.71
1991 86.20
1992 85.91
1993 86.40
1994 82.27
1995 83.33
1996 83.61
1997 83.88
1998 84.15
1999 84.76
2000 85.17
2001 85.29
2002 85.77
2003 85.78
2004 85.94
2005 86.07
2006 86.15
2007 86.54
2008 86.07

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions