Sierra Leone - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Sierra Leone was 88.43 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 92.53 in 2006, while its lowest value was 61.66 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 64.06
1971 63.91
1972 63.71
1973 64.48
1974 61.66
1975 63.22
1976 63.28
1977 64.99
1978 63.06
1979 64.19
1980 66.14
1981 64.71
1982 65.85
1983 64.79
1984 64.44
1985 63.15
1986 63.21
1987 63.17
1988 62.29
1989 63.82
1990 89.90
1991 88.89
1992 89.00
1993 90.10
1994 90.20
1995 89.11
1996 81.36
1997 81.03
1998 80.36
1999 79.63
2000 76.92
2001 83.10
2002 83.12
2003 88.70
2004 89.68
2005 89.17
2006 92.53
2007 91.62
2008 88.43

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions