Sri Lanka - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Sri Lanka was 75.59 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 75.59 in 2008, while its lowest value was 62.87 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 67.25
1971 68.47
1972 66.68
1973 67.01
1974 70.44
1975 65.22
1976 67.92
1977 68.64
1978 69.35
1979 68.98
1980 70.40
1981 66.55
1982 62.87
1983 65.13
1984 66.45
1985 71.20
1986 71.15
1987 71.41
1988 71.17
1989 71.62
1990 73.33
1991 71.62
1992 70.82
1993 71.14
1994 70.54
1995 70.80
1996 70.42
1997 70.95
1998 71.31
1999 73.41
2000 73.06
2001 72.95
2002 75.19
2003 72.47
2004 73.23
2005 74.63
2006 73.88
2007 72.59
2008 75.59

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions