Tunisia - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Tunisia was 69.85 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 86.98 in 1991, while its lowest value was 43.33 in 1979.

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 49.95
1971 51.42
1972 51.69
1973 50.09
1974 49.53
1975 51.36
1976 50.77
1977 50.11
1978 47.98
1979 43.33
1980 44.29
1981 43.94
1982 47.16
1983 47.24
1984 47.93
1985 50.46
1986 49.46
1987 51.27
1988 49.24
1989 50.13
1990 86.46
1991 86.98
1992 86.45
1993 86.82
1994 78.60
1995 75.46
1996 76.72
1997 72.33
1998 72.14
1999 71.28
2000 69.61
2001 69.64
2002 68.92
2003 69.93
2004 70.79
2005 71.74
2006 70.81
2007 71.34
2008 69.85

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions