Turkmenistan - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Turkmenistan was 82.66 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 83.57 in 1990, while its lowest value was 65.79 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 66.45
1971 67.14
1972 66.68
1973 66.17
1974 65.79
1975 67.93
1976 67.38
1977 67.22
1978 67.57
1979 67.38
1980 68.49
1981 68.82
1982 70.73
1983 72.26
1984 75.58
1985 75.22
1986 75.65
1987 75.51
1988 77.11
1989 81.39
1990 83.57
1991 81.86
1992 73.24
1993 75.31
1994 75.74
1995 75.43
1996 74.58
1997 71.07
1998 73.60
1999 75.13
2000 76.42
2001 77.43
2002 79.62
2003 82.09
2004 82.14
2005 82.87
2006 83.19
2007 81.82
2008 82.66

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions