Upper middle income - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Upper middle income was 80.72 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 84.82 in 1995, while its lowest value was 63.71 in 1972.

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 65.41
1971 67.28
1972 63.71
1973 66.09
1974 66.39
1975 66.03
1976 65.19
1977 66.46
1978 65.83
1979 66.03
1980 66.23
1981 66.64
1982 67.01
1983 67.27
1984 68.39
1985 67.97
1986 67.27
1987 67.35
1988 68.02
1989 68.69
1990 84.30
1991 84.27
1992 84.56
1993 84.38
1994 84.71
1995 84.82
1996 84.64
1997 83.86
1998 83.58
1999 83.40
2000 82.58
2001 82.66
2002 82.79
2003 82.47
2004 82.13
2005 81.92
2006 81.09
2007 81.19
2008 80.72

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions