Yemen - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Yemen was 96.55 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 97.91 in 2000, while its lowest value was 82.42 in 1989.

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 89.52
1971 89.54
1972 88.74
1973 87.40
1974 88.11
1975 88.73
1976 86.76
1977 86.50
1978 86.29
1979 85.87
1980 85.34
1981 85.22
1982 84.58
1983 84.14
1984 84.38
1985 84.07
1986 83.37
1987 83.06
1988 82.69
1989 82.42
1990 90.00
1991 88.94
1992 88.79
1993 88.48
1994 88.02
1995 87.33
1996 89.64
1997 92.27
1998 93.72
1999 95.78
2000 97.91
2001 97.63
2002 97.22
2003 97.07
2004 96.84
2005 96.80
2006 96.92
2007 96.85
2008 96.55

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions