Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) - Country Ranking

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: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Comoros 100.00 2008
1 Grenada 100.00 2008
1 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 100.00 2008
1 Samoa 100.00 2008
5 Mongolia 98.79 2008
6 Angola 97.96 2008
7 Chad 97.82 2008
8 Tuvalu 97.71 1989
9 Uruguay 97.34 2008
10 New Zealand 96.64 2008
11 Zambia 96.64 2008
12 Yemen 96.55 2008
13 Mali 96.41 2008
14 Sudan 96.27 2008
15 Puerto Rico 96.17 1989
16 Djibouti 96.15 2008
17 Bolivia 95.96 2008
18 Namibia 95.67 2008
19 Mauritania 95.65 2008
20 Somalia 95.58 2008
21 Guyana 95.56 2008
22 Timor-Leste 95.45 2008
23 Congo 95.43 2008
24 Papua New Guinea 94.59 2008
25 Argentina 94.47 2008
26 Madagascar 94.31 2008
27 Ireland 94.12 2008
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 93.83 2008
29 Belarus 93.60 2008
30 Burkina Faso 93.56 2008
31 Côte d'Ivoire 93.35 2008
32 Botswana 92.74 2008
33 Guinea 92.58 2008
34 Brazil 92.56 2008
35 Bangladesh 92.55 2008
36 Tajikistan 92.52 2008
37 Myanmar 92.41 2008
38 Guinea-Bissau 92.31 2008
39 Venezuela 92.05 2008
40 Fiji 91.89 2008
41 Niger 91.87 2008
42 Kenya 91.53 2008
43 Nauru 91.12 1989
44 Pakistan 90.87 2008
45 Albania 90.35 2008
46 Lao PDR 90.28 2008
47 Paraguay 90.10 2008
48 Kyrgyz Republic 89.93 2008
49 Estonia 89.92 2008
50 Nicaragua 89.88 2008
51 Latvia 89.88 2008
52 Panama 89.84 2008
53 The Gambia 89.74 2008
54 Mozambique 89.59 2008
55 Ecuador 89.43 2008
56 Indonesia 89.41 2008
57 Suriname 89.29 2008
58 Mexico 89.26 2008
59 Dem. Rep. Congo 89.25 2008
60 Cabo Verde 88.89 2008
61 Colombia 88.73 2008
62 Sierra Leone 88.43 2008
63 Eswatini 88.37 2008
64 Australia 88.20 2008
65 Malaysia 88.16 2008
66 Cuba 87.99 2008
67 Thailand 87.90 2008
68 Kazakhstan 87.81 2008
69 Oman 87.72 2008
70 India 87.65 2008
71 Vanuatu 87.50 2008
72 Haiti 87.33 2008
73 Vietnam 87.30 2008
74 Armenia 87.18 2008
75 Ethiopia 87.14 2008
76 Rwanda 87.04 2008
77 Dominican Republic 86.64 2008
78 Hungary 86.41 2008
79 Benin 86.19 2008
80 Peru 86.07 2008
81 Cambodia 86.01 2008
82 Syrian Arab Republic 85.88 2008
83 El Salvador 85.00 2008
84 Belize 84.62 2008
85 Moldova 84.34 2008
86 Denmark 84.29 2008
87 Netherlands 83.72 2008
88 Morocco 83.54 2008
89 Zimbabwe 83.22 2008
90 Turkmenistan 82.66 2008
91 North Macedonia 82.14 2008
92 Ghana 82.01 2008
93 Iceland 81.82 2008
93 Gabon 81.82 2008
95 Azerbaijan 81.46 2008
96 Malawi 81.43 2008
97 Uganda 81.36 2008
98 New Caledonia 80.99 1989
99 Barbados 80.00 2008
100 Philippines 79.67 2008
101 Costa Rica 79.55 2008
102 Lesotho 79.45 2008
103 Chile 78.97 2008
104 Nigeria 78.92 2008
105 France 78.86 2008
106 Tanzania 78.71 2008
107 Russia 78.70 2008
108 Uzbekistan 78.69 2008
109 South Africa 78.21 2008
110 Togo 77.93 2008
111 Switzerland 77.49 2008
112 Brunei 76.92 2008
113 Sweden 76.38 2008
114 Ukraine 76.25 2008
115 Lebanon 76.00 2008
116 Sri Lanka 75.59 2008
117 Guatemala 75.59 2008
118 Romania 75.49 2008
119 Honduras 75.30 2008
120 Afghanistan 75.16 2008
121 Turkey 74.94 2008
122 United Kingdom 74.41 2008
123 China 73.85 2008
124 Spain 73.69 2008
125 Luxembourg 73.33 2008
126 Nepal 73.25 2008
127 Bulgaria 72.63 2008
128 Iraq 72.35 2008
129 Poland 71.62 2008
130 Canada 71.01 2008
131 United States 70.79 2008
132 Montenegro 70.59 2008
133 Serbia 70.00 2008
134 Tunisia 69.85 2008
135 Jamaica 69.77 2008
136 Slovenia 69.51 2008
137 Croatia 69.08 2008
138 Norway 68.83 2008
139 Libya 67.72 2008
140 Greece 67.49 2008
141 Solomon Islands 66.67 2008
142 Burundi 66.24 2008
143 Egypt 66.03 2008
144 Austria 65.44 2008
145 Senegal 65.06 2008
146 Finland 64.71 2008
147 Germany 64.68 2008
148 Saudi Arabia 63.66 2008
149 Cyprus 62.16 2008
150 Czech Republic 61.74 2008
151 Portugal 61.02 2008
152 Bhutan 58.82 2008
153 Italy 58.68 2008
154 Belgium 58.30 2008
155 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 55.42 2008
156 Korea 55.22 2008
157 Kiribati 54.33 1989
158 Georgia 53.76 2008
159 Jordan 53.51 2008
160 Iran 51.25 2008
161 Algeria 50.26 2008
162 Malta 50.00 2008
162 St. Kitts and Nevis 50.00 2008
162 Dominica 50.00 2008
162 São Tomé and Principe 50.00 2008
162 Trinidad and Tobago 50.00 2008
167 Lithuania 49.58 2008
168 Kuwait 45.10 2008
169 Eritrea 44.44 2008
170 Mauritius 44.00 2008
171 Bahrain 42.86 2008
171 The Bahamas 42.86 2008
173 Slovak Republic 41.96 2008
174 Israel 41.51 2008
175 Japan 40.25 2008
176 Tonga 40.00 2008
177 Central African Republic 38.02 2008
178 Antigua and Barbuda 33.33 2008
178 Equatorial Guinea 33.33 2008
178 St. Lucia 33.33 2008
181 Liberia 28.99 2008
182 United Arab Emirates 13.57 2008
183 Qatar 12.07 2008
184 Cayman Islands 10.67 1989
185 Cameroon 8.90 2008
186 Greenland 0.90 1989
187 Singapore 0.82 2008
188 Seychelles 0.00 2008
188 Andorra 0.00 1989
188 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.00 1989
188 Macao SAR, China 0.00 1989
188 Palau 0.00 1989
188 Liechtenstein 0.00 2008

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Development Relevance: The addition of man-made greenhouse gases to the Atmosphere disturbs the earth's radiative balance. This is leading to an increase in the earth's surface temperature and to related effects on climate, sea level rise and world agriculture. Emissions of CO2 are from burning oil, coal and gas for energy use, burning wood and waste materials, and from industrial processes such as cement production. Emission intensity is the average emission rate of a given pollutant from a given source relative to the intensity of a specific activity. Emission intensities are also used to compare the environmental impact of different fuels or activities. The related terms - emission factor and carbon intensity - are often used interchangeably. The carbon dioxide emissions of a country are only an indicator of one greenhouse gas. For a more complete idea of how a country influences climate change, gases such as methane and nitrous oxide should be taken into account. This is particularly important in agricultural economies. The environmental effects of carbon dioxide are of significant interest. Carbon dioxide (CO2) makes up the largest share of the greenhouse gases contributing to global warming and climate change. Converting all other greenhouse gases (methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)) to carbon dioxide (or CO2) equivalents makes it possible to compare them and to determine their individual and total contributions to global warming. The Kyoto Protocol, an environmental agreement adopted in 1997 by many of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is working towards curbing CO2 emissions globally.

Limitations and Exceptions: National reporting to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that follows the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change guidelines is based on national emission inventories and covers all sources of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions as well as carbon sinks (such as forests). To estimate emissions, the countries that are Parties to the Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) use complex, state-of-the-art methodologies recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: 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. IPCC category 4 = Agriculture. Expressed in CO2 equivalent using the GWP100 metric of the Second Assessment Report of IPCC and include N2O (GWP100=310).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual