Australia - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Australia was 88.20 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 95.91 in 1991, while its lowest value was 76.32 in 1985.

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 82.82
1971 84.80
1972 80.89
1973 83.30
1974 82.58
1975 81.69
1976 79.45
1977 78.24
1978 80.45
1979 77.60
1980 76.51
1981 80.50
1982 77.04
1983 79.41
1984 79.64
1985 76.32
1986 78.64
1987 80.64
1988 80.89
1989 80.61
1990 95.80
1991 95.91
1992 95.43
1993 94.84
1994 94.74
1995 94.56
1996 93.73
1997 93.38
1998 93.40
1999 94.57
2000 94.78
2001 94.84
2002 94.14
2003 89.47
2004 92.28
2005 89.14
2006 91.77
2007 91.05
2008 88.20

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions