China - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in China was 73.85 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 82.68 in 1996, while its lowest value was 70.96 in 1978.

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 74.65
1971 75.19
1972 74.41
1973 73.14
1974 73.30
1975 72.63
1976 73.29
1977 72.41
1978 70.96
1979 71.62
1980 71.78
1981 72.07
1982 72.46
1983 71.99
1984 72.91
1985 72.65
1986 72.30
1987 73.63
1988 74.48
1989 74.77
1990 81.07
1991 81.23
1992 81.30
1993 80.50
1994 81.05
1995 82.38
1996 82.68
1997 80.48
1998 80.05
1999 80.04
2000 78.78
2001 78.13
2002 78.33
2003 77.65
2004 77.59
2005 77.29
2006 76.07
2007 74.73
2008 73.85

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions