Costa Rica - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Costa Rica was 79.55 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 92.98 in 1992, while its lowest value was 77.18 in 2004.

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 90.54
1971 89.54
1972 89.58
1973 88.81
1974 88.48
1975 88.20
1976 87.83
1977 88.08
1978 87.95
1979 87.88
1980 88.15
1981 88.70
1982 88.80
1983 89.91
1984 88.91
1985 89.47
1986 89.08
1987 87.56
1988 85.89
1989 84.86
1990 92.81
1991 92.98
1992 92.98
1993 92.86
1994 92.12
1995 92.21
1996 84.27
1997 84.70
1998 85.03
1999 82.74
2000 81.13
2001 79.05
2002 78.23
2003 79.87
2004 77.18
2005 77.56
2006 77.85
2007 78.44
2008 79.55

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions