Dominican Republic - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Dominican Republic was 86.64 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 91.22 in 1991, while its lowest value was 77.91 in 1970.

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 77.91
1971 80.24
1972 81.41
1973 80.88
1974 80.97
1975 81.73
1976 80.82
1977 80.96
1978 80.20
1979 80.26
1980 79.81
1981 79.30
1982 78.75
1983 79.51
1984 78.86
1985 80.87
1986 80.61
1987 81.37
1988 80.25
1989 80.36
1990 91.10
1991 91.22
1992 90.59
1993 90.15
1994 89.90
1995 89.57
1996 89.59
1997 89.43
1998 88.89
1999 84.43
2000 80.75
2001 82.30
2002 84.58
2003 83.88
2004 85.11
2005 85.82
2006 86.28
2007 86.82
2008 86.64

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions