El Salvador - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in El Salvador was 85.00 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 86.37 in 1972, while its lowest value was 76.00 in 1995.

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 85.38
1971 86.13
1972 86.37
1973 85.04
1974 84.18
1975 83.72
1976 84.51
1977 83.93
1978 83.08
1979 81.71
1980 83.23
1981 84.27
1982 81.46
1983 82.40
1984 80.02
1985 81.93
1986 82.62
1987 83.73
1988 83.24
1989 82.31
1990 83.72
1991 82.09
1992 81.75
1993 79.41
1994 77.61
1995 76.00
1996 79.72
1997 80.56
1998 78.29
1999 79.85
2000 79.20
2001 80.30
2002 80.31
2003 80.95
2004 82.09
2005 84.25
2006 83.69
2007 84.21
2008 85.00

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions