Guyana - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Guyana was 95.56 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 95.83 in 1995, while its lowest value was 78.04 in 1987.

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 80.46
1971 84.93
1972 82.58
1973 84.68
1974 84.00
1975 82.23
1976 79.94
1977 83.12
1978 80.98
1979 79.74
1980 78.74
1981 80.11
1982 79.73
1983 79.40
1984 82.16
1985 81.37
1986 80.91
1987 78.04
1988 81.01
1989 81.34
1990 95.00
1991 95.38
1992 95.31
1993 95.38
1994 93.75
1995 95.83
1996 94.59
1997 94.81
1998 94.81
1999 93.83
2000 93.51
2001 93.59
2002 93.83
2003 95.24
2004 94.62
2005 95.18
2006 94.05
2007 95.24
2008 95.56

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions