Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 70.18 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 80.24 in 1990, while its lowest value was 63.25 in 1994.

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 66.31
1971 68.28
1972 67.77
1973 67.99
1974 66.90
1975 66.97
1976 67.65
1977 68.24
1978 67.10
1979 66.45
1980 68.18
1981 67.81
1982 68.10
1983 67.44
1984 68.16
1985 67.51
1986 68.12
1987 66.92
1988 68.00
1989 68.37
1990 80.24
1991 80.13
1992 79.88
1993 79.48
1994 63.25
1995 63.94
1996 64.38
1997 65.10
1998 66.97
1999 67.17
2000 67.85
2001 67.09
2002 68.40
2003 69.48
2004 69.38
2005 70.55
2006 69.67
2007 70.03
2008 70.18

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions