India - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in India was 87.65 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 95.00 in 1990, while its lowest value was 69.90 in 1973.

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 71.58
1971 72.22
1972 71.17
1973 69.90
1974 70.32
1975 69.91
1976 70.30
1977 70.84
1978 71.15
1979 71.45
1980 71.76
1981 71.70
1982 71.34
1983 71.61
1984 71.86
1985 72.26
1986 72.29
1987 70.90
1988 71.75
1989 71.24
1990 95.00
1991 94.93
1992 94.88
1993 94.80
1994 94.79
1995 93.79
1996 92.91
1997 92.10
1998 91.30
1999 90.47
2000 89.33
2001 89.01
2002 88.05
2003 87.96
2004 87.81
2005 87.85
2006 87.89
2007 87.90
2008 87.65

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions