Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) - Country Ranking - Asia

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/.

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Mongolia 98.79 2008
2 Yemen 96.55 2008
3 Timor-Leste 95.45 2008
4 Bangladesh 92.55 2008
5 Tajikistan 92.52 2008
6 Myanmar 92.41 2008
7 Pakistan 90.87 2008
8 Lao PDR 90.28 2008
9 Kyrgyz Republic 89.93 2008
10 Indonesia 89.41 2008
11 Malaysia 88.16 2008
12 Thailand 87.90 2008
13 Kazakhstan 87.81 2008
14 Oman 87.72 2008
15 India 87.65 2008
16 Vietnam 87.30 2008
17 Armenia 87.18 2008
18 Cambodia 86.01 2008
19 Syrian Arab Republic 85.88 2008
20 Turkmenistan 82.66 2008
21 Azerbaijan 81.46 2008
22 Philippines 79.67 2008
23 Russia 78.70 2008
24 Uzbekistan 78.69 2008
25 Brunei 76.92 2008
26 Lebanon 76.00 2008
27 Sri Lanka 75.59 2008
28 Afghanistan 75.16 2008
29 Turkey 74.94 2008
30 China 73.85 2008
31 Nepal 73.25 2008
32 Iraq 72.35 2008
33 Saudi Arabia 63.66 2008
34 Bhutan 58.82 2008
35 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 55.42 2008
36 Korea 55.22 2008
37 Georgia 53.76 2008
38 Jordan 53.51 2008
39 Iran 51.25 2008
40 Kuwait 45.10 2008
41 Bahrain 42.86 2008
42 Israel 41.51 2008
43 Japan 40.25 2008
44 United Arab Emirates 13.57 2008
45 Qatar 12.07 2008
46 Singapore 0.82 2008
47 Macao SAR, China 0.00 1989
47 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.00 1989

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Development Relevance: The addition of man-made greenhouse gases to the Atmosphere disturbs the earth's radiative balance. This is leading to an increase in the earth's surface temperature and to related effects on climate, sea level rise and world agriculture. Emissions of CO2 are from burning oil, coal and gas for energy use, burning wood and waste materials, and from industrial processes such as cement production. Emission intensity is the average emission rate of a given pollutant from a given source relative to the intensity of a specific activity. Emission intensities are also used to compare the environmental impact of different fuels or activities. The related terms - emission factor and carbon intensity - are often used interchangeably. The carbon dioxide emissions of a country are only an indicator of one greenhouse gas. For a more complete idea of how a country influences climate change, gases such as methane and nitrous oxide should be taken into account. This is particularly important in agricultural economies. The environmental effects of carbon dioxide are of significant interest. Carbon dioxide (CO2) makes up the largest share of the greenhouse gases contributing to global warming and climate change. Converting all other greenhouse gases (methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)) to carbon dioxide (or CO2) equivalents makes it possible to compare them and to determine their individual and total contributions to global warming. The Kyoto Protocol, an environmental agreement adopted in 1997 by many of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is working towards curbing CO2 emissions globally.

Limitations and Exceptions: National reporting to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that follows the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change guidelines is based on national emission inventories and covers all sources of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions as well as carbon sinks (such as forests). To estimate emissions, the countries that are Parties to the Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) use complex, state-of-the-art methodologies recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: 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. IPCC category 4 = Agriculture. Expressed in CO2 equivalent using the GWP100 metric of the Second Assessment Report of IPCC and include N2O (GWP100=310).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual