Ireland - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Ireland was 94.12 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 94.26 in 2005, while its lowest value was 71.79 in 1974.

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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Year Value
1970 72.94
1971 72.78
1972 72.77
1973 72.16
1974 71.79
1975 73.10
1976 72.79
1977 73.57
1978 75.21
1979 73.95
1980 75.08
1981 73.59
1982 75.16
1983 76.13
1984 75.88
1985 77.79
1986 78.64
1987 77.06
1988 77.28
1989 78.51
1990 86.52
1991 88.40
1992 88.29
1993 88.50
1994 88.37
1995 87.93
1996 87.16
1997 86.69
1998 86.64
1999 88.25
2000 87.96
2001 89.59
2002 92.39
2003 92.73
2004 93.60
2005 94.26
2006 94.16
2007 94.15
2008 94.12

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions