New Zealand - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in New Zealand was 96.64 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 97.35 in 1991, while its lowest value was 94.04 in 1989.

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 95.94
1971 95.76
1972 95.70
1973 95.50
1974 95.28
1975 95.20
1976 95.11
1977 95.15
1978 95.21
1979 95.53
1980 95.66
1981 95.71
1982 95.47
1983 95.46
1984 94.84
1985 94.64
1986 94.75
1987 94.71
1988 94.41
1989 94.04
1990 97.33
1991 97.35
1992 97.19
1993 97.16
1994 97.18
1995 97.19
1996 97.17
1997 97.09
1998 97.02
1999 97.03
2000 96.75
2001 96.98
2002 97.00
2003 96.93
2004 96.71
2005 96.74
2006 96.77
2007 96.82
2008 96.64

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions