Pacific island small states - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Pacific island small states was 85.07 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 98.71 in 1978, while its lowest value was 82.54 in 2006.

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 98.50
1971 98.51
1972 98.61
1973 98.69
1974 98.67
1975 98.68
1976 98.66
1977 98.46
1978 98.71
1979 98.52
1980 98.42
1981 98.40
1982 98.44
1983 98.51
1984 98.55
1985 98.69
1986 98.54
1987 98.69
1988 98.62
1989 98.43
1990 85.96
1991 84.21
1992 84.48
1993 85.25
1994 84.13
1995 84.85
1996 84.85
1997 84.85
1998 84.62
1999 84.13
2000 86.67
2001 85.48
2002 85.71
2003 84.75
2004 83.08
2005 84.38
2006 82.54
2007 86.15
2008 85.07

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions