Papua New Guinea - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Papua New Guinea was 94.59 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 95.38 in 2001, while its lowest value was 28.08 in 1988.

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 40.07
1971 37.98
1972 45.80
1973 40.76
1974 37.30
1975 37.44
1976 41.88
1977 44.72
1978 38.60
1979 42.07
1980 41.18
1981 39.21
1982 47.22
1983 41.39
1984 32.69
1985 32.39
1986 39.45
1987 43.03
1988 28.08
1989 29.88
1990 95.05
1991 95.07
1992 95.08
1993 95.10
1994 95.11
1995 95.17
1996 95.08
1997 95.24
1998 95.17
1999 95.36
2000 95.28
2001 95.38
2002 95.26
2003 95.03
2004 95.23
2005 95.01
2006 95.05
2007 94.65
2008 94.59

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions