Paraguay - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Paraguay was 90.10 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 95.51 in 1999, while its lowest value was 42.77 in 1990.

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 65.01
1971 68.10
1972 66.74
1973 69.01
1974 68.84
1975 68.44
1976 68.27
1977 71.45
1978 69.36
1979 69.06
1980 68.38
1981 70.54
1982 70.49
1983 70.70
1984 74.00
1985 74.20
1986 73.15
1987 71.84
1988 74.14
1989 74.51
1990 42.77
1991 47.79
1992 57.76
1993 73.08
1994 94.52
1995 94.96
1996 94.75
1997 94.94
1998 95.17
1999 95.51
2000 88.15
2001 89.74
2002 89.60
2003 90.32
2004 89.31
2005 89.96
2006 89.83
2007 90.90
2008 90.10

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions