Russia - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Russia was 78.70 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 85.35 in 1993, while its lowest value was 45.56 in 1972.

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 50.49
1971 52.26
1972 45.56
1973 50.46
1974 51.98
1975 51.88
1976 49.46
1977 50.39
1978 51.30
1979 51.18
1980 51.93
1981 51.38
1982 52.66
1983 54.90
1984 54.23
1985 54.26
1986 53.27
1987 53.75
1988 53.57
1989 53.04
1990 84.42
1991 83.84
1992 85.28
1993 85.35
1994 84.91
1995 83.40
1996 82.52
1997 82.19
1998 81.59
1999 80.24
2000 79.80
2001 80.24
2002 79.23
2003 79.77
2004 77.33
2005 76.41
2006 75.95
2007 76.18
2008 78.70

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions