Small states - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Small states was 85.56 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 87.76 in 2001, while its lowest value was 71.76 in 1986.

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 79.70
1971 80.45
1972 79.87
1973 79.89
1974 80.76
1975 80.06
1976 79.66
1977 80.29
1978 79.64
1979 79.33
1980 76.01
1981 75.94
1982 73.93
1983 72.62
1984 72.56
1985 73.32
1986 71.76
1987 72.67
1988 72.19
1989 72.85
1990 85.62
1991 85.26
1992 84.98
1993 84.77
1994 84.53
1995 85.26
1996 85.92
1997 86.22
1998 86.35
1999 86.87
2000 87.33
2001 87.76
2002 87.22
2003 84.24
2004 84.22
2005 84.23
2006 85.13
2007 83.07
2008 85.56

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions