Uruguay - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in Uruguay was 97.34 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 98.31 in 2003, while its lowest value was 96.86 in 1984.

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 97.04
1971 97.08
1972 97.05
1973 97.21
1974 97.30
1975 97.36
1976 97.22
1977 97.09
1978 97.00
1979 97.01
1980 96.94
1981 96.94
1982 97.09
1983 96.89
1984 96.86
1985 96.90
1986 97.00
1987 97.08
1988 97.14
1989 96.90
1990 98.05
1991 98.12
1992 98.18
1993 98.08
1994 98.06
1995 98.02
1996 98.09
1997 98.04
1998 98.13
1999 98.08
2000 98.17
2001 98.21
2002 98.21
2003 98.31
2004 97.32
2005 97.33
2006 97.47
2007 97.30
2008 97.34

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions