1961–2019 is the temporal coverage for this dataset of nitrous oxide emissions from manure applied to soils, expressed in CO2 equivalents. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) compiled the data using IPCC Tier 1 methodology. Estimates are provided by country with global coverage and annual updates.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in country-level N2O emissions from manure management over the 1961-2019 period.
- Model future emissions projections for 2030 and 2050 using historical time-series data.
- Compare emission intensities across different countries using the standardized kilotonnes of CO2eq metric.
- Correlate manure application emissions data with other agricultural activity indicators from FAOSTAT.
Strengths
- Provides 59 years of continuous global data from 1961 to 2019.
- Uses standardized IPCC AR5 methodology for consistent cross-country comparison.
Limitations
- Emissions estimates are computed at Tier 1, a less detailed methodological level.
- Projections for 2030 and 2050 are not available for all emission categories.
- Specific row and column counts are unknown, limiting assessment of granularity.
Provenance
- Source
- FAOSTAT Emissions Totals domain, disseminated by the World Bank.
- Collection Method
- Computed at Tier 1 following IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
- Time Range
- 1961–2019, with projections for 2030 and 2050 for some categories.
- Freshness
- Updated annually.
- Geography
- Global coverage by country.