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Table 4: Nitrous oxide emissions in Finland (1000 t) by emission category and year

Emission category Year
  1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 25.4 23.1 23.0 22.9 22.4 22.0 22.2 21.9 22.0 22.4 22.3 22.5 22.2
Agricultural soils 13.9 12.3 11.9 11.7 11.4 11.1 11.3 11.1 10.9 10.8 10.5 10.4 10.3
Industrial processes 5.3 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.5 4.8 5.2 4.6
Transport 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.0
Manure management 2.1 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.7
Energy industries 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.8 1.1
Other fuel use 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.0
Waste 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Manufacturing and construction 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
Heating of buildings, other fuel use in agriculture, forestry and fisheries 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Solvents and other product use 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
LULUCF-sector 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Fugitive emissions from fuels 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
  • Notation 0.0 means that the value of the quantity is less than half of the unit of measurement used. LULUCF is the land use, land-use change and forestry sector.

Source: Greenhouse gas inventory unit, Statistics Finland

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Updated 18.4.2008

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Greenhouse gases [e-publication].
ISSN=1797-6065. 2006, Table 4: Nitrous oxide emissions in Finland (1000 t) by emission category and year . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 24.4.2024].
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