Coastal eutrophication: Total Nitrogen (TN) (kilograms) in Large Marine Ecosystem: North Sea
Large Marine Ecosystem: North Sea: Coastal eutrophication: Total Nitrogen (TN) (kilograms) was 72,208 kg km2 per day in 2015. ▼ Falling
Coastal eutrophication: Total Nitrogen (TN) (kilograms of nitrogen) in Large Marine Ecosystem: North Sea, 2000–2015
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in kg km2 per day.
Analysis
In 2015, coastal eutrophication: total nitrogen (tn) (kilograms of nitrogen) in Large Marine Ecosystem: North Sea stood at 72,208 kg km2 per day.
The figure is down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coastal eutrophication: total nitrogen (tn) (kilograms of nitrogen) in Large Marine Ecosystem: North Sea peaked at 108,247 kg km2 per day in 2000 and was at its lowest, 72,027 kg km2 per day, in 2009.
That places Large Marine Ecosystem: North Sea 12th out of 64 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Coastal eutrophication: Total Nitrogen (TN) (kilograms) in Large Marine Ecosystem: North Sea, year by year
| Year | kg km2 per day | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 108,247 kg km2 per day | — |
| 2001 | 107,858 kg km2 per day | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 105,682 kg km2 per day | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 79,120 kg km2 per day | -25.1% |
| 2004 | 87,990 kg km2 per day | +11.2% |
| 2005 | 83,524 kg km2 per day | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 81,656 kg km2 per day | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 98,092 kg km2 per day | +20.1% |
| 2008 | 87,026 kg km2 per day | -11.3% |
| 2009 | 72,027 kg km2 per day | -17.2% |
| 2010 | 72,208 kg km2 per day | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 72,208 kg km2 per day | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 72,208 kg km2 per day | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 72,208 kg km2 per day | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 72,208 kg km2 per day | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 72,208 kg km2 per day | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coastal eutrophication: Total Nitrogen (TN) (kilograms) in Large Marine Ecosystem: North Sea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | -25.1% | 105,682 kg km2 per day | 79,120 kg km2 per day |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 91,122 kg km2 per day | 72,027 kg km2 per day | 108,247 kg km2 per day | 10 |
| 2010s | 72,208 kg km2 per day | 72,208 kg km2 per day | 72,208 kg km2 per day | 6 |
Countries ranked near Large Marine Ecosystem: North Sea
- 9 Large Marine Ecosystem: Guinea Current 89,599 kg km2 per day compare
- 10 Large Marine Ecosystem: Black Sea 89,209 kg km2 per day compare
- 11 Large Marine Ecosystem: East China Sea 81,970 kg km2 per day compare
- 13 Large Marine Ecosystem: Kuroshio Current 71,755 kg km2 per day compare
- 14 Large Marine Ecosystem: Celtic-Biscay Shelf 71,725 kg km2 per day compare
- 15 Large Marine Ecosystem: North Australian Shelf 66,841 kg km2 per day compare
More development goals data for Large Marine Ecosystem: North Sea
- Indicator for Coastal Eutrophication Potential (ICEP) (kilograms of) 4.52 kg km2 per day (2015)
- Coastal eutrophication: Dissolved silica (DSi) (kilograms of silica) 68,759 kg km2 per day (2015)
- Coastal eutrophication: Total Phosphorus (TP) (kilograms of) 1,960 kg km2 per day (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coastal eutrophication: total nitrogen (tn) (kilograms of nitrogen) in Large Marine Ecosystem: North Sea?
- Coastal eutrophication: total nitrogen (tn) (kilograms of nitrogen) in Large Marine Ecosystem: North Sea was 72,208 kg km2 per day in 2015, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest coastal eutrophication: total nitrogen (tn) (kilograms of nitrogen) recorded in Large Marine Ecosystem: North Sea?
- The highest recorded value was 108,247 kg km2 per day in 2000.
- What is the lowest coastal eutrophication: total nitrogen (tn) (kilograms of nitrogen) recorded in Large Marine Ecosystem: North Sea?
- The lowest recorded value was 72,027 kg km2 per day in 2009.
- How does Large Marine Ecosystem: North Sea rank for coastal eutrophication: total nitrogen (tn) (kilograms of nitrogen)?
- Large Marine Ecosystem: North Sea ranks 12th out of 64 countries with data for 2015.
- Is coastal eutrophication: total nitrogen (tn) (kilograms of nitrogen) rising or falling in Large Marine Ecosystem: North Sea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Large Marine Ecosystem: North Sea data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Coastal eutrophication: Total Nitrogen (TN) (kilograms of nitrogen from algae biomass per sq. km. of river basin area per day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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