Euro area - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Euro area was 57.30 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 57.30 in 2008, while its lowest value was 43.75 in 1970.

Definition: Agricultural methane emissions are emissions from animals, animal waste, rice production, 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 43.75
1971 43.98
1972 44.15
1973 44.90
1974 45.29
1975 45.33
1976 44.82
1977 44.62
1978 44.95
1979 44.70
1980 45.06
1981 45.16
1982 45.92
1983 45.99
1984 46.62
1985 46.14
1986 46.51
1987 46.36
1988 46.66
1989 46.13
1990 52.64
1991 51.62
1992 50.96
1993 49.99
1994 50.10
1995 49.99
1996 50.36
1997 50.93
1998 51.33
1999 51.50
2000 52.29
2001 52.62
2002 53.35
2003 53.37
2004 54.52
2005 55.27
2006 55.98
2007 56.81
2008 57.30

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions