Costa Rica - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Costa Rica was 52.09 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 88.27 in 1981, while its lowest value was 49.49 in 2006.

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 86.76
1971 86.83
1972 86.98
1973 87.88
1974 87.74
1975 87.87
1976 87.74
1977 87.71
1978 87.80
1979 88.05
1980 87.87
1981 88.27
1982 88.07
1983 88.11
1984 87.39
1985 86.44
1986 86.23
1987 85.73
1988 85.16
1989 84.96
1990 79.02
1991 77.78
1992 76.44
1993 75.17
1994 71.98
1995 68.31
1996 66.23
1997 63.85
1998 62.03
1999 58.96
2000 56.44
2001 55.03
2002 53.32
2003 51.68
2004 50.13
2005 50.76
2006 49.49
2007 51.09
2008 52.09

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions