Korea - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Korea was 35.61 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 64.05 in 1970, while its lowest value was 32.20 in 2003.

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 64.05
1971 63.28
1972 63.03
1973 60.99
1974 59.90
1975 58.30
1976 57.69
1977 56.62
1978 56.24
1979 55.24
1980 53.63
1981 51.74
1982 51.36
1983 52.53
1984 51.65
1985 51.04
1986 49.04
1987 47.68
1988 46.24
1989 47.39
1990 33.39
1991 33.67
1992 34.78
1993 36.37
1994 36.51
1995 37.00
1996 37.17
1997 36.44
1998 37.38
1999 35.87
2000 34.54
2001 33.44
2002 32.77
2003 32.20
2004 33.61
2005 33.65
2006 34.01
2007 35.10
2008 35.61

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions