Nigeria - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Nigeria was 33.20 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 39.80 in 1983, while its lowest value was 20.01 in 1990.

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 38.41
1971 33.86
1972 29.87
1973 29.00
1974 24.28
1975 29.74
1976 27.87
1977 32.05
1978 32.41
1979 27.14
1980 31.84
1981 36.72
1982 39.80
1983 39.80
1984 38.58
1985 37.78
1986 37.78
1987 39.07
1988 37.22
1989 37.37
1990 20.01
1991 20.88
1992 20.95
1993 21.21
1994 21.65
1995 23.64
1996 25.60
1997 28.30
1998 31.18
1999 33.86
2000 36.79
2001 35.57
2002 34.69
2003 34.22
2004 33.79
2005 33.90
2006 33.97
2007 33.52
2008 33.20

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions