South Sudan - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in South Sudan was 53.23 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 94.27 in 1995, while its lowest value was 53.23 in 2008.

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
1990 92.99
1991 93.14
1992 93.65
1993 94.02
1994 94.23
1995 94.27
1996 87.02
1997 81.19
1998 76.77
1999 72.80
2000 69.93
2001 65.34
2002 63.50
2003 61.51
2004 59.50
2005 58.10
2006 55.53
2007 54.87
2008 53.23

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions