The Gambia - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in The Gambia was 57.60 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 80.86 in 1970, while its lowest value was 10.96 in 1993.

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 80.86
1971 80.72
1972 79.66
1973 78.91
1974 78.18
1975 78.04
1976 78.01
1977 78.21
1978 76.61
1979 75.80
1980 76.90
1981 76.43
1982 76.82
1983 73.39
1984 71.43
1985 70.68
1986 70.74
1987 70.61
1988 70.01
1989 69.17
1990 12.50
1991 12.32
1992 11.75
1993 10.96
1994 13.35
1995 15.52
1996 18.82
1997 21.37
1998 27.96
1999 37.50
2000 59.55
2001 56.47
2002 54.76
2003 56.52
2004 57.58
2005 58.82
2006 57.41
2007 54.95
2008 57.60

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions