Arab World - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Arab World was 25.93 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 36.12 in 1984, while its lowest value was 23.87 in 1976.

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 30.56
1971 29.43
1972 27.59
1973 25.29
1974 24.83
1975 26.45
1976 23.87
1977 24.98
1978 24.72
1979 25.39
1980 27.82
1981 31.31
1982 34.63
1983 35.13
1984 36.12
1985 35.43
1986 33.72
1987 34.34
1988 32.76
1989 32.70
1990 30.93
1991 29.73
1992 29.53
1993 29.63
1994 29.71
1995 29.05
1996 28.76
1997 28.71
1998 28.44
1999 28.40
2000 28.37
2001 27.23
2002 27.26
2003 26.99
2004 26.87
2005 26.83
2006 26.36
2007 26.42
2008 25.93

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions