Argentina - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Argentina was 73.94 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 85.36 in 1973, while its lowest value was 72.04 in 2001.

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 82.54
1971 84.26
1972 84.24
1973 85.36
1974 84.41
1975 84.32
1976 83.62
1977 84.97
1978 83.11
1979 82.32
1980 81.56
1981 81.76
1982 80.72
1983 80.18
1984 80.28
1985 79.59
1986 78.47
1987 76.91
1988 76.97
1989 76.78
1990 80.00
1991 79.17
1992 78.75
1993 77.85
1994 77.38
1995 76.48
1996 75.14
1997 74.23
1998 72.95
1999 72.88
2000 72.35
2001 72.04
2002 72.66
2003 73.96
2004 74.04
2005 73.90
2006 74.24
2007 74.28
2008 73.94

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions