Australia - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Australia was 60.27 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 76.08 in 1975, while its lowest value was 60.27 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
1970 75.35
1971 75.97
1972 73.77
1973 72.79
1974 73.64
1975 76.08
1976 75.75
1977 73.62
1978 72.50
1979 71.38
1980 70.37
1981 67.94
1982 67.58
1983 65.12
1984 64.73
1985 67.12
1986 65.77
1987 63.75
1988 64.84
1989 64.61
1990 66.23
1991 65.77
1992 64.54
1993 64.75
1994 66.37
1995 65.36
1996 64.31
1997 63.15
1998 64.21
1999 69.02
2000 70.12
2001 71.78
2002 71.17
2003 63.32
2004 68.29
2005 62.90
2006 67.07
2007 65.11
2008 60.27

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions