Burkina Faso - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Burkina Faso was 89.24 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 90.95 in 2000, while its lowest value was 63.48 in 1974.

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 69.18
1971 68.52
1972 66.70
1973 65.46
1974 63.48
1975 64.13
1976 64.96
1977 65.89
1978 65.07
1979 66.35
1980 67.89
1981 66.92
1982 68.23
1983 67.56
1984 67.44
1985 69.12
1986 69.20
1987 69.36
1988 69.13
1989 69.58
1990 87.34
1991 87.45
1992 87.37
1993 87.35
1994 87.29
1995 87.42
1996 87.87
1997 88.72
1998 89.21
1999 89.93
2000 90.95
2001 89.86
2002 89.50
2003 90.82
2004 90.50
2005 90.19
2006 89.63
2007 89.38
2008 89.24

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions