China - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in China was 35.99 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 71.05 in 1971, while its lowest value was 35.99 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 69.91
1971 71.05
1972 70.39
1973 69.64
1974 69.65
1975 67.46
1976 67.15
1977 64.55
1978 61.97
1979 60.99
1980 61.08
1981 60.26
1982 58.94
1983 57.64
1984 56.01
1985 54.48
1986 54.17
1987 53.68
1988 52.48
1989 52.14
1990 46.14
1991 45.92
1992 45.41
1993 44.72
1994 44.77
1995 45.87
1996 46.95
1997 44.17
1998 45.09
1999 45.28
2000 44.95
2001 43.99
2002 43.10
2003 42.22
2004 42.59
2005 42.55
2006 40.17
2007 37.51
2008 35.99

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions