Dem. Rep. Congo - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 41.16 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 49.68 in 1990, while its lowest value was 26.37 in 1988.

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/.

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Year Value
1970 27.87
1971 27.37
1972 27.40
1973 27.46
1974 27.21
1975 27.42
1976 27.17
1977 27.33
1978 27.34
1979 27.58
1980 27.35
1981 27.09
1982 27.24
1983 27.18
1984 26.51
1985 26.76
1986 26.56
1987 27.22
1988 26.37
1989 26.70
1990 49.68
1991 48.44
1992 47.64
1993 46.58
1994 45.59
1995 45.11
1996 39.36
1997 38.85
1998 39.78
1999 37.54
2000 36.57
2001 38.13
2002 43.00
2003 44.59
2004 45.77
2005 44.98
2006 44.47
2007 40.55
2008 41.16

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions