Ecuador - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Ecuador was 48.41 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 72.20 in 1987, while its lowest value was 48.41 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 62.26
1971 62.52
1972 65.74
1973 63.61
1974 65.65
1975 67.38
1976 67.61
1977 66.79
1978 65.60
1979 65.98
1980 67.65
1981 68.05
1982 68.13
1983 65.96
1984 67.37
1985 66.57
1986 66.69
1987 72.20
1988 67.22
1989 66.30
1990 59.40
1991 58.28
1992 59.53
1993 59.73
1994 59.80
1995 59.64
1996 59.81
1997 60.46
1998 57.98
1999 58.00
2000 54.22
2001 54.80
2002 54.38
2003 52.92
2004 53.11
2005 51.01
2006 50.05
2007 48.85
2008 48.41

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions