European Union - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in European Union was 50.77 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 50.77 in 2008, while its lowest value was 39.35 in 1983.

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 40.17
1971 40.31
1972 40.40
1973 40.87
1974 41.14
1975 40.95
1976 40.28
1977 40.09
1978 40.15
1979 39.86
1980 40.28
1981 41.01
1982 40.83
1983 39.35
1984 40.34
1985 39.92
1986 40.04
1987 39.66
1988 39.82
1989 40.20
1990 48.61
1991 48.17
1992 47.46
1993 46.28
1994 46.26
1995 45.90
1996 46.03
1997 46.55
1998 47.00
1999 47.18
2000 47.51
2001 47.13
2002 47.75
2003 47.65
2004 48.55
2005 49.03
2006 49.57
2007 50.49
2008 50.77

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions