Ghana - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Ghana was 36.47 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 60.07 in 1990, while its lowest value was 36.47 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 53.60
1971 52.85
1972 53.02
1973 53.37
1974 48.80
1975 49.35
1976 49.15
1977 52.71
1978 49.36
1979 49.63
1980 52.61
1981 49.53
1982 49.73
1983 46.79
1984 46.83
1985 44.70
1986 44.51
1987 45.11
1988 42.44
1989 44.40
1990 60.07
1991 58.88
1992 56.49
1993 53.95
1994 52.07
1995 50.27
1996 50.91
1997 47.96
1998 50.28
1999 45.79
2000 47.41
2001 41.34
2002 39.76
2003 40.36
2004 36.89
2005 41.16
2006 39.02
2007 36.92
2008 36.47

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions