Greenland - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Greenland was 15.73 as of 1989. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 30.98 in 1970, while its lowest value was 13.69 in 1977.

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 30.98
1971 30.57
1972 30.66
1973 20.25
1974 20.14
1975 18.77
1976 18.05
1977 13.69
1978 15.72
1979 16.00
1980 17.07
1981 18.86
1982 18.87
1983 17.92
1984 16.81
1985 16.48
1986 16.24
1987 16.13
1988 15.87
1989 15.73

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions