Guatemala - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Guatemala was 50.86 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 65.82 in 1972, while its lowest value was 47.88 in 2004.

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 63.43
1971 64.69
1972 65.82
1973 64.94
1974 62.46
1975 59.65
1976 55.76
1977 56.96
1978 57.14
1979 56.80
1980 63.33
1981 64.44
1982 61.54
1983 64.10
1984 62.61
1985 62.26
1986 60.99
1987 60.77
1988 60.42
1989 60.19
1990 58.43
1991 57.82
1992 58.25
1993 58.73
1994 56.86
1995 55.85
1996 53.80
1997 52.55
1998 50.87
1999 50.44
2000 49.20
2001 49.52
2002 49.83
2003 48.07
2004 47.88
2005 48.90
2006 48.58
2007 50.16
2008 50.86

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions