Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 66.86 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 71.61 in 1990, while its lowest value was 59.52 in 1987.

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 59.79
1971 65.54
1972 63.97
1973 63.54
1974 63.67
1975 62.39
1976 63.25
1977 63.26
1978 62.16
1979 60.08
1980 62.42
1981 63.13
1982 62.60
1983 61.66
1984 63.37
1985 62.71
1986 62.30
1987 59.52
1988 62.52
1989 61.84
1990 71.61
1991 70.45
1992 69.36
1993 68.03
1994 67.19
1995 67.12
1996 67.03
1997 67.18
1998 68.10
1999 67.99
2000 67.94
2001 66.83
2002 67.47
2003 67.91
2004 67.41
2005 68.01
2006 67.02
2007 66.91
2008 66.86

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions