Iceland - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Iceland was 50.00 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 80.84 in 1970, while its lowest value was 49.12 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 80.84
1971 80.14
1972 80.54
1973 80.53
1974 80.81
1975 80.55
1976 80.05
1977 79.93
1978 79.82
1979 79.23
1980 77.59
1981 77.66
1982 76.77
1983 76.41
1984 76.25
1985 76.15
1986 75.22
1987 73.90
1988 72.79
1989 72.06
1990 64.71
1991 64.71
1992 61.54
1993 60.38
1994 59.26
1995 56.36
1996 57.14
1997 57.14
1998 56.14
1999 55.17
2000 54.39
2001 51.72
2002 50.88
2003 50.88
2004 49.12
2005 51.79
2006 49.18
2007 49.18
2008 50.00

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions