IDA total - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in IDA total was 59.69 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 70.31 in 1971, while its lowest value was 57.06 in 1993.

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 65.84
1971 70.31
1972 67.87
1973 65.28
1974 67.20
1975 67.57
1976 67.37
1977 65.63
1978 64.57
1979 62.78
1980 63.62
1981 65.37
1982 64.94
1983 60.94
1984 64.84
1985 65.09
1986 64.24
1987 60.92
1988 63.38
1989 64.26
1990 60.95
1991 60.09
1992 59.63
1993 57.06
1994 57.79
1995 58.25
1996 58.46
1997 59.49
1998 60.71
1999 60.97
2000 60.37
2001 59.40
2002 59.66
2003 59.95
2004 59.76
2005 60.11
2006 59.15
2007 59.60
2008 59.69

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions