India - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in India was 75.39 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 83.01 in 1990, while its lowest value was 68.10 in 1989.

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 76.94
1971 76.75
1972 76.16
1973 76.13
1974 75.52
1975 75.10
1976 74.74
1977 74.85
1978 74.89
1979 74.57
1980 74.27
1981 73.80
1982 73.35
1983 73.40
1984 72.80
1985 72.69
1986 71.55
1987 69.94
1988 69.00
1989 68.10
1990 83.01
1991 82.79
1992 82.54
1993 82.32
1994 82.07
1995 81.26
1996 80.52
1997 79.72
1998 79.06
1999 78.31
2000 77.49
2001 77.08
2002 76.24
2003 75.98
2004 75.68
2005 75.66
2006 75.55
2007 75.56
2008 75.39

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions