Iraq - Agricultural methane emissions
Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)
Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Iraq was 29.03 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 41.00 in 1990, while its lowest value was 10.52 in 1979.
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 |
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1970 | 22.55 |
1971 | 20.79 |
1972 | 20.94 |
1973 | 17.11 |
1974 | 15.26 |
1975 | 13.46 |
1976 | 12.15 |
1977 | 13.73 |
1978 | 12.67 |
1979 | 10.52 |
1980 | 12.81 |
1981 | 22.69 |
1982 | 21.92 |
1983 | 21.73 |
1984 | 18.76 |
1985 | 15.77 |
1986 | 13.71 |
1987 | 14.15 |
1988 | 13.12 |
1989 | 13.08 |
1990 | 41.00 |
1991 | 33.22 |
1992 | 36.35 |
1993 | 40.10 |
1994 | 40.55 |
1995 | 39.05 |
1996 | 32.80 |
1997 | 34.03 |
1998 | 33.97 |
1999 | 32.25 |
2000 | 30.86 |
2001 | 30.07 |
2002 | 30.18 |
2003 | 25.02 |
2004 | 26.47 |
2005 | 28.90 |
2006 | 28.91 |
2007 | 29.22 |
2008 | 29.03 |
Classification
Topic: Environment Indicators
Sub-Topic: Emissions