Italy - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Italy was 43.54 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 53.21 in 1970, while its lowest value was 40.58 in 2001.

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 53.21
1971 51.51
1972 50.60
1973 49.83
1974 48.35
1975 47.57
1976 46.99
1977 47.21
1978 46.89
1979 46.74
1980 46.84
1981 46.71
1982 46.97
1983 45.09
1984 47.16
1985 46.88
1986 46.28
1987 45.71
1988 45.29
1989 44.63
1990 50.82
1991 48.51
1992 47.67
1993 46.38
1994 45.86
1995 44.84
1996 44.67
1997 43.95
1998 44.01
1999 44.27
2000 43.95
2001 40.58
2002 42.98
2003 42.16
2004 43.43
2005 42.28
2006 43.15
2007 43.10
2008 43.54

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions