Jordan - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Jordan was 12.00 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 50.58 in 1973, while its lowest value was 4.25 in 1990.

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/.

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Year Value
1970 47.78
1971 47.72
1972 48.22
1973 50.58
1974 46.68
1975 46.15
1976 39.58
1977 41.15
1978 40.57
1979 42.48
1980 38.75
1981 41.36
1982 39.67
1983 37.05
1984 35.93
1985 37.35
1986 33.07
1987 35.38
1988 35.51
1989 35.28
1990 4.25
1991 4.92
1992 5.83
1993 5.88
1994 4.79
1995 5.44
1996 5.80
1997 6.14
1998 6.43
1999 8.25
2000 9.37
2001 9.14
2002 9.11
2003 9.11
2004 8.89
2005 9.76
2006 9.53
2007 10.42
2008 12.00

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions