Latvia - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Latvia was 52.17 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 76.70 in 1992, while its lowest value was 50.23 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 70.99
1971 71.78
1972 72.01
1973 72.02
1974 72.22
1975 72.57
1976 72.44
1977 72.38
1978 72.83
1979 72.95
1980 72.79
1981 72.53
1982 72.57
1983 72.57
1984 72.73
1985 72.75
1986 72.70
1987 72.79
1988 66.91
1989 63.00
1990 72.70
1991 71.39
1992 76.70
1993 74.81
1994 65.61
1995 61.78
1996 60.39
1997 59.43
1998 58.12
1999 56.05
2000 51.66
2001 50.23
2002 51.15
2003 53.33
2004 51.96
2005 50.97
2006 52.20
2007 51.22
2008 52.17

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions