Lower middle income - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Lower middle income was 54.66 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 69.01 in 1971, while its lowest value was 52.61 in 1982.

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 68.39
1971 69.01
1972 63.28
1973 64.50
1974 66.00
1975 66.72
1976 64.13
1977 61.09
1978 63.35
1979 62.35
1980 62.45
1981 63.91
1982 52.61
1983 58.83
1984 63.19
1985 63.15
1986 60.13
1987 55.40
1988 61.28
1989 61.18
1990 56.92
1991 56.42
1992 56.08
1993 54.89
1994 55.20
1995 55.37
1996 55.21
1997 55.25
1998 55.30
1999 55.30
2000 54.73
2001 54.25
2002 53.95
2003 53.85
2004 54.00
2005 54.29
2006 54.13
2007 54.56
2008 54.66

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions