Malawi - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Malawi was 22.66 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 65.73 in 1970, while its lowest value was 12.96 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/.

See also:

Year Value
1970 65.73
1971 52.15
1972 54.79
1973 57.27
1974 54.71
1975 56.38
1976 54.44
1977 58.79
1978 59.69
1979 64.70
1980 59.93
1981 56.35
1982 58.77
1983 58.31
1984 53.55
1985 54.53
1986 52.62
1987 57.68
1988 47.17
1989 48.38
1990 12.96
1991 14.30
1992 16.16
1993 18.67
1994 20.48
1995 19.89
1996 20.19
1997 19.23
1998 20.42
1999 19.65
2000 20.24
2001 19.06
2002 18.71
2003 18.90
2004 17.70
2005 17.78
2006 18.55
2007 20.33
2008 22.66

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions