Mauritania - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Mauritania was 91.67 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 96.26 in 2000, while its lowest value was 85.24 in 1984.

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 91.86
1971 91.40
1972 90.38
1973 89.80
1974 88.00
1975 87.78
1976 88.08
1977 88.11
1978 87.89
1979 87.82
1980 87.73
1981 88.11
1982 87.97
1983 86.42
1984 85.24
1985 85.51
1986 85.51
1987 85.43
1988 85.40
1989 85.56
1990 91.83
1991 91.19
1992 90.53
1993 90.16
1994 89.07
1995 88.68
1996 90.40
1997 92.11
1998 93.44
1999 94.95
2000 96.26
2001 96.13
2002 95.99
2003 96.06
2004 95.84
2005 95.90
2006 94.85
2007 93.45
2008 91.67

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions