Middle income - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Middle income was 44.12 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 63.59 in 1971, while its lowest value was 44.12 in 2008.

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 62.43
1971 63.59
1972 60.77
1973 61.40
1974 61.84
1975 61.35
1976 59.85
1977 58.42
1978 58.11
1979 57.20
1980 57.11
1981 57.55
1982 52.50
1983 54.48
1984 55.65
1985 54.95
1986 53.42
1987 51.34
1988 52.82
1989 52.66
1990 47.87
1991 48.27
1992 48.69
1993 48.58
1994 49.22
1995 49.48
1996 49.15
1997 48.45
1998 48.51
1999 48.34
2000 47.74
2001 47.08
2002 46.66
2003 46.07
2004 45.79
2005 45.83
2006 45.04
2007 44.59
2008 44.12

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions