New Zealand - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in New Zealand was 83.92 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 91.32 in 1981, while its lowest value was 82.69 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 90.87
1971 90.60
1972 90.73
1973 90.82
1974 90.69
1975 90.64
1976 90.27
1977 90.15
1978 90.48
1979 90.95
1980 90.92
1981 91.32
1982 90.99
1983 90.74
1984 90.62
1985 90.40
1986 90.28
1987 89.78
1988 89.63
1989 88.88
1990 85.23
1991 85.01
1992 84.56
1993 84.39
1994 84.89
1995 84.91
1996 83.82
1997 84.01
1998 83.51
1999 83.26
2000 82.72
2001 82.69
2002 83.04
2003 83.94
2004 84.03
2005 84.06
2006 84.13
2007 84.37
2008 83.92

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions