Niger - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Niger was 69.61 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 83.30 in 1970, while its lowest value was 60.31 in 1987.

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 83.30
1971 83.25
1972 82.92
1973 74.13
1974 73.80
1975 74.35
1976 75.13
1977 76.25
1978 77.15
1979 77.09
1980 77.02
1981 76.58
1982 76.54
1983 76.26
1984 66.05
1985 61.00
1986 62.06
1987 60.31
1988 60.44
1989 60.46
1990 70.24
1991 70.06
1992 69.69
1993 69.62
1994 69.57
1995 69.40
1996 69.31
1997 69.23
1998 69.11
1999 69.04
2000 69.25
2001 69.34
2002 69.38
2003 69.58
2004 69.71
2005 69.82
2006 69.59
2007 69.61
2008 69.61

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions