North America - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in North America was 30.27 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 33.43 in 1975, while its lowest value was 25.87 in 1991.

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 30.54
1971 31.90
1972 31.79
1973 31.90
1974 33.06
1975 33.43
1976 32.43
1977 32.33
1978 32.14
1979 30.24
1980 30.59
1981 31.31
1982 31.53
1983 31.29
1984 30.49
1985 29.85
1986 29.18
1987 28.32
1988 27.79
1989 26.78
1990 25.88
1991 25.87
1992 26.18
1993 26.66
1994 26.92
1995 27.44
1996 27.58
1997 27.93
1998 28.42
1999 28.76
2000 28.78
2001 29.06
2002 29.63
2003 29.52
2004 29.88
2005 30.29
2006 30.28
2007 30.59
2008 30.27

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions