OECD members - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in OECD members was 42.20 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 43.44 in 1975, while its lowest value was 39.13 in 1989.

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 41.56
1971 42.10
1972 42.39
1973 42.27
1974 43.19
1975 43.44
1976 42.88
1977 42.65
1978 42.22
1979 41.13
1980 41.24
1981 41.40
1982 41.53
1983 40.95
1984 41.08
1985 40.67
1986 40.39
1987 39.54
1988 39.36
1989 39.13
1990 40.84
1991 40.39
1992 40.16
1993 40.09
1994 40.38
1995 40.39
1996 40.13
1997 40.33
1998 40.82
1999 41.61
2000 42.05
2001 42.57
2002 42.95
2003 41.75
2004 42.85
2005 42.49
2006 43.11
2007 43.21
2008 42.20

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions