Papua New Guinea - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Papua New Guinea was 13.76 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 31.87 in 1977, while its lowest value was 8.74 in 1996.

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 28.67
1971 28.06
1972 31.81
1973 30.06
1974 29.37
1975 29.34
1976 30.82
1977 31.87
1978 29.43
1979 30.58
1980 30.07
1981 25.59
1982 31.85
1983 28.50
1984 23.75
1985 23.65
1986 27.47
1987 30.09
1988 22.06
1989 22.55
1990 18.65
1991 14.32
1992 12.12
1993 10.78
1994 9.69
1995 8.97
1996 8.74
1997 10.11
1998 9.55
1999 9.92
2000 10.07
2001 11.22
2002 12.90
2003 13.36
2004 14.89
2005 13.63
2006 14.55
2007 13.63
2008 13.76

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions