Paraguay - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Paraguay was 69.50 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 82.27 in 1984, while its lowest value was 69.28 in 2004.

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 72.01
1971 79.02
1972 75.70
1973 79.56
1974 78.48
1975 76.96
1976 75.74
1977 80.66
1978 77.39
1979 76.10
1980 75.36
1981 78.31
1982 78.06
1983 78.09
1984 82.27
1985 81.51
1986 79.94
1987 76.48
1988 78.96
1989 79.16
1990 74.59
1991 72.55
1992 72.51
1993 73.58
1994 73.74
1995 74.31
1996 73.04
1997 72.44
1998 71.90
1999 71.37
2000 70.10
2001 71.13
2002 69.79
2003 71.28
2004 69.28
2005 69.92
2006 69.65
2007 70.65
2008 69.50

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions