Peru - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Peru was 60.08 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 72.97 in 1990, while its lowest value was 56.72 in 1980.

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 60.35
1971 64.27
1972 60.89
1973 61.12
1974 59.83
1975 60.46
1976 59.20
1977 59.96
1978 57.69
1979 57.93
1980 56.72
1981 59.57
1982 59.88
1983 58.93
1984 61.39
1985 61.20
1986 59.67
1987 59.53
1988 60.78
1989 60.68
1990 72.97
1991 72.20
1992 71.70
1993 71.45
1994 70.43
1995 68.28
1996 65.88
1997 63.48
1998 61.79
1999 61.22
2000 59.34
2001 59.19
2002 59.54
2003 59.56
2004 59.02
2005 60.15
2006 59.70
2007 59.86
2008 60.08

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions