Portugal - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Portugal was 38.92 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 52.77 in 1970, while its lowest value was 35.44 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/.

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Year Value
1970 52.77
1971 52.20
1972 52.32
1973 51.88
1974 49.53
1975 48.82
1976 47.32
1977 49.17
1978 50.97
1979 51.03
1980 52.35
1981 51.62
1982 51.64
1983 49.56
1984 48.00
1985 47.60
1986 47.06
1987 46.14
1988 46.00
1989 43.87
1990 47.22
1991 46.22
1992 44.70
1993 42.96
1994 42.94
1995 41.85
1996 42.19
1997 41.49
1998 40.45
1999 40.27
2000 39.71
2001 37.71
2002 36.62
2003 35.80
2004 35.44
2005 37.04
2006 36.91
2007 37.41
2008 38.92

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions