Samoa - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Samoa was 46.15 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 72.28 in 1987, while its lowest value was 44.00 in 1994.

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 61.27
1971 60.52
1972 59.90
1973 59.54
1974 60.37
1975 61.57
1976 61.76
1977 60.70
1978 61.04
1979 61.62
1980 62.30
1981 63.38
1982 64.58
1983 65.04
1984 65.95
1985 67.82
1986 70.45
1987 72.28
1988 72.15
1989 71.91
1990 52.38
1991 52.38
1992 52.38
1993 52.38
1994 44.00
1995 45.83
1996 45.83
1997 45.83
1998 44.00
1999 44.00
2000 44.00
2001 46.15
2002 46.15
2003 50.00
2004 48.15
2005 48.15
2006 48.15
2007 46.15
2008 46.15

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions