Small states - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Small states was 24.80 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 56.64 in 1970, while its lowest value was 21.95 in 2007.

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 56.64
1971 52.74
1972 50.37
1973 47.30
1974 48.45
1975 48.58
1976 46.48
1977 48.74
1978 47.19
1979 48.96
1980 48.71
1981 49.65
1982 49.74
1983 48.53
1984 46.01
1985 45.27
1986 46.02
1987 47.09
1988 45.63
1989 45.40
1990 34.87
1991 34.56
1992 34.12
1993 33.11
1994 32.90
1995 34.07
1996 33.64
1997 32.43
1998 31.50
1999 31.31
2000 30.53
2001 29.75
2002 27.53
2003 23.49
2004 22.55
2005 22.50
2006 23.38
2007 21.95
2008 24.80

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions