South Africa - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in South Africa was 41.28 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 51.15 in 2001, while its lowest value was 34.89 in 1988.

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 49.85
1971 49.46
1972 49.67
1973 49.78
1974 49.62
1975 50.03
1976 48.55
1977 47.47
1978 46.07
1979 45.56
1980 43.09
1981 40.82
1982 40.22
1983 39.85
1984 37.60
1985 35.36
1986 34.99
1987 35.38
1988 34.89
1989 35.66
1990 39.81
1991 39.57
1992 38.81
1993 37.57
1994 36.56
1995 38.05
1996 40.59
1997 42.85
1998 45.48
1999 47.48
2000 49.72
2001 51.15
2002 47.43
2003 45.20
2004 43.64
2005 43.76
2006 41.95
2007 41.88
2008 41.28

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions