South Asia - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in South Asia was 75.34 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 81.22 in 1990, while its lowest value was 70.44 in 1989.

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 79.53
1971 79.12
1972 78.64
1973 78.55
1974 78.06
1975 77.73
1976 77.33
1977 77.36
1978 77.37
1979 77.01
1980 76.31
1981 75.87
1982 75.36
1983 75.03
1984 74.54
1985 74.29
1986 73.47
1987 71.99
1988 71.12
1989 70.44
1990 81.22
1991 80.96
1992 80.68
1993 80.49
1994 80.31
1995 79.72
1996 79.37
1997 78.96
1998 78.59
1999 78.28
2000 77.75
2001 77.31
2002 76.69
2003 76.47
2004 76.13
2005 76.10
2006 75.86
2007 75.58
2008 75.34

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions