Sri Lanka - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Sri Lanka was 49.13 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 81.99 in 1970, while its lowest value was 26.40 in 1993.

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 81.99
1971 81.09
1972 79.61
1973 79.75
1974 81.37
1975 77.74
1976 78.14
1977 79.95
1978 80.18
1979 79.19
1980 78.86
1981 78.89
1982 76.71
1983 76.81
1984 78.05
1985 77.55
1986 76.50
1987 73.43
1988 75.25
1989 72.58
1990 29.13
1991 26.49
1992 26.46
1993 26.40
1994 27.33
1995 26.81
1996 27.07
1997 30.77
1998 31.48
1999 40.14
2000 49.54
2001 47.57
2002 47.64
2003 48.66
2004 45.18
2005 48.13
2006 47.62
2007 45.86
2008 49.13

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions