Uruguay - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Uruguay was 91.78 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 96.23 in 1981, while its lowest value was 91.24 in 2000.

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 95.66
1971 95.53
1972 95.58
1973 95.74
1974 95.92
1975 96.12
1976 95.83
1977 95.76
1978 95.75
1979 95.88
1980 96.21
1981 96.23
1982 96.15
1983 95.66
1984 95.39
1985 95.49
1986 95.47
1987 95.58
1988 95.72
1989 95.46
1990 91.56
1991 91.67
1992 91.87
1993 91.94
1994 91.78
1995 91.64
1996 91.79
1997 91.77
1998 91.63
1999 91.60
2000 91.24
2001 91.29
2002 91.60
2003 91.71
2004 91.84
2005 91.77
2006 91.99
2007 91.69
2008 91.78

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions