World - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in World was 44.19 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 55.34 in 1971, while its lowest value was 44.19 in 2008.

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 54.30
1971 55.34
1972 53.69
1973 53.83
1974 54.33
1975 54.27
1976 53.09
1977 52.26
1978 51.93
1979 51.00
1980 51.23
1981 51.69
1982 48.94
1983 49.99
1984 50.81
1985 50.23
1986 49.21
1987 47.65
1988 48.51
1989 48.35
1990 45.70
1991 45.87
1992 46.08
1993 46.00
1994 46.53
1995 46.71
1996 46.48
1997 46.11
1998 46.38
1999 46.50
2000 46.23
2001 45.85
2002 45.76
2003 45.16
2004 45.26
2005 45.29
2006 44.87
2007 44.64
2008 44.19

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions