Botswana - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Botswana was 85.88 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 94.62 in 1970, while its lowest value was 69.00 in 2003.

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 94.62
1971 92.85
1972 93.67
1973 93.89
1974 93.88
1975 94.14
1976 93.84
1977 93.98
1978 93.55
1979 93.93
1980 94.56
1981 92.92
1982 92.94
1983 92.57
1984 91.16
1985 90.31
1986 89.31
1987 90.77
1988 88.25
1989 88.80
1990 87.93
1991 86.59
1992 85.61
1993 84.44
1994 84.51
1995 85.60
1996 86.13
1997 85.07
1998 83.17
1999 82.43
2000 81.14
2001 83.78
2002 83.76
2003 69.00
2004 71.28
2005 74.56
2006 78.58
2007 73.64
2008 85.88

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions