China - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in China was 37.59 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 71.05 in 1971, while its lowest value was 37.59 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/.

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Year	Value
1970	69.91
1971	71.05
1972	70.39
1973	69.64
1974	69.65
1975	67.46
1976	67.15
1977	64.55
1978	61.97
1979	60.99
1980	61.08
1981	60.26
1982	58.94
1983	57.64
1984	56.01
1985	54.48
1986	54.17
1987	53.68
1988	52.48
1989	52.14
1990	51.47
1991	50.93
1992	50.33
1993	48.86
1994	48.14
1995	47.19
1996	46.77
1997	46.02
1998	46.81
1999	47.14
2000	46.56
2001	45.85
2002	44.27
2003	41.31
2004	40.05
2005	38.93
2006	38.67
2007	38.59
2008	37.59

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions