Colombia - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Colombia was 63.72 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 78.54 in 1973, while its lowest value was 63.72 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 74.72
1971 77.66
1972 76.91
1973 78.54
1974 78.26
1975 77.56
1976 76.61
1977 78.40
1978 76.97
1979 76.18
1980 75.81
1981 76.25
1982 75.80
1983 74.70
1984 75.11
1985 74.19
1986 73.10
1987 71.70
1988 73.15
1989 73.44
1990 73.04
1991 72.28
1992 72.02
1993 71.80
1994 71.60
1995 71.13
1996 70.87
1997 70.04
1998 69.68
1999 68.31
2000 68.03
2001 67.69
2002 66.97
2003 66.71
2004 66.30
2005 65.98
2006 64.89
2007 64.54
2008 63.72

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions