Egypt - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Egypt was 32.55 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 51.43 in 1972, while its lowest value was 30.58 in 2001.

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 50.72
1971 50.80
1972 51.43
1973 49.23
1974 47.99
1975 47.26
1976 46.18
1977 45.94
1978 45.59
1979 45.27
1980 44.16
1981 43.18
1982 43.50
1983 42.19
1984 40.96
1985 39.13
1986 39.47
1987 38.74
1988 37.97
1989 38.20
1990 45.12
1991 43.33
1992 41.45
1993 39.44
1994 37.63
1995 35.85
1996 34.47
1997 33.95
1998 31.02
1999 31.84
2000 31.20
2001 30.58
2002 32.10
2003 32.10
2004 32.40
2005 32.25
2006 32.48
2007 32.83
2008 32.55

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions