Gabon - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Gabon was 21.70 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 21.70 in 2008, while its lowest value was 1.06 in 1975.

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 3.88
1971 2.82
1972 2.82
1973 1.34
1974 1.13
1975 1.06
1976 1.16
1977 1.33
1978 1.46
1979 1.53
1980 1.51
1981 1.47
1982 1.56
1983 1.69
1984 1.35
1985 1.37
1986 2.03
1987 2.42
1988 2.37
1989 1.96
1990 8.10
1991 8.33
1992 8.54
1993 9.33
1994 9.63
1995 10.40
1996 8.55
1997 10.29
1998 11.67
1999 13.46
2000 14.94
2001 13.79
2002 15.38
2003 17.02
2004 20.20
2005 17.53
2006 19.80
2007 19.61
2008 21.70

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions