Liberia - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Liberia was 5.68 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 30.73 in 1976, while its lowest value was 5.11 in 2005.

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 29.90
1971 29.82
1972 29.63
1973 29.88
1974 30.61
1975 30.12
1976 30.73
1977 28.19
1978 26.68
1979 26.22
1980 26.06
1981 26.52
1982 26.36
1983 27.69
1984 26.58
1985 25.33
1986 23.36
1987 23.02
1988 20.99
1989 21.02
1990 6.56
1991 6.17
1992 6.55
1993 6.10
1994 6.53
1995 7.03
1996 6.19
1997 6.76
1998 6.88
1999 6.58
2000 5.91
2001 5.74
2002 5.58
2003 5.77
2004 5.24
2005 5.11
2006 5.54
2007 5.61
2008 5.68

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions