Zambia - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Zambia was 68.35 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 71.55 in 2003, while its lowest value was 62.98 in 1988.

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 67.58
1971 65.49
1972 65.75
1973 65.93
1974 64.89
1975 65.80
1976 65.31
1977 65.96
1978 66.07
1979 66.98
1980 66.13
1981 65.46
1982 66.07
1983 65.73
1984 63.56
1985 64.02
1986 63.57
1987 65.67
1988 62.98
1989 63.90
1990 70.18
1991 70.63
1992 70.92
1993 70.86
1994 70.68
1995 70.51
1996 68.67
1997 69.29
1998 71.51
1999 70.23
2000 69.21
2001 68.98
2002 70.29
2003 71.55
2004 70.77
2005 71.13
2006 68.58
2007 68.70
2008 68.35

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions