Afghanistan - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Afghanistan was 44.20 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 77.07 in 1970, while its lowest value was 44.20 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/.

See also:

Year Value
1970 77.07
1971 76.65
1972 72.76
1973 74.02
1974 73.87
1975 74.80
1976 75.50
1977 74.42
1978 74.37
1979 74.11
1980 71.80
1981 71.75
1982 71.42
1983 69.56
1984 65.94
1985 63.82
1986 59.27
1987 63.60
1988 63.81
1989 66.48
1990 59.75
1991 61.85
1992 63.07
1993 64.34
1994 66.18
1995 68.38
1996 70.90
1997 72.74
1998 74.05
1999 75.74
2000 72.80
2001 68.59
2002 73.19
2003 73.43
2004 72.77
2005 72.84
2006 58.09
2007 48.62
2008 44.20

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions