American Samoa - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in American Samoa was 40.13 as of 1989. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 47.39 in 1970, while its lowest value was 40.13 in 1989.

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 47.39
1971 46.39
1972 45.64
1973 45.07
1974 44.51
1975 43.98
1976 43.55
1977 43.73
1978 43.07
1979 42.31
1980 41.91
1981 41.86
1982 42.31
1983 42.62
1984 42.78
1985 42.40
1986 41.76
1987 41.27
1988 40.59
1989 40.13

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions