Bhutan - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Bhutan was 52.94 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 63.10 in 1991, while its lowest value was 51.33 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 52.88
1971 52.97
1972 53.13
1973 52.93
1974 52.79
1975 53.34
1976 53.62
1977 53.46
1978 52.78
1979 52.46
1980 52.37
1981 52.35
1982 52.86
1983 53.47
1984 53.91
1985 54.46
1986 54.98
1987 55.87
1988 51.89
1989 51.33
1990 62.65
1991 63.10
1992 61.73
1993 61.73
1994 60.49
1995 62.79
1996 61.18
1997 61.18
1998 60.00
1999 61.36
2000 59.30
2001 56.10
2002 56.10
2003 55.42
2004 54.76
2005 58.24
2006 56.67
2007 56.52
2008 52.94

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions