Cameroon - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Cameroon was 54.06 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 67.00 in 1990, while its lowest value was 41.52 in 1986.

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 55.69
1971 56.38
1972 55.60
1973 54.72
1974 56.40
1975 56.64
1976 56.85
1977 56.57
1978 58.09
1979 56.96
1980 56.82
1981 57.59
1982 55.02
1983 43.10
1984 43.11
1985 45.88
1986 41.52
1987 43.86
1988 54.68
1989 48.44
1990 67.00
1991 66.59
1992 66.30
1993 65.94
1994 65.62
1995 63.64
1996 62.41
1997 61.62
1998 62.03
1999 61.59
2000 62.81
2001 60.81
2002 59.98
2003 61.65
2004 58.77
2005 60.73
2006 58.18
2007 56.96
2008 54.06

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions