Canada - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Canada was 27.68 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 31.16 in 1975, while its lowest value was 20.24 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 28.08
1971 27.89
1972 29.06
1973 28.77
1974 29.72
1975 31.16
1976 29.55
1977 30.03
1978 30.28
1979 25.66
1980 24.65
1981 24.94
1982 28.38
1983 27.64
1984 26.63
1985 25.28
1986 24.76
1987 24.15
1988 23.34
1989 20.24
1990 27.48
1991 26.94
1992 26.55
1993 25.64
1994 25.06
1995 25.36
1996 25.25
1997 24.74
1998 25.12
1999 24.57
2000 24.54
2001 25.56
2002 26.71
2003 26.70
2004 27.93
2005 28.68
2006 28.42
2007 27.78
2008 27.68

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions