Caribbean small states - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Caribbean small states was 21.82 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 47.80 in 1971, while its lowest value was 14.98 in 1990.

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 45.54
1971 47.80
1972 43.30
1973 45.40
1974 45.76
1975 46.37
1976 41.35
1977 45.10
1978 41.96
1979 39.15
1980 38.84
1981 38.89
1982 37.22
1983 35.16
1984 36.57
1985 33.26
1986 34.05
1987 32.18
1988 32.41
1989 32.44
1990 14.98
1991 16.46
1992 17.20
1993 17.08
1994 16.68
1995 19.02
1996 20.20
1997 21.58
1998 22.84
1999 25.87
2000 26.57
2001 27.15
2002 25.05
2003 27.10
2004 25.39
2005 24.10
2006 21.58
2007 21.18
2008 21.82

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions