Central Europe and the Baltics - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 31.77 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 40.60 in 1991, while its lowest value was 30.41 in 2001.

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 34.39
1971 34.74
1972 34.85
1973 35.01
1974 35.22
1975 34.83
1976 33.88
1977 33.73
1978 33.46
1979 33.18
1980 33.55
1981 35.08
1982 33.66
1983 30.44
1984 31.92
1985 31.73
1986 31.45
1987 31.08
1988 30.89
1989 32.16
1990 40.33
1991 40.60
1992 39.75
1993 36.99
1994 35.63
1995 34.10
1996 33.54
1997 33.69
1998 33.70
1999 33.42
2000 32.26
2001 30.41
2002 30.57
2003 30.60
2004 30.86
2005 30.86
2006 31.29
2007 32.08
2008 31.77

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions