Dem. People's Rep. Korea - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 23.77 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 40.24 in 1975, while its lowest value was 14.99 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 38.21
1971 39.26
1972 38.02
1973 37.64
1974 40.01
1975 40.24
1976 38.91
1977 37.02
1978 33.11
1979 32.42
1980 30.59
1981 30.39
1982 28.78
1983 26.59
1984 27.34
1985 26.98
1986 26.94
1987 26.58
1988 27.51
1989 27.37
1990 14.99
1991 15.21
1992 15.88
1993 16.60
1994 17.56
1995 18.04
1996 17.87
1997 19.25
1998 20.71
1999 22.88
2000 24.16
2001 24.83
2002 24.86
2003 25.56
2004 26.08
2005 26.93
2006 25.91
2007 24.92
2008 23.77

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions