Dominican Republic - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Dominican Republic was 68.00 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 72.34 in 1976, while its lowest value was 56.01 in 1994.

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 68.04
1971 68.76
1972 68.24
1973 68.24
1974 70.34
1975 71.47
1976 72.34
1977 71.45
1978 69.56
1979 69.88
1980 69.91
1981 67.97
1982 67.73
1983 68.88
1984 68.14
1985 67.89
1986 67.59
1987 70.97
1988 70.43
1989 71.56
1990 69.23
1991 66.37
1992 61.54
1993 59.33
1994 56.01
1995 58.55
1996 61.92
1997 64.88
1998 67.98
1999 65.77
2000 64.62
2001 65.74
2002 66.29
2003 65.32
2004 67.11
2005 65.79
2006 65.58
2007 67.83
2008 68.00

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions