El Salvador - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in El Salvador was 48.27 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 66.28 in 1970, while its lowest value was 44.76 in 2000.

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 66.28
1971 63.65
1972 63.66
1973 60.20
1974 60.24
1975 59.93
1976 60.66
1977 62.43
1978 62.78
1979 62.78
1980 60.65
1981 57.98
1982 54.43
1983 52.96
1984 52.89
1985 53.92
1986 56.38
1987 56.98
1988 59.04
1989 59.41
1990 56.03
1991 55.71
1992 54.89
1993 52.73
1994 52.88
1995 49.18
1996 51.77
1997 48.96
1998 45.97
1999 47.18
2000 44.76
2001 47.69
2002 48.72
2003 47.17
2004 46.74
2005 46.31
2006 47.19
2007 48.03
2008 48.27

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions