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Guam - Methane emissions

Energy related methane emissions (% of total)

Energy related methane emissions (% of total) in Guam was 0.071 as of 1989. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 0.142 in 1971, while its lowest value was 0.071 in 1989.

Definition: Methane emissions from energy processes are emissions from the production, handling, transmission, and combustion of fossil fuels and biofuels.

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/.

Year	Value
1970	0.131
1971	0.142
1972	0.140
1973	0.139
1974	0.139
1975	0.133
1976	0.135
1977	0.130
1978	0.127
1979	0.123
1980	0.121
1981	0.113
1982	0.107
1983	0.099
1984	0.095
1985	0.090
1986	0.085
1987	0.079
1988	0.073
1989	0.071

Methane emissions (% change from 1990)

The value for Methane emissions (% change from 1990) in Guam was 53.78 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 53.78 in 2012 and a minimum value of 2.60 in 1991.

Definition: Methane emissions are those stemming from human activities such as agriculture and from industrial methane production. Each year of data shows the percentage change to that year from 1990.

Year	Value
1991	2.60
1992	5.31
1993	8.04
1994	10.73
1995	13.33
1996	15.84
1997	18.35
1998	20.60
1999	23.02
2000	25.45
2001	27.89
2002	30.36
2003	32.66
2004	34.99
2005	37.30
2006	39.63
2007	42.14
2008	44.87
2009	47.72
2010	50.76
2011	52.27
2012	53.78

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions