High income - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in High income was 39.28 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 40.02 in 2007, while its lowest value was 35.78 in 1989.

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 38.03
1971 38.27
1972 38.25
1973 37.70
1974 38.70
1975 39.15
1976 38.13
1977 37.81
1978 37.53
1979 36.71
1980 36.99
1981 37.49
1982 38.09
1983 37.57
1984 37.92
1985 37.76
1986 37.30
1987 36.52
1988 36.21
1989 35.78
1990 37.94
1991 37.52
1992 37.27
1993 37.24
1994 37.52
1995 37.51
1996 37.33
1997 37.55
1998 37.95
1999 38.78
2000 39.17
2001 39.58
2002 39.85
2003 38.47
2004 39.59
2005 39.12
2006 39.88
2007 40.02
2008 39.28

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions