IBRD only - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in IBRD only was 42.00 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 60.71 in 1971, while its lowest value was 42.00 in 2008.

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 59.57
1971 60.71
1972 58.12
1973 59.22
1974 59.38
1975 58.65
1976 57.19
1977 55.92
1978 55.62
1979 54.71
1980 54.88
1981 55.28
1982 49.87
1983 52.40
1984 53.07
1985 52.20
1986 50.79
1987 48.88
1988 50.29
1989 50.04
1990 46.45
1991 47.01
1992 47.48
1993 47.72
1994 48.27
1995 48.41
1996 47.98
1997 47.00
1998 46.85
1999 46.53
2000 45.95
2001 45.31
2002 44.87
2003 44.19
2004 43.95
2005 43.95
2006 43.18
2007 42.56
2008 42.00

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions