IDA only - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in IDA only was 67.19 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 73.13 in 1971, while its lowest value was 61.91 in 1983.

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 66.60
1971 73.13
1972 70.68
1973 67.74
1974 71.80
1975 70.68
1976 71.19
1977 67.98
1978 66.45
1979 65.36
1980 66.12
1981 67.77
1982 67.14
1983 61.91
1984 67.59
1985 68.37
1986 67.21
1987 62.58
1988 66.31
1989 67.90
1990 71.63
1991 70.47
1992 69.75
1993 68.87
1994 68.30
1995 68.25
1996 67.94
1997 67.73
1998 68.11
1999 68.11
2000 67.86
2001 67.02
2002 67.40
2003 67.73
2004 67.31
2005 67.82
2006 67.23
2007 67.19
2008 67.19

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions