Agricultural methane emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent) - Country Ranking - Europe

Definition: Agricultural methane emissions are emissions from animals, animal waste, rice production, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning.

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: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 France 41,380.00 2018
2 Germany 32,610.00 2018
3 United Kingdom 27,610.00 2018
4 Spain 24,660.00 2018
5 Turkey 22,480.00 2018
6 Italy 20,500.00 2018
7 Ireland 15,790.00 2018
8 Poland 14,690.00 2018
9 Netherlands 11,890.00 2018
10 Ukraine 10,510.00 2018
11 Belarus 9,270.00 2018
12 Romania 8,150.00 2018
13 Belgium 6,090.00 2018
13 Denmark 6,090.00 2018
15 Austria 4,820.00 2018
16 Portugal 4,780.00 2018
17 Greece 4,390.00 2018
18 Switzerland 3,880.00 2018
19 Sweden 3,300.00 2018
20 Serbia 3,240.00 2018
21 Czech Republic 3,010.00 2018
22 Norway 2,510.00 2018
22 Hungary 2,510.00 2018
24 Finland 2,210.00 2018
25 Albania 2,010.00 2018
26 Bulgaria 1,780.00 2018
26 Lithuania 1,780.00 2018
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,480.00 2018
29 Croatia 1,460.00 2018
30 Slovak Republic 1,090.00 2018
31 Slovenia 1,060.00 2018
32 Latvia 1,040.00 2018
33 North Macedonia 890.00 2018
34 Moldova 700.00 2018
35 Estonia 640.00 2018
36 Luxembourg 430.00 2018
37 Iceland 310.00 2018
38 Montenegro 300.00 2018
39 Cyprus 190.00 2018
40 Malta 60.00 2018
41 Liechtenstein 20.00 2018
42 Andorra 0.00 2018

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Development Relevance: The addition of man-made greenhouse gases to the Atmosphere disturbs the earth's radiative balance. This is leading to an increase in the earth's surface temperature and to related effects on climate, sea level rise and world agriculture. Emissions of CO2 are from burning oil, coal and gas for energy use, burning wood and waste materials, and from industrial processes such as cement production. Emission intensity is the average emission rate of a given pollutant from a given source relative to the intensity of a specific activity. Emission intensities are also used to compare the environmental impact of different fuels or activities. The related terms - emission factor and carbon intensity - are often used interchangeably. The carbon dioxide emissions of a country are only an indicator of one greenhouse gas. For a more complete idea of how a country influences climate change, gases such as methane and nitrous oxide should be taken into account. This is particularly important in agricultural economies. The environmental effects of carbon dioxide are of significant interest. Carbon dioxide (CO2) makes up the largest share of the greenhouse gases contributing to global warming and climate change. Converting all other greenhouse gases (methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)) to carbon dioxide (or CO2) equivalents makes it possible to compare them and to determine their individual and total contributions to global warming. The Kyoto Protocol, an environmental agreement adopted in 1997 by many of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is working towards curbing CO2 emissions globally.

Limitations and Exceptions: National reporting to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that follows the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change guidelines is based on national emission inventories and covers all sources of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions as well as carbon sinks (such as forests). To estimate emissions, the countries that are Parties to the Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) use complex, state-of-the-art methodologies recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: IPCC category 4 = Agriculture. Expressed in CO2 equivalent using the GWP100 metric of the Second Assessment Report of IPCC and include CH4 (GWP100=21). Methane emissions result largely from agricultural activities, industrial production landfills and wastewater treatment, and other sources such as tropical forest and other vegetation fires. The emissions are usually expressed in carbon dioxide equivalents using the global warming potential, which allows the effective contributions of different gases to be compared. A kilogram of methane is 21 times as effective at trapping heat in the earth's atmosphere as a kilogram of carbon dioxide within 100 years. The emissions are usually expressed in carbon dioxide equivalents using the global warming potential, which allows the effective contributions of different gases to be compared.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual