Iran - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Iran was 15.33 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 42.34 in 1986, while its lowest value was 15.33 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/.

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Year Value
1970 23.90
1971 21.95
1972 20.36
1973 18.77
1974 18.88
1975 20.73
1976 18.70
1977 19.44
1978 20.63
1979 27.38
1980 37.44
1981 40.09
1982 30.60
1983 31.30
1984 38.34
1985 40.29
1986 42.34
1987 40.61
1988 40.00
1989 42.14
1990 34.37
1991 32.98
1992 33.79
1993 33.17
1994 32.62
1995 31.46
1996 30.66
1997 29.41
1998 28.79
1999 27.30
2000 25.66
2001 23.85
2002 22.08
2003 20.94
2004 20.02
2005 19.24
2006 18.42
2007 17.64
2008 15.33

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions