Iraq - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Iraq was 29.03 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 41.00 in 1990, while its lowest value was 10.52 in 1979.

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 22.55
1971 20.79
1972 20.94
1973 17.11
1974 15.26
1975 13.46
1976 12.15
1977 13.73
1978 12.67
1979 10.52
1980 12.81
1981 22.69
1982 21.92
1983 21.73
1984 18.76
1985 15.77
1986 13.71
1987 14.15
1988 13.12
1989 13.08
1990 41.00
1991 33.22
1992 36.35
1993 40.10
1994 40.55
1995 39.05
1996 32.80
1997 34.03
1998 33.97
1999 32.25
2000 30.86
2001 30.07
2002 30.18
2003 25.02
2004 26.47
2005 28.90
2006 28.91
2007 29.22
2008 29.03

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions