Jamaica - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Jamaica was 42.17 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 64.66 in 1993, while its lowest value was 42.17 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 51.71
1971 51.07
1972 50.29
1973 49.89
1974 49.77
1975 50.13
1976 50.00
1977 50.22
1978 49.25
1979 49.39
1980 50.81
1981 49.76
1982 52.43
1983 54.61
1984 51.47
1985 49.46
1986 51.49
1987 51.62
1988 49.91
1989 49.29
1990 60.75
1991 62.16
1992 64.10
1993 64.66
1994 63.72
1995 64.35
1996 63.06
1997 61.47
1998 60.91
1999 60.36
2000 59.82
2001 59.29
2002 58.41
2003 60.68
2004 57.66
2005 55.96
2006 44.83
2007 43.37
2008 42.17

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions