Japan - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Japan was 61.41 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 63.90 in 1975, while its lowest value was 50.20 in 1990.

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 59.06
1971 59.82
1972 60.60
1973 60.64
1974 62.65
1975 63.90
1976 63.40
1977 63.04
1978 63.14
1979 62.94
1980 61.86
1981 61.10
1982 61.09
1983 61.14
1984 61.50
1985 61.57
1986 61.27
1987 60.81
1988 60.76
1989 60.78
1990 50.20
1991 51.05
1992 52.28
1993 53.73
1994 55.01
1995 55.02
1996 54.79
1997 55.30
1998 55.18
1999 55.66
2000 56.11
2001 57.01
2002 58.41
2003 58.83
2004 59.45
2005 59.81
2006 60.25
2007 60.77
2008 61.41

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions