Kuwait - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Kuwait was 2.99 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 3.62 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.14 in 1971.

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 0.15
1971 0.14
1972 0.14
1973 0.16
1974 0.22
1975 0.30
1976 0.32
1977 0.40
1978 0.48
1979 0.62
1980 0.89
1981 1.01
1982 1.23
1983 1.00
1984 1.07
1985 1.27
1986 1.03
1987 1.19
1988 1.01
1989 0.85
1990 3.24
1991 0.75
1992 0.69
1993 1.59
1994 1.77
1995 2.20
1996 2.71
1997 2.95
1998 2.92
1999 3.14
2000 3.62
2001 2.26
2002 2.88
2003 3.01
2004 2.70
2005 2.39
2006 2.60
2007 2.80
2008 2.99

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions