Lesotho - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Lesotho was 51.14 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 69.06 in 1992, while its lowest value was 51.14 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 68.12
1971 68.43
1972 67.43
1973 67.44
1974 68.51
1975 67.60
1976 67.28
1977 64.21
1978 64.26
1979 63.84
1980 65.75
1981 65.90
1982 65.78
1983 63.98
1984 64.07
1985 64.53
1986 64.27
1987 66.61
1988 67.10
1989 65.16
1990 66.93
1991 67.19
1992 69.06
1993 67.88
1994 65.93
1995 64.39
1996 63.08
1997 61.24
1998 58.40
1999 66.04
2000 64.52
2001 64.29
2002 61.11
2003 61.90
2004 60.84
2005 62.75
2006 57.96
2007 55.62
2008 51.14

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions