Low income - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Low income was 61.83 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 66.10 in 1971, while its lowest value was 57.92 in 1987.

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 58.71
1971 66.10
1972 64.56
1973 63.89
1974 63.91
1975 62.32
1976 63.72
1977 63.02
1978 61.01
1979 58.47
1980 62.10
1981 62.37
1982 62.03
1983 60.94
1984 63.07
1985 61.83
1986 61.99
1987 57.92
1988 61.08
1989 60.88
1990 62.23
1991 62.37
1992 62.52
1993 62.27
1994 62.58
1995 62.49
1996 62.59
1997 62.76
1998 63.61
1999 63.35
2000 63.28
2001 61.96
2002 62.56
2003 62.93
2004 62.64
2005 63.10
2006 62.07
2007 61.98
2008 61.83

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions