Mauritius - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Mauritius was 1.22 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 31.45 in 1970, while its lowest value was 1.22 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 31.45
1971 30.27
1972 29.00
1973 27.13
1974 24.40
1975 23.32
1976 22.88
1977 23.52
1978 19.35
1979 20.22
1980 22.93
1981 21.31
1982 21.05
1983 20.38
1984 21.20
1985 22.48
1986 22.82
1987 22.65
1988 22.38
1989 22.51
1990 5.62
1991 4.44
1992 4.40
1993 4.35
1994 4.30
1995 4.21
1996 3.85
1997 3.54
1998 3.28
1999 3.03
2000 2.84
2001 1.96
2002 2.05
2003 1.99
2004 1.32
2005 1.32
2006 1.26
2007 1.23
2008 1.22

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions