Mongolia - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Mongolia was 91.51 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 94.49 in 1999, while its lowest value was 66.93 in 1983.

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 81.54
1971 88.93
1972 86.75
1973 79.72
1974 89.49
1975 87.19
1976 87.00
1977 80.28
1978 76.17
1979 80.75
1980 74.47
1981 78.30
1982 77.75
1983 66.93
1984 76.97
1985 83.33
1986 79.14
1987 73.61
1988 78.05
1989 83.30
1990 92.38
1991 93.15
1992 93.23
1993 93.36
1994 93.37
1995 93.84
1996 93.99
1997 94.21
1998 94.28
1999 94.49
2000 94.48
2001 93.56
2002 92.08
2003 92.10
2004 91.73
2005 92.47
2006 92.70
2007 92.56
2008 91.51

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions