Namibia - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Namibia was 85.87 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 97.31 in 1970, while its lowest value was 85.87 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 97.31
1971 96.85
1972 96.84
1973 96.81
1974 96.90
1975 95.89
1976 95.62
1977 96.14
1978 96.08
1979 96.37
1980 96.17
1981 95.18
1982 94.74
1983 94.36
1984 93.85
1985 93.67
1986 93.83
1987 93.90
1988 93.43
1989 93.61
1990 92.56
1991 92.75
1992 92.41
1993 92.15
1994 91.89
1995 91.42
1996 90.70
1997 90.07
1998 90.15
1999 89.63
2000 90.16
2001 89.34
2002 87.61
2003 87.72
2004 87.73
2005 88.29
2006 89.10
2007 88.04
2008 85.87

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions