Nepal - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Nepal was 71.67 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 87.89 in 1970, while its lowest value was 71.56 in 2007.

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/.

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Year Value
1970 87.89
1971 87.61
1972 87.18
1973 87.43
1974 87.40
1975 87.40
1976 87.30
1977 87.21
1978 87.09
1979 86.86
1980 86.87
1981 86.77
1982 86.27
1983 86.29
1984 86.33
1985 86.15
1986 85.67
1987 85.75
1988 85.66
1989 85.29
1990 86.47
1991 85.53
1992 84.32
1993 84.07
1994 83.44
1995 83.34
1996 81.36
1997 79.45
1998 77.58
1999 75.95
2000 74.36
2001 73.77
2002 73.36
2003 73.03
2004 72.73
2005 72.37
2006 72.11
2007 71.56
2008 71.67

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions