Pacific island small states - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Pacific island small states was 60.38 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 93.63 in 1970, while its lowest value was 59.22 in 2005.

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 93.63
1971 93.44
1972 93.45
1973 93.45
1974 93.14
1975 93.48
1976 93.22
1977 93.27
1978 93.41
1979 92.98
1980 92.99
1981 93.09
1982 93.24
1983 93.22
1984 92.87
1985 93.21
1986 93.02
1987 93.21
1988 93.29
1989 92.99
1990 64.42
1991 63.16
1992 62.15
1993 63.93
1994 62.50
1995 63.96
1996 62.50
1997 62.81
1998 61.69
1999 61.50
2000 61.50
2001 61.19
2002 60.61
2003 60.20
2004 59.51
2005 59.22
2006 59.42
2007 60.85
2008 60.38

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions