Puerto Rico - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Puerto Rico was 47.07 as of 1989. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 56.69 in 1970, while its lowest value was 45.79 in 1987.

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 56.69
1971 56.02
1972 55.45
1973 55.06
1974 53.57
1975 52.97
1976 53.35
1977 53.38
1978 52.45
1979 50.13
1980 47.38
1981 47.48
1982 48.55
1983 49.73
1984 49.75
1985 49.33
1986 49.20
1987 45.79
1988 46.58
1989 47.07

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions