Saudi Arabia - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Saudi Arabia was 5.29 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 10.36 in 1990, while its lowest value was 1.22 in 1973.

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 1.95
1971 1.77
1972 1.43
1973 1.22
1974 1.34
1975 1.80
1976 1.55
1977 1.53
1978 1.90
1979 1.90
1980 1.75
1981 2.04
1982 2.97
1983 4.13
1984 6.51
1985 7.56
1986 6.65
1987 6.82
1988 5.67
1989 5.45
1990 10.36
1991 10.00
1992 9.78
1993 9.51
1994 9.30
1995 8.94
1996 8.62
1997 8.26
1998 7.69
1999 6.96
2000 6.94
2001 6.82
2002 6.63
2003 6.46
2004 6.69
2005 6.62
2006 6.16
2007 6.04
2008 5.29

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions