Sierra Leone - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Sierra Leone was 56.90 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 66.67 in 2006, while its lowest value was 40.29 in 2000.

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 57.54
1971 58.47
1972 57.57
1973 57.55
1974 57.55
1975 57.73
1976 57.96
1977 58.23
1978 57.82
1979 56.91
1980 57.51
1981 56.59
1982 56.79
1983 54.45
1984 51.70
1985 51.21
1986 50.45
1987 50.84
1988 50.95
1989 51.33
1990 59.26
1991 58.80
1992 58.43
1993 59.49
1994 58.15
1995 56.54
1996 48.21
1997 48.23
1998 46.40
1999 41.90
2000 40.29
2001 47.95
2002 51.85
2003 57.37
2004 60.23
2005 60.89
2006 66.67
2007 61.27
2008 56.90

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions