Suriname - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Suriname was 34.82 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 71.78 in 1984, while its lowest value was 34.82 in 2008.

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 52.60
1971 65.26
1972 56.26
1973 65.43
1974 62.52
1975 59.50
1976 54.87
1977 63.70
1978 60.18
1979 59.91
1980 60.36
1981 65.57
1982 64.24
1983 63.82
1984 71.78
1985 69.77
1986 67.41
1987 60.28
1988 65.82
1989 65.55
1990 66.67
1991 67.44
1992 66.67
1993 61.96
1994 61.46
1995 60.00
1996 57.84
1997 53.54
1998 51.49
1999 50.00
2000 45.54
2001 47.62
2002 41.30
2003 45.00
2004 44.00
2005 41.49
2006 39.60
2007 35.58
2008 34.82

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions