Switzerland - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Switzerland was 78.64 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 78.64 in 2008, while its lowest value was 63.37 in 1989.

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 75.31
1971 75.24
1972 74.94
1973 74.13
1974 74.25
1975 73.92
1976 74.02
1977 72.76
1978 72.89
1979 72.85
1980 71.85
1981 69.91
1982 70.13
1983 68.56
1984 68.68
1985 67.23
1986 66.61
1987 65.35
1988 64.48
1989 63.37
1990 75.50
1991 76.03
1992 75.52
1993 75.78
1994 76.57
1995 76.17
1996 76.17
1997 76.04
1998 76.41
1999 76.40
2000 76.46
2001 76.49
2002 76.46
2003 76.68
2004 76.37
2005 76.98
2006 77.36
2007 77.90
2008 78.64

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions