Upper middle income - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Upper middle income was 36.66 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 60.09 in 1971, while its lowest value was 36.66 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 58.39
1971 60.09
1972 59.06
1973 59.30
1974 59.16
1975 57.97
1976 57.17
1977 56.63
1978 54.73
1979 53.82
1980 53.66
1981 53.54
1982 52.41
1983 51.55
1984 51.04
1985 49.95
1986 49.16
1987 48.59
1988 47.78
1989 47.59
1990 41.93
1991 42.77
1992 43.50
1993 43.93
1994 44.76
1995 45.02
1996 44.55
1997 43.24
1998 43.30
1999 42.95
2000 42.35
2001 41.63
2002 41.19
2003 40.29
2004 39.83
2005 39.66
2006 38.46
2007 37.41
2008 36.66

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions