Vanuatu - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Vanuatu was 71.74 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 90.89 in 1976, while its lowest value was 68.42 in 2003.

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 89.78
1971 90.31
1972 90.09
1973 90.65
1974 90.72
1975 90.84
1976 90.89
1977 90.26
1978 89.56
1979 88.94
1980 88.42
1981 88.11
1982 88.11
1983 88.13
1984 87.96
1985 88.03
1986 88.18
1987 88.40
1988 88.18
1989 88.40
1990 75.00
1991 75.76
1992 74.29
1993 75.68
1994 75.68
1995 75.68
1996 73.68
1997 73.68
1998 73.68
1999 71.79
2000 71.05
2001 69.44
2002 69.44
2003 68.42
2004 69.23
2005 69.23
2006 70.00
2007 71.74
2008 71.74

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions