Virgin Islands - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Virgin Islands was 9.22 as of 1989. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 18.07 in 1970, while its lowest value was 9.20 in 1988.

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 18.07
1971 16.17
1972 15.52
1973 14.90
1974 14.42
1975 14.26
1976 13.85
1977 13.52
1978 13.26
1979 12.95
1980 13.22
1981 13.21
1982 12.46
1983 11.81
1984 11.26
1985 10.43
1986 9.49
1987 9.25
1988 9.20
1989 9.22

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions