Yemen - Agricultural methane emissions

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total) in Yemen was 56.77 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 78.98 in 1990, while its lowest value was 53.63 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 67.32
1971 68.73
1972 68.12
1973 66.58
1974 67.73
1975 67.78
1976 65.77
1977 65.60
1978 65.33
1979 64.98
1980 64.44
1981 64.39
1982 64.07
1983 63.76
1984 63.34
1985 62.92
1986 61.95
1987 60.86
1988 54.45
1989 53.63
1990 78.98
1991 77.26
1992 76.49
1993 76.24
1994 75.00
1995 74.53
1996 69.23
1997 65.08
1998 61.81
1999 58.47
2000 55.91
2001 56.33
2002 55.80
2003 57.54
2004 57.18
2005 56.70
2006 56.53
2007 56.78
2008 56.77

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions