Methane emissions data tracks the percentage change from a 1990 baseline for each year, focusing on human activities like agriculture and industrial production. The dataset is compiled by the World Bank's WDI Database Archives. The temporal coverage and number of countries included are not specified.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in the 'percentage change from 1990' metric to assess national progress on methane reduction targets.
- Model the relationship between economic development indicators and the annual methane emission change percentage.
- Compare methane emission trends across countries using the standardized percentage change metric.
- Forecast future 'percentage change from 1990' values based on historical time-series data.
Strengths
- Data provides a standardized metric (percentage change from 1990) for consistent cross-country and temporal comparison.
- Sourced from the authoritative World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI) database.
Limitations
- The specific number of countries, rows, and the exact time range covered are unknown.
- Lacks underlying absolute emission values or sectoral breakdowns, limiting granular analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI) Database Archives.
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Global, country-level (specific countries unknown).