Agriculture Sector Contribution To Greenhouse Gas Emission Growth 2012-2018

194 countries and the European Union have data on the agriculture sector's contribution to total greenhouse gas emission growth from 2012 to 2018. World Bank staff calculated this data using emissions data from the World Resource Institute's Climate Watch platform. The underlying historical emissions dataset covers the period from 1990 to 2018.

Use Cases

• Rank countries by agriculture_sector_contribution_percentage to identify regions where farming is a primary driver of emissions growth.
• Correlate agriculture_sector_contribution with national economic indicators from other World Bank datasets to assess development-climate linkages.
• Model temporal trends in sectoral contribution across the 2012-2018 period to forecast future agricultural emissions trajectories.
• Compare agriculture_sector_contribution data against land-use change emissions data from FAOSTAT for integrated agricultural climate impact assessment.

Strengths

• Covers 194 countries and the European Union, providing broad geographic coverage.
• Data is derived from the authoritative World Resource Institute Climate Watch historical emissions database.
• Emissions are standardized using IPCC 100-year global warming potential values for consistent non-CO2 gas comparison.

Limitations

• The dataset is a derived aggregate (contribution percentage), limiting analysis of underlying absolute emission values.
• Temporal coverage for the specific contribution metric is limited to the 6-year period 2012-2018.
• Data may inherit limitations or inconsistencies from the original multi-source Climate Watch compilation.

Provenance

Source

World Resource Institute's Climate Watch Historical GHG Emissions data, with citations to FAO and OECD/IEA for specific sub-sectors.

Collection Method

Calculated by World Bank staff from sector-level greenhouse gas emissions data.

Time Range

2012-2018 for the contribution metric; underlying data covers 1990-2018.

Freshness

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Geography

194 countries and the European Union.