Countries historical rural land area per methane emissions

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This scatter chart displays rural land area (km&sup2) against methane emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent). The data is from our countries entity.

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Methane Emissions: Methane emissions are those stemming from human activities such as agriculture and from industrial methane production. This metric is expressed in kt of CO2 equivalent.
Rural Land Area: Rural land area in square kilometers, derived from urban extent grids which distinguish urban and rural areas based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons. This metric is expressed in km².

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This chart is based on data from: World Bank

Updated: 14 days ago

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