Share of global CO2 emissions — all countries

Share of global CO2 emissions — Southern Africa

Share of global CO2 emissions in Southern Africa in 2024 — 1.177%. Since 1972, the indicator has risen by 0.118 pp.

2024 1.177% −0.007 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 1.631%1984
Period minimum 1.017%1973

Trend over time

1972–2024 · % of global emissions

Share of global CO2 emissions — Southern Africa, 1972–202411.21.41.61.819721978198419901996200220082014202020241972: 1.059%1973: 1.017%1974: 1.042%1975: 1.092%1976: 1.085%1977: 1.094%1978: 1.067%1979: 1.128%1980: 1.185%1981: 1.371%1982: 1.506%1983: 1.552%1984: 1.631%1985: 1.618%1986: 1.627%1987: 1.568%1988: 1.574%1989: 1.547%1990: 1.399%1991: 1.431%1992: 1.366%1993: 1.438%1994: 1.506%1995: 1.57%1996: 1.529%1997: 1.61%1998: 1.587%1999: 1.541%2000: 1.517%2001: 1.481%2002: 1.391%2003: 1.495%2004: 1.604%2005: 1.439%2006: 1.492%2007: 1.506%2008: 1.576%2009: 1.536%2010: 1.435%2011: 1.407%2012: 1.355%2013: 1.328%2014: 1.394%2015: 1.325%2016: 1.328%2017: 1.262%2018: 1.275%2019: 1.308%2020: 1.275%2021: 1.231%2022: 1.182%2023: 1.184%2024: 1.177%
Change over the period: +0.118 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Africa

Southern Africa 1.177%
World computed 96.886%
Share of global CO2 emissions — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 1.177 −0.007 pp
2023 1.184 +0.002 pp
2022 1.182 −0.049 pp
2021 1.231 −0.044 pp
2020 1.275 −0.033 pp
2019 1.308 +0.033 pp
2018 1.275 +0.013 pp
2017 1.262 −0.066 pp
2016 1.328 +0.003 pp
2015 1.325 −0.069 pp
2014 1.394 +0.066 pp
2013 1.328 −0.027 pp
2012 1.355 −0.052 pp
2011 1.407 −0.028 pp
2010 1.435 −0.101 pp
2009 1.536 −0.04 pp
2008 1.576 +0.07 pp
2007 1.506 +0.014 pp
2006 1.492 +0.053 pp
2005 1.439 −0.165 pp
2004 1.604 +0.109 pp
2003 1.495 +0.104 pp
2002 1.391 −0.09 pp
2001 1.481 −0.036 pp
2000 1.517 −0.024 pp
1999 1.541 −0.046 pp
1998 1.587 −0.023 pp
1997 1.61 +0.081 pp
1996 1.529 −0.041 pp
1995 1.57 +0.064 pp
1994 1.506 +0.068 pp
1993 1.438 +0.072 pp
1992 1.366 −0.065 pp
1991 1.431 +0.032 pp
1990 1.399 −0.148 pp
1989 1.547 −0.027 pp
1988 1.574 +0.006 pp
1987 1.568 −0.059 pp
1986 1.627 +0.009 pp
1985 1.618 −0.013 pp
1984 1.631 +0.079 pp
1983 1.552 +0.046 pp
1982 1.506 +0.135 pp
1981 1.371 +0.186 pp
1980 1.185 +0.057 pp
1979 1.128 +0.061 pp
1978 1.067 −0.027 pp
1977 1.094 +0.009 pp
1976 1.085 −0.007 pp
1975 1.092 +0.05 pp
1974 1.042 +0.025 pp
1973 1.017 −0.042 pp
1972 1.059

About the indicator

A country's share of global carbon dioxide emissions for the year. The indicator answers the question of current responsibility and differs noticeably from the share of cumulative emissions: countries that industrialized late stand higher on current emissions than on historical ones, and the other way around. That divergence is the main subject of the dispute over the fair sharing of the effort.

Important: Shares add up, so the sum over a group of countries is its weight in global emissions, and “the world” should come to one hundred percent.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.