Greenhouse gases per capita — all countries

Greenhouse gases per capita — Southern Africa

Greenhouse gases per capita in Southern Africa in 2024 — 8.13 t/person. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 34%.

2024 8.13 t/person −0.2% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 12.32 t/person1960
Period minimum 8.13 t/person2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · tonnes CO₂e per capita

Greenhouse gases per capita — Southern Africa, 1960–2024810121419601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 12.32 t/person1962: 11.07 t/person1964: 10.83 t/person1966: 10.56 t/person1968: 10.51 t/person1970: 10.66 t/person1972: 10.61 t/person1974: 10.29 t/person1976: 10.27 t/person1978: 10.16 t/person1980: 10.48 t/person1982: 11.37 t/person1984: 11.54 t/person1986: 11.36 t/person1988: 11.16 t/person1990: 10.14 t/person1992: 9.81 t/person1994: 10.1 t/person1996: 10.39 t/person1998: 10.43 t/person2000: 10.12 t/person2002: 9.4 t/person2004: 10.71 t/person2006: 10.55 t/person2008: 11.36 t/person2010: 10.5 t/person2012: 10.12 t/person2014: 9.91 t/person2016: 9.22 t/person2018: 8.97 t/person2020: 8.42 t/person2022: 8.15 t/person2024: 8.13 t/person
Change over the period: −4.19 (−34.01%) Average annual rate: -0.65 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Africa 8.13 t/person
World computed 6.66 t/person
Greenhouse gases per capita — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year t/person Change Change, %
2024 8.13 −0.02 −0.2%
2023 8.14 −0 −0.05%
2022 8.15 −0.37 −4.31%
2021 8.52 +0.1 +1.18%
2020 8.42 −0.62 −6.82%
2019 9.03 +0.06 +0.68%
2018 8.97 −0.02 −0.23%
2017 8.99 −0.23 −2.47%
2016 9.22 −0.12 −1.27%
2015 9.34 −0.57 −5.75%
2014 9.91 +0.13 +1.32%
2013 9.78 −0.34 −3.35%
2012 10.12 −0.48 −4.53%
2011 10.6 +0.1 +0.93%
2010 10.5 −0.11 −1.05%
2009 10.61 −0.75 −6.57%
2008 11.36 +0.44 +4.04%
2007 10.91 +0.36 +3.43%
2006 10.55 +0.58 +5.84%
2005 9.97 −0.74 −6.89%
2004 10.71 +0.7 +6.94%
2003 10.01 +0.62 +6.56%
2002 9.4 −0.49 −4.99%
2001 9.89 −0.23 −2.25%
2000 10.12 −0.19 −1.83%
1999 10.31 −0.12 −1.16%
1998 10.43 −0.23 −2.19%
1997 10.66 +0.27 +2.63%
1996 10.39 −0.1 −0.97%
1995 10.49 +0.39 +3.89%
1994 10.1 +0.13 +1.29%
1993 9.97 +0.16 +1.61%
1992 9.81 −0.54 −5.25%
1991 10.35 +0.21 +2.12%
1990 10.14 −0.75 −6.87%
1989 10.89 −0.27 −2.44%
1988 11.16 +0.01 +0.11%
1987 11.15 −0.21 −1.83%
1986 11.36 −0.3 −2.6%
1985 11.66 +0.12 +1.04%
1984 11.54 +0.16 +1.42%
1983 11.38 +0 +0.02%
1982 11.37 +0.36 +3.26%
1981 11.02 +0.54 +5.11%
1980 10.48 −0.11 −1%
1979 10.59 +0.43 +4.2%
1978 10.16 −0.22 −2.16%
1977 10.38 +0.12 +1.14%
1976 10.27 −0.06 −0.56%
1975 10.32 +0.04 +0.36%
1974 10.29 −0.12 −1.15%
1973 10.41 −0.21 −1.96%
1972 10.61 −0.18 −1.66%
1971 10.79 +0.13 +1.26%
1970 10.66 +0.17 +1.61%
1969 10.49 −0.02 −0.18%
1968 10.51 −0.14 −1.29%
1967 10.65 +0.09 +0.85%
1966 10.56 −0.26 −2.44%
1965 10.82 −0.01 −0.11%
1964 10.83 +0.04 +0.37%
1963 10.79 −0.27 −2.48%
1962 11.07 −0.6 −5.14%
1961 11.67 −0.65 −5.26%
1960 12.32

About the indicator

Emissions of all greenhouse gases per person, converted into CO2 equivalent. It differs from CO2 emissions per capita in that it counts methane and nitrous oxide, and that changes the picture: countries with large livestock herds and little industry rise considerably higher in this ranking than they do on carbon dioxide alone. The per capita indicator is the one usually used when the fairness of sharing the reduction effort is discussed.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its emissions divided by all of its population. All greenhouse gases are counted in CO2 equivalent using 100-year warming potentials.

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