Greenhouse gas emissions in South Africa in 2024 — 542.73 Mt CO₂e. Ranked 182 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 17,223%.
1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Africa
| Year | Mt CO₂e | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 542.73 | +1.35 | +0.25% |
| 2023 | 541.38 | +8.05 | +1.51% |
| 2022 | 533.33 | −12.37 | −2.27% |
| 2021 | 545.7 | +4.36 | +0.81% |
| 2020 | 541.34 | −36.26 | −6.28% |
| 2019 | 577.6 | +17.17 | +3.06% |
| 2018 | 560.44 | +13.32 | +2.43% |
| 2017 | 547.12 | −14.67 | −2.61% |
| 2016 | 561.79 | −2.71 | −0.48% |
| 2015 | 564.5 | −26.25 | −4.44% |
| 2014 | 590.75 | +25.49 | +4.51% |
| 2013 | 565.26 | −6.56 | −1.15% |
| 2012 | 571.81 | −8.62 | −1.48% |
| 2011 | 580.43 | +6.01 | +1.05% |
| 2010 | 574.42 | −12.75 | −2.17% |
| 2009 | 587.17 | −26.26 | −4.28% |
| 2008 | 613.43 | +25.21 | +4.29% |
| 2007 | 588.23 | +26.07 | +4.64% |
| 2006 | 562.15 | +32.83 | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 529.32 | −36.85 | −6.51% |
| 2004 | 566.17 | +44.06 | +8.44% |
| 2003 | 522.11 | +44.79 | +9.38% |
| 2002 | 477.32 | −20.23 | −4.07% |
| 2001 | 497.55 | −9.58 | −1.89% |
| 2000 | 507.13 | −3.06 | −0.6% |
| 1999 | 510.2 | −4.23 | −0.82% |
| 1998 | 514.43 | −7.07 | −1.36% |
| 1997 | 521.5 | +22.16 | +4.44% |
| 1996 | 499.34 | +3.46 | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 495.88 | +28.74 | +6.15% |
| 1994 | 467.14 | +15.81 | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 451.34 | +15.51 | +3.56% |
| 1992 | 435.83 | −22.15 | −4.84% |
| 1991 | 457.98 | +20.45 | +4.67% |
| 1990 | 437.53 | −25.5 | −5.51% |
| 1989 | 463.03 | +1.52 | +0.33% |
| 1988 | 461.51 | +18.2 | +4.11% |
| 1987 | 443.31 | +1.56 | +0.35% |
| 1986 | 441.75 | +1.38 | +0.31% |
| 1985 | 440.37 | +19.34 | +4.59% |
| 1984 | 421.03 | +25.14 | +6.35% |
| 1983 | 395.89 | +12.35 | +3.22% |
| 1982 | 383.54 | +24.59 | +6.85% |
| 1981 | 358.95 | +31.81 | +9.72% |
| 1980 | 327.14 | +10.85 | +3.43% |
| 1979 | 316.29 | +19.85 | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 296.44 | +2.07 | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 294.37 | +8.08 | +2.82% |
| 1976 | 286.29 | +8.53 | +3.07% |
| 1975 | 277.76 | +9.17 | +3.41% |
| 1974 | 268.6 | +4.87 | +1.85% |
| 1973 | 263.73 | +2.48 | +0.95% |
| 1972 | 261.25 | +2.61 | +1.01% |
| 1971 | 258.64 | +17.69 | +7.34% |
| 1970 | 240.95 | +6.67 | +2.85% |
| 1969 | 234.28 | +6.49 | +2.85% |
| 1968 | 227.79 | +4.66 | +2.09% |
| 1967 | 223.14 | +8.93 | +4.17% |
| 1966 | 214.21 | +1.42 | +0.67% |
| 1965 | 212.79 | +6.97 | +3.39% |
| 1964 | 205.82 | +7.88 | +3.98% |
| 1963 | 197.94 | +1.54 | +0.78% |
| 1962 | 196.4 | −3.83 | −1.91% |
| 1961 | 200.23 | −8.24 | −3.95% |
| 1960 | 208.47 | +11.34 | +5.75% |
| 1959 | 197.13 | −0.69 | −0.35% |
| 1958 | 197.82 | +7.85 | +4.13% |
| 1957 | 189.98 | +3.17 | +1.7% |
| 1956 | 186.81 | +5.13 | +2.82% |
| 1955 | 181.67 | +10.95 | +6.41% |
| 1954 | 170.73 | +3.54 | +2.12% |
| 1953 | 167.19 | +1.99 | +1.21% |
| 1952 | 165.2 | +8.34 | +5.31% |
| 1951 | 156.86 | +7.22 | +4.83% |
| 1950 | 149.64 | +1.48 | +1% |
| 1949 | 148.16 | +5.89 | +4.14% |
| 1948 | 142.27 | +3.96 | +2.86% |
| 1947 | 138.31 | +2.8 | +2.07% |
| 1946 | 135.51 | +3.84 | +2.92% |
| 1945 | 131.67 | +4.38 | +3.44% |
| 1944 | 127.29 | +8.78 | +7.4% |
| 1943 | 118.52 | +3.73 | +3.25% |
| 1942 | 114.79 | +8.55 | +8.04% |
| 1941 | 106.24 | +7.06 | +7.12% |
| 1940 | 99.18 | +7.69 | +8.41% |
| 1939 | 91.49 | +2.47 | +2.78% |
| 1938 | 89.02 | +2.69 | +3.12% |
| 1937 | 86.33 | +2.16 | +2.56% |
| 1936 | 84.17 | +4.34 | +5.43% |
| 1935 | 79.84 | +3.22 | +4.2% |
| 1934 | 76.62 | +5.03 | +7.03% |
| 1933 | 71.59 | +2.52 | +3.64% |
| 1932 | 69.07 | −1.77 | −2.5% |
| 1931 | 70.84 | −2.49 | −3.4% |
| 1930 | 73.33 | −1.62 | −2.16% |
| 1929 | 74.96 | +2.17 | +2.98% |
| 1928 | 72.79 | +0.76 | +1.06% |
| 1927 | 72.02 | −0.24 | −0.34% |
| 1926 | 72.27 | +1.83 | +2.59% |
| 1925 | 70.44 | +2.26 | +3.32% |
| 1924 | 68.18 | +2.36 | +3.58% |
| 1923 | 65.82 | +6.04 | +10.1% |
| 1922 | 59.78 | −3.23 | −5.13% |
| 1921 | 63.01 | +1.2 | +1.93% |
| 1920 | 61.81 | +5.03 | +8.86% |
| 1919 | 56.78 | +1.02 | +1.83% |
| 1918 | 55.76 | −0.7 | −1.24% |
| 1917 | 56.46 | +2.69 | +5% |
| 1916 | 53.77 | +3.96 | +7.95% |
| 1915 | 49.81 | +0.62 | +1.27% |
| 1914 | 49.19 | −0.07 | −0.15% |
| 1913 | 49.26 | +2.45 | +5.24% |
| 1912 | 46.81 | +1.32 | +2.91% |
| 1911 | 45.49 | −0.27 | −0.59% |
| 1910 | 45.76 | +2.13 | +4.89% |
| 1909 | 43.62 | +3.1 | +7.66% |
| 1908 | 40.52 | +0.63 | +1.58% |
| 1907 | 39.89 | +1.95 | +5.13% |
| 1906 | 37.95 | +2.16 | +6.03% |
| 1905 | 35.79 | +1.9 | +5.61% |
| 1904 | 33.89 | +1.82 | +5.67% |
| 1903 | 32.07 | +2.57 | +8.71% |
| 1902 | 29.5 | +2.59 | +9.63% |
| 1901 | 26.91 | +2.74 | +11.34% |
| 1900 | 24.17 | −2.19 | −8.31% |
| 1899 | 26.36 | −0.2 | −0.74% |
| 1898 | 26.56 | +1.75 | +7.06% |
| 1897 | 24.81 | +0.94 | +3.93% |
| 1896 | 23.87 | +1.4 | +6.24% |
| 1895 | 22.47 | +1.43 | +6.79% |
| 1894 | 21.04 | +1.13 | +5.65% |
| 1893 | 19.91 | +1.97 | +11% |
| 1892 | 17.94 | +1.01 | +5.98% |
| 1891 | 16.93 | +1.29 | +8.26% |
| 1890 | 15.64 | +2.54 | +19.37% |
| 1889 | 13.1 | +0.03 | +0.21% |
| 1888 | 13.07 | −0.02 | −0.16% |
| 1887 | 13.09 | −0.06 | −0.49% |
| 1886 | 13.16 | −0.09 | −0.69% |
| 1885 | 13.25 | −0.14 | −1.04% |
| 1884 | 13.39 | −0.07 | −0.53% |
| 1883 | 13.46 | −0.19 | −1.43% |
| 1882 | 13.65 | −0.46 | −3.25% |
| 1881 | 14.11 | −0.97 | −6.43% |
| 1880 | 15.08 | −1.79 | −10.61% |
| 1879 | 16.87 | +0.4 | +2.44% |
| 1878 | 16.47 | +0.51 | +3.18% |
| 1877 | 15.96 | +0.55 | +3.6% |
| 1876 | 15.41 | +0.57 | +3.81% |
| 1875 | 14.84 | +0.67 | +4.7% |
| 1874 | 14.18 | +0.75 | +5.55% |
| 1873 | 13.43 | +0.82 | +6.55% |
| 1872 | 12.61 | +1.22 | +10.73% |
| 1871 | 11.38 | +1.94 | +20.54% |
| 1870 | 9.44 | +3.28 | +53.21% |
| 1869 | 6.16 | +0.1 | +1.6% |
| 1868 | 6.07 | +0.11 | +1.78% |
| 1867 | 5.96 | +0.1 | +1.71% |
| 1866 | 5.86 | +0.14 | +2.41% |
| 1865 | 5.72 | +0.13 | +2.25% |
| 1864 | 5.6 | +0.14 | +2.6% |
| 1863 | 5.46 | +0.17 | +3.12% |
| 1862 | 5.29 | +0.22 | +4.36% |
| 1861 | 5.07 | +0.31 | +6.4% |
| 1860 | 4.76 | +0.52 | +12.15% |
| 1859 | 4.25 | +0.09 | +2.14% |
| 1858 | 4.16 | +0.09 | +2.31% |
| 1857 | 4.07 | +0.1 | +2.63% |
| 1856 | 3.96 | +0.11 | +2.83% |
| 1855 | 3.85 | +0.12 | +3.08% |
| 1854 | 3.74 | +0.12 | +3.26% |
| 1853 | 3.62 | +0.12 | +3.46% |
| 1852 | 3.5 | +0.16 | +4.82% |
| 1851 | 3.34 | +0.2 | +6.51% |
| 1850 | 3.13 | — | — |
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Total greenhouse gas emissions converted into CO2 equivalent: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases, including emissions from land use and agriculture. The conversion uses 100-year global warming potentials. For countries with large agriculture this indicator runs substantially above emissions of CO2 alone.
Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.
All greenhouse gases except emissions from deforestation and land-use change.
Emissions Greenhouse gases per capitaHow much greenhouse gas falls on each resident — all gases, not CO2 alone.
Emissions Methane emissionsHow much methane a country emits — converted into CO2 equivalent.
Emissions Nitrous oxide emissionsThe third greenhouse gas by importance — almost all of it from fertilizer and manure.
