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CO2 emissions from oil — South Africa

CO2 emissions from oil in South Africa in 2024 — 55.09 Mt. Ranked 179 in the world out of 213.

2024 55.09 Mt −7.6% vs 2023
World rank 179of 213
Period maximum 71.07 Mt2009
Period minimum 0 Mt1884

Trend over time

1884–2024 · million tonnes

CO2 emissions from oil — South Africa, 1884–2024020406080188418981912192619401954196819821996201020241884: 0 Mt1887: 0 Mt1890: 0 Mt1893: 0 Mt1896: 0 Mt1899: 0 Mt1902: 0 Mt1905: 0 Mt1908: 0 Mt1911: 0 Mt1914: 0 Mt1917: 0 Mt1920: 0 Mt1923: 0 Mt1926: 0 Mt1929: 0 Mt1932: 0 Mt1935: 0 Mt1938: 0 Mt1941: 0 Mt1944: 0 Mt1947: 0 Mt1950: 4.95 Mt1953: 6.06 Mt1956: 8.51 Mt1959: 8.64 Mt1962: 11.09 Mt1965: 15.12 Mt1968: 17.3 Mt1971: 32.09 Mt1974: 32.61 Mt1977: 37.92 Mt1980: 30.62 Mt1983: 48.23 Mt1986: 46.94 Mt1989: 52.88 Mt1992: 34.75 Mt1995: 33.77 Mt1998: 44.59 Mt2001: 25.89 Mt2004: 54.24 Mt2007: 59.33 Mt2010: 46.32 Mt2013: 49.52 Mt2016: 59.01 Mt2019: 50.17 Mt2022: 59.16 Mt2024: 55.09 Mt
Change over the period: +55.09

Comparison, 2024

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

South Africa 55.09 Mt
World computed 11,276.42 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 322.67 Mt
Southern Africa computed 62.95 Mt
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3,577.04 Mt
CO2 emissions from oil — South Africa, by year South Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 55.09 −4.53 −7.6%
2023 59.62 +0.46 +0.78%
2022 59.16 −0.75 −1.25%
2021 59.91 +13.3 +28.55%
2020 46.61 −3.56 −7.1%
2019 50.17 −4.11 −7.57%
2018 54.28 −2.98 −5.21%
2017 57.26 −1.76 −2.97%
2016 59.01 +4.32 +7.91%
2015 54.69 +0.15 +0.27%
2014 54.54 +5.02 +10.15%
2013 49.52 +0.05 +0.1%
2012 49.47 −10.78 −17.89%
2011 60.25 +13.92 +30.06%
2010 46.32 −24.75 −34.82%
2009 71.07 +8.31 +13.23%
2008 62.76 +3.43 +5.78%
2007 59.33 +6.25 +11.78%
2006 53.08 +25.25 +90.72%
2005 27.83 −26.41 −48.69%
2004 54.24 +14.5 +36.47%
2003 39.74 +17.29 +77.04%
2002 22.45 −3.44 −13.28%
2001 25.89 −7.42 −22.27%
2000 33.3 +2.61 +8.51%
1999 30.69 −13.9 −31.17%
1998 44.59 +0.34 +0.78%
1997 44.24 +12.59 +39.79%
1996 31.65 −2.12 −6.27%
1995 33.77 +2.12 +6.7%
1994 31.65 +8.49 +36.66%
1993 23.16 −11.6 −33.37%
1992 34.75 −6.49 −15.73%
1991 41.24 +0.62 +1.53%
1990 40.62 −12.26 −23.19%
1989 52.88 +8 +17.81%
1988 44.88 +3.46 +8.35%
1987 41.42 −5.52 −11.76%
1986 46.94 +0.03 +0.06%
1985 46.91 +0.08 +0.16%
1984 46.84 −1.4 −2.89%
1983 48.23 +2.46 +5.37%
1982 45.78 +10.8 +30.87%
1981 34.98 +4.36 +14.23%
1980 30.62 −4.69 −13.29%
1979 35.31 −1.68 −4.54%
1978 37 −0.92 −2.43%
1977 37.92 +0.23 +0.61%
1976 37.68 +0.68 +1.84%
1975 37 +4.4 +13.49%
1974 32.61 −0.13 −0.38%
1973 32.73 +2.06 +6.7%
1972 30.68 −1.41 −4.4%
1971 32.09 +9.21 +40.24%
1970 22.88 +2.97 +14.93%
1969 19.91 +2.61 +15.1%
1968 17.3 −1.58 −8.35%
1967 18.87 +1.66 +9.62%
1966 17.22 +2.1 +13.86%
1965 15.12 −0.16 −1.08%
1964 15.29 +3.59 +30.71%
1963 11.7 +0.6 +5.45%
1962 11.09 +0.73 +7%
1961 10.37 +1.3 +14.3%
1960 9.07 +0.42 +4.92%
1959 8.64 −0.55 −6.02%
1958 9.2 +1.14 +14.15%
1957 8.06 −0.45 −5.33%
1956 8.51 +0.88 +11.56%
1955 7.63 +0.86 +12.62%
1954 6.77 +0.71 +11.78%
1953 6.06 +0.08 +1.34%
1952 5.98 +0.33 +5.9%
1951 5.65 +0.7 +14.15%
1950 4.95 +4.95 —
1949 0 +0 —
1948 0 +0 —
1947 0 +0 —
1946 0 +0 —
1945 0 +0 —
1944 0 +0 —
1943 0 +0 —
1942 0 +0 —
1941 0 +0 —
1940 0 +0 —
1939 0 +0 —
1938 0 +0 —
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1936 0 +0 —
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1934 0 +0 —
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1930 0 +0 —
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1920 0 +0 —
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1918 0 +0 —
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1914 0 +0 —
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1911 0 +0 —
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1900 0 +0 —
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1885 0 +0 —
1884 0 — —

Southern Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SZ Eswatini 0.87 LS Lesotho 0.93 NA Namibia 2.97 BW Botswana 3.1 ZA South Africa 55.09
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About the indicator

Carbon dioxide emissions from burning oil and petroleum products. Most of it comes from transport, and that makes this the most inert of the three fuel series: a power plant can be replaced within years, while a vehicle fleet turns over in a decade and a half. This is exactly why the shift to electric cars shows up in emissions with a long lag behind the share of electric cars in sales.

Important: Includes petrochemical feedstock burned as fuel, but not plastic: carbon that stays in products does not enter emissions until the products themselves are burned.

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

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