South Africa CO2 Emissions

Fossil CO2 Emissions (2022)
404,974,510tons
Yearly Change
-3.34%
Global Share
1.06%
Tons per capita
6.49
  • Fossil CO2 emissions in South Africa were 404,974,510 tons in 2022.
  • CO2 emissions decreased by -3.34% over the previous year, representing a dicrease by -13,990,750 tons over 2021, when CO2 emissions were 418,965,260 tons.
  • CO2 emissions per capita in South Africa are equivalent to 6.58 tons per person (based on a population of 62,378,410 in 2022), a dicrease by -0.32 over the figure of 6.81 CO2 tons per person registered in 2021; this represents a change of -4.7% in CO2 emissions per capita.

Fossil Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions of South Africa

Year Fossil CO2
Emissions
(tons)
CO2 emisions
change
CO2 emissions
per capita
Population Pop.
change
Share of World's
CO2 emissions
2022 404,974,510 -3.34% 6.49 62,378,410 1.42 % 1.12%
2021 418,965,260 -0.21% 6.81 61,502,603 1.55 % 1.16%
2020 419,865,030 -12.23% 6.93 60,562,381 1.64 % 1.16%
2019 478,349,880 1.09% 8.03 59,587,885 1.66 % 1.32%
2018 473,185,830 0.90% 8.07 58,613,001 1.70 % 1.31%
2017 468,964,780 2.09% 8.14 57,635,162 0.66 % 1.29%
2016 459,362,950 0.17% 8.02 57,259,551 0.94 % 1.27%
2015 458,579,360 -4.98% 8.08 56,723,537 2.03 % 1.26%
2014 482,589,770 2.43% 8.68 55,594,838 1.68 % 1.33%
2013 471,120,840 2.59% 8.62 54,678,791 1.67 % 1.30%
2012 459,229,710 3.63% 8.54 53,782,567 1.49 % 1.27%
2011 443,128,820 -4.12% 8.36 52,995,205 1.24 % 1.22%
2010 462,153,170 1.63% 8.83 52,344,051 1.19 % 1.27%
2009 454,738,280 -6.31% 8.79 51,728,516 1.20 % 1.25%
2008 485,373,230 6.09% 9.50 51,114,599 1.16 % 1.34%
2007 457,502,830 4.29% 9.05 50,528,584 1.06 % 1.26%
2006 438,697,560 1.01% 8.77 49,998,277 1.03 % 1.21%
2005 434,311,480 2.48% 8.78 49,490,033 1.02 % 1.20%
2004 423,782,390 7.88% 8.65 48,991,421 1.01 % 1.17%
2003 392,823,270 6.31% 8.10 48,500,348 1.00 % 1.08%
2002 369,504,920 3.76% 7.69 48,019,415 0.95 % 1.02%
2001 356,110,330 2.83% 7.49 47,566,800 0.86 % 0.98%
2000 346,302,850 1.94% 7.34 47,159,719 0.92 % 0.96%
1999 339,698,680 -4.70% 7.27 46,730,335 1.10 % 0.94%
1998 356,444,390 1.77% 7.71 46,223,880 1.22 % 0.98%
1997 350,230,810 4.47% 7.67 45,666,838 1.21 % 0.97%
1996 335,250,490 3.48% 7.43 45,123,018 1.31 % 0.92%
1995 323,970,690 5.41% 7.27 44,541,554 1.22 % 0.89%
1994 307,353,560 2.25% 6.98 44,004,139 1.63 % 0.85%
1993 300,582,790 0.60% 6.94 43,297,156 2.01 % 0.83%
1992 298,783,520 -2.12% 7.04 42,443,509 1.81 % 0.82%
1991 305,264,710 -2.58% 7.32 41,687,898 2.31 % 0.84%
1990 313,362,280 3.95% 7.69 40,746,268 2.82 % 0.86%
1989 301,444,720 -1.08% 7.61 39,628,575 2.98 % 0.83%
1988 304,725,730 1.19% 7.92 38,480,649 3.09 % 0.84%
1987 301,132,340 5.63% 8.07 37,326,190 3.17 % 0.83%
1986 285,082,690 -0.81% 7.88 36,180,515 3.25 % 0.79%
1985 287,403,800 1.66% 8.20 35,042,093 3.39 % 0.79%
1984 282,705,220 6.61% 8.34 33,892,788 3.52 % 0.78%
1983 265,168,200 0.83% 8.10 32,739,304 3.56 % 0.73%
1982 262,977,750 2.53% 8.32 31,615,339 3.52 % 0.73%
1981 256,484,580 5.64% 8.40 30,541,044 3.46 % 0.71%
1980 242,799,610 6.23% 8.23 29,518,857 3.09 % 0.67%
1979 228,567,460 2.47% 7.98 28,634,162 2.74 % 0.63%
1978 223,057,750 -8.99% 8.00 27,869,507 2.77 % 0.62%
1977 245,098,230 -0.10% 9.04 27,118,952 2.74 % 0.68%

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