Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - On-farm energy use in South Africa

South Africa: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - On-farm energy use was 7,364 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
7,364
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
18th
of 204 countries
All-time high
10,386
in 2017
All-time low
1,911
in 1990
Years of data
30
1990–2019

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - On-farm energy use in South Africa, 1990–2019

2.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k10.0k1990200420191990: 1.9k1991: 2.2k1992: 2.9k1993: 3.2k1994: 3.5k1995: 3.4k1996: 3.7k1997: 3.1k1998: 4.0k1999: 3.7k2000: 3.4k2001: 3.6k2002: 3.7k2003: 3.7k2004: 3.7k2005: 3.4k2006: 3.2k2007: 3.3k2008: 3.3k2009: 3.2k2010: 3.3k2011: 5.1k2012: 6.1k2013: 6.7k2014: 7.0k2015: 6.1k2016: 10.1k2017: 10.4k2018: 7.3k2019: 7.4k

Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.

Analysis

In 2019, emission totals - emissions (co2) - on-farm energy use in South Africa stood at 7,364.

That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 130.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (co2) - on-farm energy use in South Africa peaked at 10,386 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,911, in 1990.

That places South Africa 18th out of 204 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - On-farm energy use in South Africa, year by year

Annual values for Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - On-farm energy use in South Africa, 1990 to 2019.
Year Value Change
1990 1,911
1991 2,238 +17.2%
1992 2,868 +28.1%
1993 3,215 +12.1%
1994 3,549 +10.4%
1995 3,407 -4.0%
1996 3,656 +7.3%
1997 3,143 -14.0%
1998 4,027 +28.1%
1999 3,652 -9.3%
2000 3,360 -8.0%
2001 3,593 +6.9%
2002 3,654 +1.7%
2003 3,692 +1.0%
2004 3,661 -0.8%
2005 3,356 -8.3%
2006 3,226 -3.9%
2007 3,328 +3.2%
2008 3,282 -1.4%
2009 3,200 -2.5%
2010 3,286 +2.7%
2011 5,138 +56.3%
2012 6,079 +18.3%
2013 6,728 +10.7%
2014 6,985 +3.8%
2015 6,110 -12.5%
2016 10,122 +65.7%
2017 10,386 +2.6%
2018 7,299 -29.7%
2019 7,364 +0.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 3,167 1,911 4,027 10
2000s 3,435 3,200 3,692 10
2010s 6,950 3,286 10,386 10

Countries ranked near South Africa

  1. 15 Germany 7,999 compare
  2. 16 Australia 7,984 compare
  3. 17 Italy 7,729 compare
  4. 19 Netherlands 7,144 compare
  5. 20 Spain 6,976 compare
  6. 21 India 5,960 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (co2) - on-farm energy use in South Africa?
Emission totals - emissions (co2) - on-farm energy use in South Africa was 7,364 in 2019, according to FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.
What is the highest emission totals - emissions (co2) - on-farm energy use recorded in South Africa?
The highest recorded value was 10,386 in 2017.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (co2) - on-farm energy use recorded in South Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 1,911 in 1990.
How does South Africa rank for emission totals - emissions (co2) - on-farm energy use?
South Africa ranks 18th out of 204 countries with data for 2019.
Is emission totals - emissions (co2) - on-farm energy use rising or falling in South Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 130.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this South Africa data come from?
The figures come from FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT, published as part of Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - On-farm energy use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - On-farm energy use
Source
FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
206 places, 5,969 data points, 1990–2019
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The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated from agriculture and forest land. They consist of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from crop and livestock activities, forest management and include land use and land use change processes. Data are computed at Tier 1 of the IPCC Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Estimates are available by country, with global coverage for the period 1961–2019 with projections for 2030 and 2050 for some categories of emissions or 1990–2019 for others. The database is updated annually. The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O and CO2 emissions/removals and their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 106 kg). The latter are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014).