Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Drained organic soils in South Africa
South Africa: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Drained organic soils was 84.17 N2O in 2019. ▲ Rising
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Drained organic soils in South Africa, 1990–2019
Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT. Measured in N2O.
Analysis
In 2019, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils in South Africa stood at 84.17 N2O. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils in South Africa peaked at 84.17 N2O in 2018 and was at its lowest, 67.21 N2O, in 1990.
South Africa ranks 58th of 102 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Drained organic soils in South Africa, year by year
| Year | N2O | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 67.21 N2O | — |
| 1991 | 67.21 N2O | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 67.21 N2O | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 67.21 N2O | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 67.21 N2O | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 67.45 N2O | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 68.1 N2O | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 68.63 N2O | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 71.91 N2O | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 76.2 N2O | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 77.05 N2O | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 77.3 N2O | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 79.19 N2O | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 83.09 N2O | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 83.7 N2O | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 83.82 N2O | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 83.79 N2O | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 83.82 N2O | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 84 N2O | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 84.06 N2O | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 84.11 N2O | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 84.13 N2O | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 84.13 N2O | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 84.14 N2O | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 84.06 N2O | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 84.06 N2O | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 84.09 N2O | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 84.15 N2O | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 84.17 N2O | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 84.17 N2O | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 68.84 N2O | 67.21 N2O | 76.2 N2O | 10 |
| 2000s | 81.98 N2O | 77.05 N2O | 84.06 N2O | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.12 N2O | 84.06 N2O | 84.17 N2O | 10 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More reference data data for South Africa
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.5111 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 8.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 13.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.7468 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 13.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.49 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 41.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 63.65 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 4.07 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils in South Africa?
- Emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils in South Africa was 84.17 N2O 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 (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 84.17 N2O in 2018.
- What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 67.21 N2O in 1990.
- How does South Africa rank for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils?
- South Africa ranks 58th out of 102 countries with data for 2019.
- Is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. 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 (CO2eq) (AR5) - Drained organic soils (N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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).