Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate in South Africa

South Africa: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate was 23,000 in 2050. ▲ Rising

Latest (2050)
23,000
World rank
41st
of 211 countries
All-time high
23,000
in 2050
All-time low
17,405
in 2019
Years of data
32
1990–2050

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate in South Africa, 1990–2050

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k1990202020501990: 19.9k1991: 20.1k1992: 19.8k1993: 19.2k1994: 18.7k1995: 18.8k1996: 19.5k1997: 19.8k1998: 20.3k1999: 20.1k2000: 19.9k2001: 19.5k2002: 19.8k2003: 19.0k2004: 18.6k2005: 19.5k2006: 18.7k2007: 19.2k2008: 19.3k2009: 19.3k2010: 19.4k2011: 19.3k2012: 19.7k2013: 19.3k2014: 19.3k2015: 18.8k2016: 18.0k2017: 18.1k2018: 17.9k2019: 17.4k2030: 21.2k2050: 23.0k

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

Analysis

In 2050, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate in South Africa stood at 23,000. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate in South Africa peaked at 23,000 in 2050 and was at its lowest, 17,405, in 2019.

That places South Africa 41st out of 211 countries with data for 2050, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate in South Africa, year by year

Annual values for Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate emissions in South Africa, 1990 to 2050.
Year Value Change
1990 19,853
1991 20,063 +1.1%
1992 19,841 -1.1%
1993 19,192 -3.3%
1994 18,739 -2.4%
1995 18,764 +0.1%
1996 19,455 +3.7%
1997 19,785 +1.7%
1998 20,279 +2.5%
1999 20,089 -0.9%
2000 19,938 -0.7%
2001 19,538 -2.0%
2002 19,810 +1.4%
2003 19,039 -3.9%
2004 18,642 -2.1%
2005 19,484 +4.5%
2006 18,660 -4.2%
2007 19,207 +2.9%
2008 19,331 +0.6%
2009 19,301 -0.2%
2010 19,399 +0.5%
2011 19,330 -0.4%
2012 19,710 +2.0%
2013 19,328 -1.9%
2014 19,276 -0.3%
2015 18,756 -2.7%
2016 18,005 -4.0%
2017 18,062 +0.3%
2018 17,910 -0.8%
2019 17,405 -2.8%
2030 21,166 +21.6%
2050 23,000 +8.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 19,606 18,739 20,279 10
2000s 19,295 18,642 19,938 10
2010s 18,718 17,405 19,710 10
2030s 21,166 21,166 21,166 1
2050s 23,000 23,000 23,000 1

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate in South Africa?
Emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate in South Africa was 23,000 in 2050, according to FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.
What is the highest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate recorded in South Africa?
The highest recorded value was 23,000 in 2050.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate recorded in South Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 17,405 in 2019.
How does South Africa rank for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate?
South Africa ranks 41st out of 211 countries with data for 2050.
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) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate emissions
Source
FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT
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212 places, 6,558 data points, 1990–2050
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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).