Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - AFOLU in South Africa

South Africa: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - AFOLU was 16,867 in 2050. ▲ Rising

Latest (2050)
16,867
World rank
29th
of 208 countries
All-time high
16,867
in 2050
All-time low
11,842
in 2016
Years of data
32
1990–2050

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - AFOLU in South Africa, 1990–2050

05.0k10.0k15.0k1990202020501990: 13.2k1991: 13.2k1992: 12.8k1993: 13.1k1994: 12.8k1995: 12.6k1996: 13.7k1997: 13.8k1998: 14.4k1999: 14.0k2000: 13.8k2001: 13.1k2002: 14.1k2003: 13.2k2004: 12.9k2005: 13.2k2006: 12.8k2007: 13.4k2008: 13.6k2009: 13.7k2010: 13.6k2011: 13.5k2012: 13.8k2013: 13.3k2014: 13.5k2015: 12.5k2016: 11.8k2017: 13.3k2018: 13.1k2019: 12.3k2030: 15.1k2050: 16.9k

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

Analysis

In 2050, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - afolu in South Africa stood at 16,867. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - afolu in South Africa peaked at 16,867 in 2050 and was at its lowest, 11,842, in 2016.

That places South Africa 29th out of 208 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 13,384 12,626 14,407 10
2000s 13,374 12,803 14,103 10
2010s 13,068 11,842 13,830 10
2030s 15,118 15,118 15,118 1
2050s 16,867 16,867 16,867 1

Countries ranked near South Africa

  1. 26 Philippines 17,768 compare
  2. 27 Thailand 17,285 compare
  3. 28 South Sudan 16,909 compare
  4. 30 Chad 16,202 compare
  5. 31 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15,724 compare
  6. 32 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 14,168 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - afolu in South Africa?
Emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - afolu in South Africa was 16,867 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 n2o (ar5) - afolu recorded in South Africa?
The highest recorded value was 16,867 in 2050.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - afolu recorded in South Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 11,842 in 2016.
How does South Africa rank for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - afolu?
South Africa ranks 29th out of 208 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 N2O (AR5) - AFOLU. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - AFOLU
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
210 places, 6,516 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).